It may be the end of an era but Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part II is going out with a magical bang.
The boy wizard's final adventure has cast a spell over 'muggles' everywhere and has taken a record-breaking £295.6million globally, according to Warner Brothers.
It has defeated the previous record set by Batman's The Dark Knight by $10million, and now holds the title of the biggest ever all-time opening weekend.
Box-office magic: Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson walk the red carpet at the New York premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
TOP FIVE SINGLE DAY BOX-OFFICE GROSSES
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has taken a record $91million at the box-office in one day. Here are the five biggest single days at the box-office:
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - $92,100,000
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $72,703,754
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - $68,533,840
- The Dark Knight - $67,165,092
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $62,016,476
The film has taken £23million in the UK alone and Potter-mad fans flocked to American cinemas spending an impressive £104.9million.
The magic has also spread to the internet with over half-a-million 'likes' being clicked on the film's Facebook page taking the total number of 'likes' to 29,774,978.
North American takings confirmed it had made an estimated $169million between Friday and Sunday beating The Dark Knight which took $158.4million in its opening weekend.
It also broke the record for the most money made in one day by amassing $92,100,000, making it the most profitable day ever for Hollywood.
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is the eighth and final film in the Harry Potter franchise and the first in 3D.
Neither The Dark Knight nor The Twilight Saga were released in 3D and this will have helped the Potter film make more money.
It has already broken records in Australia, Italy and Sweden and France for having the biggest opening day in history and now it is the highest-grossing Harry Potter debut.
Actor Tom Felton (centre), who plays Draco Malfoy in the Potter franchise, poses with fans outside a restaurant in Rio De Janeiro earlier this month
The final showdown: Harry, Hermione and Ron face the great unknown in the franchise's final film
The earlier films have generated more than $6.4billion (£4billion) in ticket sales since the first movie a decade ago, plus billions more from DVDs and merchandise. The films are based on novels by British author J.K. Rowling.
The record-holder for any of the eight Potter films so far is the first in the franchise, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which has amassed $974.8million (£604.8million) globally.
He-who-must-not-be-named: Potter and friends face Voldemort in the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Loyal fans eager to say farewell are expected to drive big numbers for the conclusion of the battle between good and evil in a fantasy world of witchcraft.
Film-goers, some sporting Potter-inspired costumes, queued at cinemas for the first showings and events coordinated with screenings.
Many early screenings were sold out before the movie had even opened
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