All the black magic in the world could not keep Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at the top of the box office a second week.
A little furry feature called G-Force knocked Potter from his perch. The 3D G-Force amassed $31.7 million in ticket sales. Potter nosedived by 62% to finish with almost $29.5 million.
The Ugly Truth, with Gerard Butler and Katherine Heigl, finished close behind at No. 3 with $27.6 million. Scary Orphan came in at $12.4 million and fourth place (see our movie review below).
The news gets worse for Potter: Its per theater average was less than both G-Force and The Ugly Truth.
The flip side is that despite that calamitous fall, Potter did so well in its opening days that it has grossed over $200 million domestically and more than $400 million overseas. Potter cost a monstrous $250 million to make.
What does it all mean? The Half Blood Prince is the last Potter film reportedly, so people went to see it, but it’s not very good.
