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‘Harry Potter’ rings up record US$168m box office

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 08:33 AM PDT

The sum beats the previous record of US$158.4 million held by the 2008 Batman movie, "The Dark Knight." — Reuters file pic

LOS ANGELES, July 17 — The final "Harry Potter" film shattered box office records with US$168.6 million (RM507.1 million) in ticket sales over its debut weekend, the best three-day opening ever in the United States and Canada, distributor Warner Bros. said today.

The staggering sum for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2," beat the previous record of US$158.4 million over the initial three days for the 2008 Batman movie, "The Dark Knight." Warner Bros is a unit of Time Warner Inc. — Reuters

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Swiss police arrest 21 at Montreux festival

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 05:18 AM PDT

The arrests came after revellers attacked security guards at the festival. — Reuters pic

ZURICH, July 17 — Swiss police arrested 21 people during two nights of clashes between drunken revellers and security at Montreux, one of Europe's most prestigious summer jazz festivals, police said today.

They said in a statement they had arrested 11 people, including two minors, on Friday evening and 10 people last evening after festival-goers attacked security guards at the two-week festival which ended yesterday.

The drunken crowds threw bottles, rocks and chairs at police and security guards, injuring one guard seriously and several others slightly. Several cars were damaged, the statement said.

Carlos Santana and Sting were among the artists who played the 45th annual Montreux Jazz Festival on Lake Geneva, which draws about 250,000 people a year. — Reuters

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Ahad, 17 Julai 2011

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