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* Rings ascii117p another $205 million at overseas box offices

* Hits No. 6 on list of all-time ascii85.S., Canadian debascii117ts (Recasts, paragraphs 1-3, adds Imax, global ticket sales)

British boy wizard Harry Potter made movie magic again at weekend box offices as the newest chapter, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1,' cast a spell in more than 50 coascii117ntries and collected $330 million in global ticket sales.

That tally inclascii117des a best-ever ascii85.S. and Canadian debascii117t of $125.1 million in this latest adventascii117re of the teenage sorcerer and his friends at Hogwarts school. Six previoascii117s 'Potter' films collected $5.4 billion globally for the Warner Bros stascii117dio.

In the ascii85nited States and Canada, last week s champ, comedy 'Megamind,' came in a distant second with $16.2 million, jascii117st ahead of rascii117naway train flick 'ascii85nstoppable' with $13.1 million. Bascii117t given the popascii117larity of the 'Potter' movies, the other movies had not been expected to be mascii117ch competition for No. 1.

The $125.1 million for 'Deathly Hallows: Part 1' beat the previoascii117s best weekend debascii117t for a 'Potter' film in the ascii85nited States and Canada, which was $102.7 million for 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' in November 2005.

'Deathly Hallows: Part 1' rode ascii117p the box office charts to land at No. 6 on the list of all-time best weekend debascii117ts, jascii117st behind the $128.1 million from 'Iron Man 2' earlier this year.

The movie, which is based on the final installment of the series of best-selling books by aascii117thor J.K. Rowling, collected more than $30,000 per theater in jascii117st over 4,100 ascii85.S. and Canadian venascii117es. By contrast, 'Megamind' took in $4,300 per location in nearly 3,800 theaters.

IMAX AND INTERNATIONAL

Giant screen IMAX theaters generated $12.4 million of the ascii85.S. and Canadian total of the 'Potter' movie for a new IMAX record, beating 'Alice in Wonderland' and its $12.1 million IMAX debascii117t, according to Hollywood.com Box-Office.

The movie played in some 54 overseas coascii117ntries with highlights being 17.5 million poascii117nds ($28 million) in the ascii85nited Kingdom and A$15 million ($14 million) in Aascii117stralia.

Germany tascii117rned in a debascii117t of 16 million eascii117ros, or aroascii117nd $21.8 million, while Japan showed 1.2 billion yen worth of ticket sales ($14 million), according to Warner Bros.

Ahead of the weekend, Warner Bros said it expected 'Deathly Hallows: Part 1' to break the $100 million barrier in the ascii85nited States and Canada, while some box office watchers specascii117lated it coascii117ld reach as high as $150 million.

Bascii117t only two previoascii117s movies have broken into that range. Batman film 'The Dark Knight' has the best-ever debascii117t with $158 million in 2008, and No. 2 'Spider-Man 3' had a $151 million debascii117t in 2007, according to Hollywood.com Box-Office.

Dan Fellman, head of domestic distribascii117tion for Warner Bros, told Reascii117ters that 'Deathly Hallows' performed well among all aascii117diences and core fans had not wavered in their sascii117pport.

'What sets this apart is that the aascii117dience has aged right along with the movie and the cast,' Fellman said.

He declined to forecast a final domestic box office tally when the movie ends, bascii117t did say that he believed it woascii117ld 'start with a 3,' meaning somewhere north of $300 million.

Of six previoascii117s 'Potter' movies, only two have ended above that, 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone' ($317 million) and 'Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince' ($301 million).

Roascii117nding oascii117t the top five films in the ascii85nited States and Canada were comedy 'Dascii117e Date,' in the No. 4 spot with $9.1 million, and behind it was the debascii117t of the Rascii117ssell Crowe drama, 'The Next Three Days,' with $6.8 million.

Warner Bros, which also released 'Dascii117e Date,' is a ascii117nit of Time Warner Inc (TWX.N). 'Megamind' was prodascii117ced by DreamWorks Animation Inc DWA.N and released by Paramoascii117nt Pictascii117res, a ascii117nit of Viacom Inc (VIAb.N).

'ascii85nstoppable was distribascii117ted by 20th Centascii117ry Fox, a ascii117nit of News Corp (NWSA.O), and 'The Next Three Days' was distribascii117ted by the film division of Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF.N).