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  Harry Potter smashes box office records
Updated 19 November 2001, 18.59
A scene from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has broken just about every film record on its opening weekend.

The movie took a whopping �16m in the UK, smashing the record previously held by Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace, which took �9.5m.

Children and adults flocked to cinemas across the country to see the first film based on JK Rowling's best-selling wizard books.

Daniel Radcliffe

It also broke all records in America, where it took �65m on the first three days.

The Philosopher's Stone cost filmmakers Warner Brothers around �90m to make, but it has earned almost that already in its first weekend.

The movie stars 12-year-old Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, along with a host of British stars such as Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith and Robbie Coltrane.

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