`Potter' casts record box-office spell
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The boy wizard still has a magic touch at the box office.
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Ticket sales at the US box office reached a record high in 2004, despite a fall in the number of moviegoers.
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The seventh and final Harry Potter book sells a record 11 million copies in the UK and US in its first 24 hours.
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The fifth Harry Potter film, The Order of the Phoenix, enters the North American cinema chart at number one.
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A hand-written, illustrated book of  wizardry by Harry Potter author JK Rowling fetched a record  1.95 million pounds ($3.98 million) at auction in London on  Thursday, nearly 40 times its expected price.
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U.S. sales of the seventh and final Harry Potter volume hit an estimated 8.3 million in the first 24 hours, confirming its place in the history books as the fastest-selling book ever.
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LOS ANGELES  - "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" mopped up on the international circuit for the second consecutive weekend, towering over the competition with an estimated box office of $100.8 million from more than 13,000 screens in 58 markets.
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A hand-written and illustrated tale of wizardry by Harry Potter author JK Rowling fetched 1.95 million pounds ($3.98 million) -- nearly 40 times its expected price -- at auction on Thursday.
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The new "Harry Potter" movie drew lukewarm reviews on Tuesday, but millions of "muggles" are expected to ignore the critics and turn out in droves for the widest release ever for Warner Bros. studio.
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Warner Bros. Pictures&#39;  &quot;Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix&quot; worked its magic at  the box office Wednesday.
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All the protests and all the bad  reviews could not prevent &quot;The Da Vinci Code&quot; from recording a  &#36;224 million worldwide opening, the second-biggest debut ever  at the global box office, its distributor said on Sunday.
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Adam Sandler's faux gay comedy "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" charmed $34.8 million from moviegoers its first weekend in theaters to nudge the latest "Harry Potter" film from the top of the box office, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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The final book about boy wizard Harry Potter broke a single-day record at Borders Group Inc., selling about 1.2 million copies worldwide.
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The seventh and final volume in the Harry Potter series has become the fastest selling book in history, publishers said on Monday, with more than 11 million copies sold during the first 24 hours in three markets alone.
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets, starring Nicolas Cage, remains top of the US and Canada box office.
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The final book in the series by J.K. Rowling sold a record 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale in the U.S.
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Harry Potter will be winging his way overseas as never before after the seventh and final instalment of the boy wizard's tale notched up record orders from abroad.