How much will Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince make in it's open weekend?

I'm assuming this is worldwide since it's not stated otherwise.

US boxoffice should always be assumed unless otherwise stated.

Historically:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=harrypotter.htm

3 day US weekend... No way it'll top $100 million ... I see it opening anywhere from $80 - $88 million and HSX.com is predicting $75.5 million opening 3 day North American weekend.

If it ends up at $100 million, then how will the Q be settled?

My common sense reading of this is that 75 - 100 million would win if the box office was between 75,000,000 and 99,999,999.99, and then 100 - 125 would be 100,000,000.00 to 124,999,999.99.

HSX has to be wrong, the first HP movie post the finish of the series will NOT be the lowest earning opening weekend yet.

quick note: The rules concerning movie earnings are this:

2.3.3.1 US Movie Box Office

* The question will be settled using data compiled and published by Nielson EDI for that period.
* General release is defined as having been released in at least 650 theatres domestically (USA & Canada).
* For questions regarding opening weekend box office takings, questions will be suspended at 5pm PST on the Friday. Any predictions made after that point will be voided.
* "Opening weekend" will run from Friday to Sunday
* If the opening weekend for a specified movie falls on a holiday weekend the outcomes for a question regarding opening weekend will be calculated using this extended weekend unless otherwise stated.


None of the actual points say that a question is automatically US only numbers unless otherwise stated, yet the subtitle on the category is "2.3.3.1 US Movie Box Office"

It seems there are no rules regarding international or worldwide movie questions. I think if the area is not specified it would make more sense to include all areas, seeing as this is an international website (i thought it was at least) and limit it only to one area when specifically requested by the question creator. The reason this works better, as opposed to the current setup which is the opposite, is becuase a new user (or anyone who hasn't studied the rules with a magnifying glass) could reasonably assume their is no restriction not stated by the question creator, such as limiting sales to one area only.

Destry is correct - the creator has obviously not intended to create an overlap, but rather create mutually exclusive outcomes covering a set period. So if the outcome is 100 Million, then the option '100 Million to 125 Million' will be the winning one.

The official trailer's out and embedded above! What do you guys think?

I think I can't wait for this movie to come out!

Here are the past results. I would of thought #5 would of been higher - book was really good (except that one part) =(
#5 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $77,108,414
#4 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $102,685,961
#3 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban $93,687,367
#2 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $88,357,488
#1 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $90,294,621

I read today that J.K. Rowling is releasing The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

The release date has been pushed back to next summer! Sigh, no Harry Potter this year. The suspend date has been moved back until July 17 (the new release date) and this market has become much more long term!

oh my, that pretty well ruins my stance in that highest earning genre this year market!