![]() Other pictures suffered even bigger falls, mostly thanks to drastic reductions in screen counts as everything budged up to make way for Potter. Transformers: Dark of the Moon plunged 58%, failing to score a third weekend at £2m-plus, a feat achieved this summer by Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Hangover Part II and Bridesmaids. With Deathly Hallows cutting a swathe through the nation's multiplexes, existing blockbusters suffered calamitous falls. Across the UK and Ireland, the film's per-cinema average was £40,813, but of course most of its 582 sites were playing it on multiple screens. Best was London's Odeon Leicester Square, with a staggering £345,000. Unsurprisingly, the Top 100 Engagements chart, which lists the best results for individual films at individual cinemas, saw a clean sweep for Potter – no other movie got a look-in. It's a record that's hard to imagine being beaten any time soon. But Deathly Hallows Part 2 beats all comers, including any film that had its opening inflated in this manner. Take Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, for example, which managed a debut "weekend" of £19.78m, including £7.85m in previews, or Toy Story 3, which posted £21.19m including previews of £9.69m. When comparing opening weekends, the picture can be muddied by distributors' tendency to boost blockbusters with one, two or more days of previews. In other words, the latest Potter instalment is more than £5m bigger than the UK's previous best opening, and more than £8m bigger than the country's previous best non-Potter opening. Next comes Quantum of Solace, with £15.38m. ![]() Before the arrival of Deathly Hallows Part 2, the biggest ever opening weekend at the UK box office was achieved by the previous entry in the Potter franchise, Deathly Hallows Part 1, with £18.32m.
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