Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) by the 2008 James Bond film "Quantum of Solace", which took in £15.4m. "The Goblet of Fire" drew $102.7 million its opening weekend at the North American box office, setting a new opening high for the franchise and also achieved the highest weekend debut in November, with the latter being surpassed by "" in 2009. It sold about as many tickets as "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" did in its opening weekend. The film's franchise record was later overtaken in 2010 by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1", which opened to $125 million; "Harry Potter and
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale. It is the highest rated "Harry Potter" film at CinemaScore. Roger Ebert called "The Chamber of Secrets" "a phenomenal film" and gave the film 4 out of 4 stars, especially praising the set design. "Entertainment Weekly" commended the film for being better and darker than its predecessor: "And among the things this "Harry Potter" does very well indeed is deepen the darker, more frightening atmosphere for audiences. This is as it should be: Harry's story is supposed to get darker". Richard Roeper praised