Harry Potter's record-breaking last hurrah: By the numbers

Engorgio! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the eighth installment in the $6.3 billion (and counting) Harry Potter franchise, set a slew of box office records this weekend. In its first three days of release, the young wizard's swan song sold out screenings around the world, putting it on track to be the first Potter film to gross more than $1 billion. Just how financially magical was the Deathly Hallows Part 2's opening weekend? Here's a concise data breakdown:

$168.6 million

Opening weekend domestic gross for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, a new box office record

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$158.4 million

Opening weekend domestic gross for 2008's The Dark Knight, the previous record-holder

4,375

Number of U.S. theaters showing Deathly Hallows Part 2

4,366

Number of U.S. theaters that screened The Dark Knight on its opening weekend

$307 million

International box office gross for the opening weekend of Deathly Hallows Part 2, another record

$260.4 million

International box office gross for the opening weekend of 2011's Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the previous record-holder

59

Number of countries in which Deathly Hallows Part 2 opened this weekend

20,000

Number of screens worldwide on which Deathly Hallows Part 2 played

$475 million

Worldwide gross of Deathly Hallows Part 2

$6.3 billion

Worldwide gross of the entire Harry Potter franchise, also a record

$7.4 billion

Estimated final worldwide box office tally once Deathly Hallows Part 2 completes its theatrical release

$43.5 million

Money earned from midnight screenings of Deathly Hallows Part 2 early Friday morning, a record

3,800

Number of U.S. locations that hosted midnight screenings of Deathly Hallows Part 2

$132 million

Total advanced ticket sales for Deathly Hallows Part 2

$92.1 million

Total domestic gross for all of Friday, a single-day record

$72.7 million

Domestic gross earned by The Twilight Saga: New Moon on a single day in 2009, the previous record-holder

43

Percent of Deathly Hallows Part 2 box office generated by 3D ticket sales

54

Percent of Deathly Hallows Part 2 audience that was female

45

Percent of Deathly Hallows Part 2 audience that was under age 25

97

Current Rotten Tomatoes rating for Deathly Hallows Part 2, meaning 97 percent of critics recommend the movie — one of the highest ratings any film has received this year

Sources: Forbes, International Business Times, LA Times, Rotten Tomatoes, Wall Street Journal, Wash. Post