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Fans outside a midnight screening of the final Harry Potter movie on Friday. Charles Krupa/AP/Press Association Images

Harry Potter smashes US box office on opening day

More box office records are expected to tumble. Magic stuff.

HARRY POTTER HAS cast his biggest spell yet with a record-breaking first day at the box office.

Distributor Warner Brothers reports that “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ summoned up $92.1 million in the US domestically on its opening day yesterday.

That’s nearly $20 million more than the previous record-holder, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” which took in $72.7 million in its first day two years ago.

The finale of the “Harry Potter” saga also set a record for midnight screenings with $43.5 million. That topped “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” which pulled in about $30 million in its first midnight shows last year.

Box-office tracker Hollywood.com projected Saturday that “Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ also could break the opening-weekend record of $158.4 million domestically held by “The Dark Knight.”

- AP

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