No 'Breaking Dawn' Record: Harry Potter Remains King of the Opening Night

Sorry to be the one to break the bad news, Twi-Hards, but the Boy Wizard still reigns supreme. Despite a ridiculous amount of hype, and rabid fans selling out thousands of screenings weeks beforehand, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" was not able to overcome the all-time opening night box office record set by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2."

"Breaking Dawn," with a $72 million opening night, actually came in third place in the opening night race behind "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," which brought in $72.7 million, and was badly beaten by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," which brought in a staggering $91 million.

The midnight screening take for "Breaking Dawn" was an impressive $30.3 million, but that still couldn't touch the $43.5 million brought in by the final Potter installment.

For the entire weekend, media data firm SNL Kagan expects that the movie could break Summit's projections of $125 million and earn upwards of $135 million or more. While "Breaking Dawn" is expected to do extremely well throughout its entire run, Potter's all-time box office record also seems likely to remain firmly intact.

Take a look at the Top 10 opening nights, according to Boxofficemojo.com.

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, $91.1 million
2. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, $72.7 million
3. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1, $72 million
4.  The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, $68.5  million
5. The Dark Knight, $67.2 million
6. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, $62 million
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, $61.7 million
8. Spider-Man 3, $60 million
9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, $58.2 million
10. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, $55.8 million