The latest Harry Potter film has made a magic start in cinemas, earning loads of money in the UK and America.
On Wednesday people in the UK spent more than £4.7m on tickets to see the film. That's the most money ever by a film opening on a Wednesday.
In America some cinemas showed the film at midnight and more than $22.5m (£13.7m) was spent on those showings.
In total American Potter fans spent $58.4m (£35.5m) on tickets on day one - more than any other Potter film so far.
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Only three other films have ever sold more tickets in a single day than Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
According to official figures 2009 is turning into a really big year for cinemas in the UK too, as it seems likely it will be a bigger year than 2008.
We spent around £90m more on cinema tickets in the first six months of 2009 than we did in 2008.
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