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'Potter' packs them in at the theater
Midnight shows draw 1,345 to local cinema
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Hundreds of moviegoers wait in line for the midnight showing of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II" in Merrimack, N.H., Thursday. - photo by Associated Press
After a decade, “the end” debuted Friday just after midnight as millions of Harry Potter fans poured into theaters across the nation. Taking in $43.5 million from its midnight shows alone in North America, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” is on track to rack up the biggest opening box office weekend in movie history. And fans of the boy wizard in Statesboro were no exception.
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