"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" raked in nearly $169 million this weekend. It broke the previous record of nearly $159 million set by "The Dark Knight" in 2008.
Fans saw the final saga in the popular boy wizard series in 2-D and 3-D, helping ticket sales.
The top 10 films of the weekend were:
1. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," $168.6 million ($307 million international).
2. "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," $21.3 million ($39 million international).
3. "Horrible Bosses," $17.6 million.
4. "Zookeeper," $12.3 million.
5. "Cars 2," $8.3 million ($12.4 million international).
6. "Winnie the Pooh," $8 million.
7. "Bad Teacher," $5.2 million.
8. "Larry Crowne," $2.6 million.
9. "Super 8," $1.92 million.
10. "Midnight in Paris," $1.9 million.
The Associated Press contributed to this story
