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Harry Potter sets new box office records in Oz

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" has set new records for the highest box office earnings by a movie on its opening day and opening week.
/ Source: The Associated Press

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" has set new records for the highest box office earnings by a movie on its opening day and opening week.

The final Harry Potter movie opened in a record 753 screens across the nation and took 7.02 million Australian dollars (US$7.42 million) on its first day of release last Wednesday.

It beat the 2003 opening day record set by "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King," which had grossed A$5.28 million.

The last adventure of the boy wizard has now grossed A$29.3 million in its opening week, beating the A$22.02 million record set by "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" in 2009.