FROM MOVIES BLOG:I would've been impressed if "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" had settled for just crushing the midnight opening ticket sales record, with a $22 million haul compared to former top dog "The Dark Knight"'s $18 mil. But no. That's not good enough for The Boy Who Lived. Or perhaps I should say, The Boy Who Makes Bank.
Mid-week opening be damned, "Half-Blood Prince" earned a dizzying $100 million worldwide in its first 24 hours of release, according to a report in Variety. Maybe it wasn't such a great idea to delay the "Potter" IMAX opening in favor of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" ...
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