harry potter and the sorcerer's stone movie came out in odeon leicester square on 16 november 2001.
harry potter and the sorcerer's stone movie came out in odeon leicester square on 16 november 2001.
when did harry potter and the sorcerer's stone movie come out in odeon leicester square?
16 november 2001
the film had its world premiere at the odeon leicester square in london on 4 november 2001, with the cinema arranged to resemble hogwarts school. the film was greatly received at the box office. in the united states, it made $32.3 million on its opening day, breaking the single day record previously held by "". on the second day of release, the film's gross increased to $33.5 million, breaking the record for biggest single day again. in total, it made $90.3 million during its first weekend, breaking the record for highest-opening weekend of all time that was previously held by "". it held the record until the following may when "spider-man" made $114.8 million in its opening weekend. the film held onto the no. 1 spot at the box-office for three consecutive weekends. the film also had the highest grossing 5-day (wednesday-sunday) thanksgiving weekend record of $82.4 million, holding the title for twelve years until both "" and "frozen" surpassed it with $110.1 million and $94 million respectively. similar results were achieved across the world. in the united kingdom, "harry potter and the philosopher's stone" broke the record for the highest-opening weekend ever, both including and excluding previews, making £16.3 million with and £9.8 million without previews. the film went on to make £66.1 million in the uk alone, making it the country's second highest-grossing film of all-time (after "titanic"), until it was surpassed by "mamma mia!".
harry potter and the philosopher's stone (film)
bullet::::- odeon cinemas, the british cinema chain









































bullet::::- odeon marble arch, a former cinema also located in london's west end









































bullet::::- odeon west end, a second cinema on the south side of leicester square until 2015









































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bullet::::- "guide to british theatres 1750–1950", john earl and michael sell pp. 128 (theatres trust, 2000)









































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bullet::::- alhambra theatre history archive material, information, and images on the alhambra theatre, leicester square









































bullet::::- leicester square webcam – close up of the odeon cinema for film premieres









































bullet::::- the cinema organ society information on the organ









































bullet::::- film premieres in odeon leicester square
odeon leicester square