New Potter movie tops box office

The latest Harry Potter movie has beaten the previous opening record for the franchise in the US and Canada. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 took $125.1m at the weekend box office, taking it straight to the top of the chart. The previous best weekend debut in the series was $102.7m for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2005. The latest Potter movie, the first of two final films, has now made $330m in global ticket sales.