Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone backdrop

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone movie poster

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneFollow

2001 • PG • 2h 32m • Adventure, Family, Fantasy • Warner Bros.

Let the magic begin.

🍅 80% 82%

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3.82

7.7

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$90.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$321.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$966.60M

$644.70M international

Domestic legs3.57x

Budget$125M

2001 rank#1

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Cast & crew

Full Columbus filmography

Chris Columbus

Chris Columbus Director

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe Starring

Rupert Grint

Rupert Grint Starring

Emma Watson

Emma Watson Starring

Richard Harris

Richard Harris Starring

Tom Felton

Tom Felton Starring

ScreenplaySteve Kloves Produced byDavid Heyman CinematographyJohn Seale MusicJohn Williams Prod. DesignStuart Craig StudioWarner Bros. SeriesHarry Potter

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 16-18 1 $90.3M — 3,672 $24,590 $90.3M

2 Nov 23-25 1 $57.5M −36.3% 3,672 $15,655 $187.0M

3 Nov 30-Dec 2 1 $23.6M −58.9% 3,672 $6,438 $219.7M

4 Dec 7-9 2 $14.7M −37.7% 3,672 $4,013 $239.7M

5 Dec 14-16 4 $9.9M −32.7% 3,422 $2,898 $253.3M

6 Dec 21-23 6 $7.1M −28.5% 3,311 $2,142 $264.1M

7 Dec 28-30 6 $11.0M +54.8% 3,186 $3,445 $285.6M

8 Jan 4-6 9 $5.9M −46.0% 2,681 $2,212 $300.4M

9 Jan 11-13 10 $3.7M −38.0% 2,170 $1,693 $305.3M

10 Jan 18-20 12 $2.6M −29.6% 1,851 $1,397 $308.8M

11 Jan 25-27 20 $1.4M −45.8% 1,202 $1,166 $311.6M

12 Feb 1-3 20 $1.0M −27.9% 907 $1,114 $312.9M

13 Feb 8-10 25 $553.3K −45.2% 505 $1,095 $313.7M

14 Feb 15-17 27 $323.3K −41.6% 311 $1,039 $314.2M

15 Feb 22-24 30 $254.7K −21.2% 206 $1,236 $314.7M

16 Mar 1-3 30 $231.4K −9.2% 215 $1,076 $315.0M

17 Mar 8-10 32 $249.2K +7.7% 228 $1,092 $315.3M

18 Mar 15-17 40 $153.8K −38.3% 172 $894 $315.6M

19 Mar 22-24 29 $346.3K +125.2% 291 $1,189 $316.0M

20 Mar 29-31 28 $251.5K −27.4% 270 $931 $316.4M

21 Apr 5-7 30 $217.7K −13.5% 160 $1,360 $316.8M

22 Apr 12-14 36 $155.1K −28.8% 111 $1,397 $317.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Nov 16 #1 $32.3M — $32.3M 3,672 $8,805 1

Sat Nov 17 #1 $33.5M +4% $65.8M 3,672 $9,126 2

Sun Nov 18 #1 $24.4M −27% $90.3M 3,672 $6,658 3

Mon Nov 19 #1 $6.6M −73% $96.9M 3,672 $1,809 4

Tue Nov 20 #1 $7.7M +15% $104.6M 3,672 $2,084 5

Wed Nov 21 #1 $12.7M +65% $117.2M 3,672 $3,446 6

Thu Nov 22 #1 $12.3M −3% $129.6M 3,672 $3,355 7

Fri Nov 23 #1 $23.0M +87% −29% $152.5M 3,672 $6,260 8

Sat Nov 24 #1 $21.1M −8% −37% $173.6M 3,672 $5,742 9

Sun Nov 25 #1 $13.4M −36% −45% $187.0M 3,672 $3,652 10

Mon Nov 26 #1 $2.5M −81% −62% $189.5M 3,672 $687 11

Tue Nov 27 #1 $2.4M −6% −69% $191.9M 3,672 $648 12

Wed Nov 28 #1 $2.1M −13% −84% $194.0M 3,672 $562 13

Thu Nov 29 #1 $2.1M n/c −83% $196.0M 3,672 $564 14

Fri Nov 30 #2 $5.9M +185% −74% $201.9M 3,672 $1,608 15

Sat Dec 1 #1 $10.4M +75% −51% $212.3M 3,672 $2,819 16

Sun Dec 2 #1 $7.1M −31% −47% $219.7M 3,672 $1,939 17

Mon Dec 3 #1 $1.3M −82% −50% $220.9M 3,672 $343 18

Tue Dec 4 #1 $1.4M +12% −41% $222.3M 3,672 $384 19

Wed Dec 5 #1 $1.3M −8% −37% $223.6M 3,672 $355 20

Thu Dec 6 #1 $1.2M −5% −40% $224.9M 3,672 $336 21

Fri Dec 7 #2 $3.5M +185% −40% $228.4M 3,672 $958 22

Sat Dec 8 #2 $6.4M +81% −38% $234.8M 3,672 $1,739 23

Sun Dec 9 #2 $4.4M −31% −38% $239.7M 3,672 $1,203 24

Mon Dec 10 #2 $868.0K −80% −31% $240.5M 3,672 $236 25

Tue Dec 11 #2 $1.0M +19% −27% $241.6M 3,672 $280 26

Wed Dec 12 #2 $889.0K −14% −32% $242.4M 3,672 $242 27

Thu Dec 13 #2 $902.0K +1% −27% $243.3M 3,672 $245 28

Fri Dec 14 #4 $2.2M +146% −37% $245.6M 3,422 $649 29

Sat Dec 15 #4 $4.4M +96% −32% $249.9M 3,422 $1,274 30

Sun Dec 16 #3 $3.1M −29% −30% $253.3M 3,422 $908 31

Mon Dec 17 #4 $812.0K −74% −6% $254.1M 3,422 $237 32

Tue Dec 18 #4 $922.0K +14% −11% $255.0M 3,422 $269 33

Wed Dec 19 #4 $911.0K −1% +2% $255.9M 3,422 $266 34

Thu Dec 20 #3 $1.5M +69% +71% $257.5M 3,422 $450 35

Fri Dec 21 #7 $1.7M +13% −22% $259.2M 3,311 $525 36

Sat Dec 22 #5 $2.8M +58% −37% $262.0M 3,311 $832 37

Sun Dec 23 #5 $2.7M −2% −13% $264.7M 3,311 $815 38

Mon Dec 24 #5 $1.6M −40% +100% $266.2M 3,311 $490 39

Tue Dec 25 #10 $1.6M n/c +76% $267.8M 3,311 $490 40

Wed Dec 26 #5 $3.4M +109% +272% $271.1M 3,311 $1,024 41

Thu Dec 27 #5 $3.5M +3% +127% $274.6M 3,311 $1,058 42

Fri Dec 28 #5 $3.6M +3% +108% $278.3M 3,311 $1,093 43

Sat Dec 29 #6 $3.8M +6% +39% $282.1M 3,311 $1,156 44

Sun Dec 30 #6 $3.5M −8% +30% $285.6M 3,311 $1,060 45

Mon Dec 31 #4 $2.9M −18% +77% $288.5M 3,311 $870 46

Tue Jan 1 #5 $3.1M +7% +89% $291.6M 3,311 $929 47

Wed Jan 2 #4 $1.6M −48% −52% $293.2M 3,186 $505 48

Thu Jan 3 #5 $1.3M −21% −64% $294.5M 3,186 $397 49

Fri Jan 4 #9 $1.8M +45% −49% $296.3M 2,681 $685 50

Sat Jan 5 #9 $2.5M +37% −34% $298.7M 2,681 $939 51

Sun Jan 6 #6 $1.7M −32% −51% $300.4M 2,681 $637 52

Mon Jan 7 #9 $335.0K −80% −88% $300.7M 2,681 $124 53

Tue Jan 8 #8 $343.0K +2% −89% $301.1M 2,681 $127 54

Wed Jan 9 #8 $286.0K −17% −82% $301.4M 2,681 $106 55

Thu Jan 10 #8 $269.0K −6% −79% $301.6M 2,681 $100 56

Fri Jan 11 #12 $752.0K +180% −59% $302.4M 2,170 $346 57

Sat Jan 12 #9 $1.6M +116% −36% $304.0M 2,170 $748 58

Sun Jan 13 #7 $1.2M −25% −29% $305.3M 2,170 $559 59

Mon Jan 14 #11 $221.0K −82% −34% $305.5M 2,170 $101 60

Tue Jan 15 #11 $242.0K +10% −29% $305.8M 2,170 $111 61

Wed Jan 16 #11 $214.0K −12% −25% $306.0M 2,170 $98 62

Thu Jan 17 #11 $217.0K +1% −19% $306.2M 2,170 $100 63

Fri Jan 18 #12 $548.0K +153% −27% $306.8M 1,851 $296 64

Sat Jan 19 #9 $1.1M +100% −33% $307.9M 1,851 $591 65

Sun Jan 20 #10 $990.0K −10% −18% $308.8M 1,851 $534 66

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$308.8M

Nov 16Dec 2Dec 19Jan 4Jan 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.6M

$90.3M

$57.5M

$23.6M

$14.7M

$9.9M

$7.1M

$11.0M

$5.9M

$3.7M

$2.6M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,672 → 1,851 −49.6%

3,672 open1,851 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.6%

−36.3%

W1→2

−58.9%

W2→3

−37.7%

W3→4

−32.7%

W4→5

−28.5%

W5→6

+54.8%

W6→7

−46.0%

W7→8

−38.0%

W8→9

−29.6%

W9→10

Steepest −58.9%Biggest gain +54.8%

Run milestones

$300M in 52 days

$100M

Day 5

Nov 20

$200M

Day 15

Nov 30

$300M

Day 52

Jan 6

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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