'Harry Potter 6' Pushes Warner Revenue Past $1 Bn  Harry Potter 6 |
The sixth instalment of Harry Potter has given Hollywood studio Warner Bros. its seventh No.1 hit of the year and has pushed the studio's domestic gross cross the $1 billion mark.
The success of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" comes along with the studio's recent comedy "The Hangover", which, with more than $235 million in ticket sales thus far, has become the highest-grossing R-rated comedy ever domestically.
Warner Bros. has said in a statement released on Sunday that it is the only studio to earn $1 billion annually for nine consecutive years.
