Sideshow | 'Harry Potter' appears in top spot

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, July, 2007 | by Tirdad Derakhshani Inquirer Staff Writer

Harry Potter remains a box-office wizard.

The Warner Bros. fantasy sequel  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix  conjured up a $77.4 million debut to lead the weekend box office, according to studio estimates yesterday. That raised the movie's domestic gross to $140 million since opening Wednesday. It took in $190.3 million in 44 other countries.

Transformers , the DreamWorks-Paramount sci-fi tale that was the prior weekend's No. 1 movie, slipped to second place with $36 million.

The weekend's other new wide release, the grisly horror movie  Captivity , opened at No. 12, with $1.55 million.

After  Harry Potter  and  Transformers , the top five films included  Ratatouille , with $18...

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