Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 took the box office horcrux taking a jump on Thanksgiving Weekend by grossing an estimated $14.5 million on Wednesday alone. Trailing far behind with long blond hair is Tangled, Disney’s 3D toon, with $11.6 million.

Burlesque danced and sang in third place, with an estimated $2.8 million followed by another 3D toon holdover Megamind, which took in about $2.7 million. In fourth place is Love and Other Drugs, with an estimated $2.5 million ahead of Unstoppable with $1.9 million and then Faster, an opener, raced at sixth place, grossing $1.6 million.

The domestic box office should slow down today, but will pick up Friday and continue to draw the bucks through Sunday.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 opening at the domestic B.O. was triumphant with a huge tally of an estimated $125.1 million, beating Harry’s previous top opener, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire that tallied $102.7 million in November 2005.

Hallows also opened 239 domestic IMAX runs, which contributed to an estimated $12.4 million over the weekend. The IMAX runs of Hallows is the company’s biggest opening to date, surpassing Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, which debuted with $12.1 million.

Results:

1. Harry Potter…Deathly Hallows: Part 1
$125,100,000

2. Megamind
$16,200,000

3. Unstoppable
$13,100,000

4. Due Date
$9,200,000

5. The Next Three Days
$6,800,000

6. Morning Glory
$5,200,000

7. Skyline
$3,400,000

8. Red
$2,500,000

9. For Colored Girls
$2,400,000

10. Fair Game
$1,500,000

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 enchanted the movie goers and won Friday’s box office, earning an estimated $61.2 million that includes about $24 million from its midnight opening.

Way down in numbers with a 49% drop, in second place, is Unstoppable with about $4.075 million while not far behind is Megamind, earning about $3.7 million in third place. Due Date is next in line with an estimate of $2.9 while The Next Three Days collected about $2.2 million, rounding out the top five for Friday.

All in all, it looks like Mr. Potter and his friends (or enemies) are setting the pace for the 2010 holiday movie box office.

Unstoppable is the top money maker for Friday’s box office with an estimated $8.1 million.  In second place and not far behind is the 3D animated feature Megamind bringing in about $7.9 million while Skyline brought in about $4.7 million.

Due Date earned about $5.5 million taking fourth place while Morning Glory collected about $3.1 million. In sixth place is For Colored Girls earning around $2 million.

Megamind stayed at the top of the weekly box office, and looks like it might even take this weekend’s box office, but more about that in another post.

Results:

Megamind
$59,702,174 — $59.7

Due Date
$43,478,266 — $43.5

For Colored Girls
$24,170,188 — $24.2

Red
$11,690,981 — $74.7

Saw 3D
$10,117,153 — $40.7

Paranormal Activity
$2 $9,025,334 — $79.0

Jackass 3D
$6,690,734 — $112.4

Secretariat
$5,578,521 — $52.5

Hereafter
$5,420,680 — $30.1

The Social Network
$4,590,793 — $86.0

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As I write this my husband and daughter are circling my desk because we are going to see Megamind in 3D tonight.  Both of them are telling me to hurry up and finish this blog, so we can go.  I can’t wait to see the movie, and obviously, the rest of my family can’t wait either. 

The weekend box office was huge (mega), which is a true sign of the weeks to come for the holiday season.  If you have been following my posts, you know my favorite is HP7 Part 1, which opens November 19th.

With that said, Due Date came in second with For Colored Girls in third.  Over at AICN the Tyler Perry film received an awesome review, by the way.   

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Saw 3D is at the top of the box office for the week with Paranormal Activity 2 in second place.  Next is Red and then Jackass 3D. Hereafter is in fifth and Secretariat remains in sixth place for the third week in a row.

Results:

1. Saw 3D

$29,373,071 — $29.4 

2. Paranormal Activity 2

$20,767,257 — $69.9 

3. Red

$14,919,082 — $63.0 

4. Jackass 3D

$12,563,680 — $105.7 

5. Hereafter

$8,868,199 — $24.7 

6. Secretariat

$7,260,206 — $47.0

 7. The Social Network

 $6,440,753 — $81.4 

8. Life As We Know It

$5,962,234 — $45.4 

9. The Town

$2,932,250 — $88.6 

10. Legend Of The Guardians: Owls Of Ga’Hoole

$2,614,588 — $53.5

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Horrific SAW 3D predictably won Friday’s box with about $10.7 million. The bulk of that money came from  3D screens.  Next in line for the Halloween weekend is Paranormal Activity 2, collecting around $5.8 mil. Third is Red, bringing in about $3.4 million while Jackass 3D took in around $3.1 million. Hereafter nabbed fifth place with an estimate of $2.1 million

At the bottom rung is Secretariat with about $1.58 million and The Social Network earned about $1.5 million. The final three was Life As We Know It ($1.45 million), The Town, ($619,000) and Legend of the Guardians ($482,000).

I haven’t been reporting the weekly box office tally because my source wasn’t sending it to me on Fridays. So, I went and visited Variety and got the ball rolling again — no surprises.  Paranormal Activity 2 made the most money for the week with Jackass 3D, Red and Hereafter following behind, respectively.  It will be interesting when the tally comes in for today.  I wonder how well SAW 3D will do.

Results:

1) Paranormal Activity 2
    $49,157, 865 – $49.2

2) Jackass 3D
    $27,606,169 – $93.2

3) Red
    $19,610,525 – $48.1

4) Hereafter
    $15,526,113 – $15.8

5) The Social Network
    $9,375,123 – $75.0

6) Secretariat
    $9,260,238 – $39.7

7) Life As We Know It
    $8,012,458 – $39.5

8) Legend of The Guardians: Owls Of Ga’Hoole
    $3,918,793 – $50.9

9) The Town
    $3,719,083 – $85.7

10) Easy A
      $2,197,815 – $55.2

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Paranormal Activity was sighted at the top of the weekend box office, making it the movie to see if you want to see some awesome angle shots with scary moments that drive you nuts. Jackass 3D came in second. It’s not that different from the number one movie in that these guys do some crazy stunts that drive you nuts. In third we have Red, which is followed by Hereafter. The Social Network landed at fifth while my favorite Secretariat holds a strong sixth.

Results:

1. Paranormal Activity 2
$41,500,000

2. Jackass 3D
$21,600,000

3. Red
$15,000,000

4. Hereafter
$12,000,000

5. The Social Network
$7,300,000

6. Secretariat
$6,900,000

7. Life as We Know It
$6,200,000

8. Legend of the Guardians
$3,200,000

9. The Town
$2,700,000

10. Easy A
$1,800,000

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