The Hunger Games Opening Midnight Sales – Did It Beat Harry Potter Or Twilight?

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The blockbuster big screen version of Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel may not have topped the box office records for the biggest opening midnight ever but The Hunger Games certainly fared well.

How much did the flick gross? A very cool $19.7 million. But how did the movie rank among Harry Potter or Twilight?

It ranked and “that’s huge,” BoxOffice.com editor Phil Contrino said.

The Hunger Games‘ first installment came in at number 7 of all time top 10 midnight grossers and that’s pretty big considering it is the only nonsequel on the list, making it the biggest night ever for a franchise-starter.

Industry experts expect that the movie will gross over $100 million by the end of its opening weekend.
Here’s the list of the top 10 Box Office all-time midnight debuts:

  1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, $43.5 million
  2. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1, $30.3 million
  3. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, $30 million
  4. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, $26.3 million
  5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, $24 million
  6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, $22.2 million
  7. The Hunger Games, $19.7 million
  8. The Dark Knight, $18.5 million
  9. Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith, $16.9 million
  10. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, $16.6 million
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