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Harry Potter casts a spell over the box office.

• Potter's opening day was the highest grossing non-summer day in movie history!
• It was the 9th highest day of any kind, and the other 8 were all in May and June
• Here is the link for the "best days" chart.
• Despite Potter's incredible numbers, Walk the Line did as well as expected, and then some. It obviously appeals to a completely different demographic.
• On the other hand, Chicken Little and Zathura were swamped by the head-on competition for the kiddie market. Those two films each dropped about 70% from last Friday.