The fourth film of the "Potteriana" set a record in the first weekend after the picture's wide release. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" earned 181.4 million dollars worldwide, including 101.4 million in the USA. In this way, the records of the previous three films about the adventures of the young wizard were broken.
The picture entered the top five films with the maximum box office earnings in the entire history of American distribution, however it was unable to overtake "Spider-Man" (115 million), "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith" (108.4 million), and "Shrek 2" (108 million) in first-weekend results.
In Great Britain the picture collected 24.6 million dollars, in Germany - 19.8 million, in Mexico - 6.8 million dollars. The picture took first place in box office sales in all 19 countries where the premiere took place.
In the coming weekend "Goblet of Fire" will be released in Japan, Italy, and Spain, and in the first week of December - in France and Australia.
In Ukraine "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" will be released only at the end of December.
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" became the most expensive in the history of world cinema. Its budget amounted to around 168 million pounds sterling (more than 300 million dollars), which exceeds even the expenses for the creation of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, - said a representative of the company distributing the Potter films.
The film was made based on the book by British writer Joanne Rowling - the main role in it is played by 16-year-old Daniel Radcliffe.
The director of the fourth film was the Briton Mike Newell, the creator of such pictures as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Donnie Brasco," "Mona Lisa Smile," and others.