Well, Harry Potter has done it again. Proving that even a
darker installment of the popular series--released in the summer instead of the
fall--is still the stuff of box office gold, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” took
in $77.4 million over the weekend to top the charts and bring its domestic
total to $140 million since opening Wednesday. It’s the lowest-grossing opening
weekend of all the Potter films, but the previous four opened on Friday, so
Harry’s probably not too worried about it. Elisha Cuthbert is likely a bit more
embarrassed: Her terrible horror flick “Captivity” earned only $1.55
million to land at No. 12. Even though we weren’t bowled over by
“Potter”—seriously, hardly anything happens!—we’d rather people see the
Hogwarts kids getting bleak ten times rather than see Cuthbert degraded and
tortured even once. What did you see this weekend? How does “Order of the Phoenix” compare to the
other Potter movies? What’s the deal with John Travolta in the upcoming remake
of “Hairspray”?
