“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” the last movie in the epic series, soared into the record books with the highest-grossing opening weekend ever. The series finale drew $169.2 million on about 11,100 screens at 4,375 locations, dethroning “The Dark Knight’s” $158.4 million.

This weekend’s box office totals are as follows for the top 10:
1: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” – $169,189,427
2: “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” – $21,328,545
3: “Horrible Bosses” – $17,777,464
4: “Zookeeper” – $12,330,512
5: “Cars 2” – $8,407,529
6: “Winnie the Pooh” – $7,857,076
7: “Bad Teacher” – $5,152,447
8: “Larry Crowne” – $2,664,550
9: “Super 8” – $1,970,377
10: “Midnight in Paris” – $1,876,588
(Courtesy of Box Office Mojo)

Weekend Movie Box Office Report July 15-17, 2011: