Harry’s still got the magic. With over $40 million in domestic earnings, the latest instalment of J.K. Rowling’s franchise, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, topped the list of biggest box-office hits in Australia for 2009
Half-Blood Prince lead the robot-clashing sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, James Cameron’s 3-D sci-fi epic Avatar and the sparkly vampires of New Moon. Of course, Avatar‘s $38-plus million gross was made in the final two weeks of the year; the film has now grossed more than $75 million and is the highest-earner of all time domestically.
Here’s how the Top 10 stacked up:
1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — $40,597,409
2. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen — $40,340,888
3. Avatar — $38,810,446
4. The Twilight Saga: New Moon — $36,957,295
5. Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs — $29,793,423
6. Up — $27,990,900
7. The Hangover — $21,405,338
8. Monsters Vs Aliens — $20,584,698
9. 2012 — $20,082,475
10. Slumdog Millionaire — $18,877,786
