Potter Rocks The Box!!

Transformers have been dethroned from the top spot at the box office.

The 80's inspired move got a week's head start on the Mega famous franchise Harry Potter.

The Warner Bros. fantasy sequel "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' conjured up a US$77.4 million debut to lead the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.

That raised the movie's total domestic gross to $140 million since opening Wednesday.

"Order of the Phoenix'' also has taken in an additional $190.3 million in 44 other countries where it began rolling out Wednesday.

"Transformers,'' the DreamWorks-Paramount sci-fi tale that was the previous weekend's No. 1 movie, slipped to second place with $36 million, lifting its total to $223 million.

"Order of the Phoenix'' expanded overall business for Hollywood. The top 12 movies took in $171.1 million, up 14 per cent from the same weekend last year, when "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'' was No. 1 with $62.3 million.

The previous four "Harry Potter'' flicks all had bigger first weekends, ranging from $88.4 million to $102.7 million, but those all debuted Friday. "Order of the Phoenix'' was the first to get a jump on the weekend with a Wednesday opening.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.

1. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,'' $77.4 million.

2. "Transformers,'' $36 million.

3. "Ratatouille,'' $18 million.

4. "Live Free or Die Hard,'' $10.9 million.

5. "License to Wed,'' $7.4 million.

6. "1408,'' $5.01 million.

7. "Evan Almighty,'' $5 million.

8. "Knocked Up,'' $3.7 million.

9. "Sicko,'' $2.65 million.

10. "Ocean's Thirteen,'' $1.9 million.

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