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The boy wizard has vanquished the dark knight and a band of pirates with a record-setting magic act at both the domestic and international box office.Warner Bros. estimates that "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" took in $168.6 million domestically from Friday to Sunday. That beats the previous best opening weekend of $158.4 million, also held by Warner Bros. for 2008's Batman blockbuster. The Dark Knight.

Overseas, the film added $307 million in 59 countries since it began rolling out Wednesday, topping the previous best international debut of $260.4 million set in May by Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.International results for "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" included record openings in Great Britain at $36.6 million and Australia at $26.7 million, according to Warner Bros.Worldwide, "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" topped $475 million in a matter of days, putting it on course to become the franchise's first billion-dollar worldwide hit.

Overall domestic revenue for the weekend totaled $263 million, a record for a non-holiday weekend, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com.The "Harry Potter" finale also set a record for best opening day domestically Friday with $92.1 million, nearly $20 million ahead of the previous high for "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" two years ago.Other records for "Deathly Hallows: Part 2": best domestic gross for debut midnight shows at $43.5 million, topping the $30 million for last year's "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"; best domestic opening in huge-screen IMAX theaters with $15.5 million, surpassing the $12.2 million for last year's "Alice in Wonderland"; and best worldwide IMAX debut with $23.5 million, beating the $20.4 million for "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" two weeks ago.

The weekend's other new wide release, Disney's animated family flick "Winnie the Pooh," got swamped by "Harry Potter" mania. A return to the hand-drawn animation style of earlier adaptations of A.A. Milne's beloved storybook characters, "Winnie the Pooh" pulled in just $8 million domestically, finishing at No. 6."Deathly Hallows: Part 2" is the eighth and final film adapted from J.K. Rowling's seven novels about the young wizard's indoctrination into a secret world of sorcery and his epic battles with evil conjurer Voldemort.

"It's just a great way to exit, with the class and style that J.K. Rowling wrote into these stories," Fellman said. "It comes to an end, as all goods thing do. When you have the opportunity to be a part of that, to work on all eight movies over 10 years, to see the kids, meeting them for the first time when they're 10 and 11, and just now going to see Daniel Radcliffe at 22 years old in 'How to Succeed in Business' on Broadway. There's a bittersweet part of it."

Overseas audiences remain eager for it, with 3-D tickets accounting for 61 percent of international income on "Deathly Hallows: Part 2."
Woody Allen hit a milestone as his romance "Midnight in Paris" pulled in $1.9 million to raise its domestic total to $41.8 million, a personal revenue record for the filmmaker. The Sony Pictures Classics release beat Allen's previous high of $40.1 million for 1986's "Hannah and Her Sisters."

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

Hollywood Actress Candy Spelling has finally sold her palatial Los Angeles area home to 22-year-old British heiress Petra Ecclestone, Access Hollywood has confirmed.

Candy Spelling to The Wall Street Journal, the 57,000-square foot home in the Holmby Hills area of LA, was the highest priced piece of real estate in the U.S., listed for a whopping $150 million. The final closing price for the estate, which has been on the market since March 2009, has not been disclosed.

The humble abode, which has over 100 rooms, includes a double staircase that was inspired by "Gone With the Wind," a flower-cutting room, bowling alley, beauty salon, multiple gift-wrapping rooms, china room and a "Prince Charles suite," who once stayed at the Spelling home.

Candy and the late Aaron Spelling bought the property in the '80s and built the French chateau-style home in 1991.Celebs & Their MomsPetra, an heiress to a Formula One racing fortune, also reportedly owns a six-story home in the Chelsea neighborhood of London, which reportedly set her back $90.9 million.

As for Candy, she's downsized to a 15,555-square-foot condominium in Century City, Calif., which she reportedly bought for $35 million.
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French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy recently and now the singer / actress has confirmed that's she's pregnant.The 43-year-old told French Newspaper Nice-Matin (via People) that her pregnancy is "coming happiness, unexpected and unhoped for."

She remained mum on rumors that she is expecting a boy with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.That, I don't even know myself. There are certain things which one should keep secret," she told the paper.

She also remained vague about her due date - some have said she is over 5 months along.Carla, who recently appeared in Woody Allen's latest movie, "Midnight in Paris," with Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams, said she is also hard at work on a new album. She was previously was featured on the soundtrack to "(500) Days of Summer."

The French President has three sons from his two previous marriages and last year became a grandfather. Carla also has a 10-year-old son, Aurelian, from a previous relationship.