$60.6m For 'transformers 2' Breaks 'harry Potter 5' Record!

Nikki Finke, Deadline.com
Thu, 06/25/2009 - 10:20am

It's now officially a rock-'em, sock-'em summer! Paramount's Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen shattered the Wednesday opening record set by Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (#5) in 2007: $60.6M vs $44.2M. Even better for the studio, Transformers 2 came in 2nd only to 2008 box office phenomenon The Dark Knight for biggest opening day ever: $60.6M vs $67.1M.

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