Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Triumphs With Record Breaking Opening Weekend of GBP14,903,710 in the UK

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Triumphs With Record Breaking Opening Weekend of GBP14,903,710 in the UK

LONDON, November 21/PRNewswire/ -- Warner Bros. Pictures International UK made cinema history today. Mike
Newell's critically acclaimed Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire scooped the
prizes by smashing four box office records during the UK opening weekend.

This weekend Harry Potter won four box office firsts, biggest Friday ever
GBP4,022,568, biggest Saturday ever GBP5,638,182 and biggest Sunday ever
GBP5,242,960 making Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire the biggest 3 day
opening weekend in UK box office history.

In Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, the fourth film adaptation of
J.K. Rowling's popular Harry Potter novel series, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe)
must contend with being mysteriously selected to compete in the prestigious
Triwizard Tournament, a thrilling international competition that pits him
against older and more experienced students from Hogwarts and two rival
European wizarding schools.

Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Heyday Films production of a Mike Newell
film starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane,
Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman,
Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith and Timothy Spall. Directed by Mike Newell, the
film is produced by David Heyman from a screenplay by Steve Kloves, based on
the novel by J.K. Rowling. The executive producers are David Barron and Tanya
Seghatchian

Images will be available on www.Image.net

Notes to Editors:

The biggest cinema opening weekend to date in 2005 - Star Wars
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Three day opening weekend - GBP10,707,574

Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone - Three day opening weekend -
GBP9,600,368

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets - Three day opening weekend -
GBP10,259,328

Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban - Three day opening weekend -
GBP9,508,349

Source: Warner Bros. Pictures

For further UK release information please contact: Jayne Trotman - Director of Publicity, +44(0)20-7984-5222, Louisa Radcliffe - Publicity Manager, +44(0)20-7984-5286

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