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In a battle of summer movie heroes, Captain America topped Harry Potter this weekend at the box office. Paramount Pictures' "Captain America: The First Avenger" opened at No. 1 with $65.8 million, according to Sunday studio estimates. The Marvel Comics superhero adventure sets up next summer's all-star blockbuster "The Avengers."

Gregg Kilday "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" settles into second place after its record-breaking bow, while "Friends with Benefits" is a solid third.read more

The Dark Knight is dead. Long live the Batman. Since 2008, the Christopher Nolan film featuring posthumous Oscar winner Heath Ledger had held the single-weekend record for domestic box office. “The Dark Knight’s” $158.4-million take topped “Spider-Man 3’s” $151.1-million a year earlier. Now, the Boy Wizard has left both superheroes in the Floo-powder dust.

Harry Potter has cast his biggest spell yet with a record-breaking first day at the box office for his final film. Distributor Warner Bros. reports that "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" summoned up $92.1 million domestically on opening day Friday. That's nearly $20 million more than the previous record-holder, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," which took in $72.7 million in its first day two years ago.

Warner Bros.' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is looking to earn as much as $80 million or more at the Friday box office, the best single day gross of all time domestically. Tally includes a record-breaking $43.5 million in midnight grosses.

The latest "Transformers" sequel might set some revenue records over Fourth of July weekend. "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" has $97.5 million in the bank at the domestic box office since opening Tuesday night. Distributor Paramount estimated Saturday that the movie could top the holiday weekend records held by "Spider-Man 2" and "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse."

Michael Bay's 3D sequel has earned $64.7 million in its first two days of release, putting it on track for a $165 million holiday weekend tally.

Pamela McClintock The film will become only the eighth in history to reach the $1 billion mark.read more

"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" debuts to a somewhat impressive $37.3 million on Wednesday. It's only when you compare its opening day to the previous installment, "Revenge of the Fallen," that there is less enthusiasm for the opening.

The giant "Transformers" robots have shrunk a bit in the early going at the box office....