Harry Potter Hits Billion!

Finally, in a shot time, Harry Potter has joined the billion-dollar club. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. It's soon expected to pass "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," which is this year's top grossing movie at $1.03 billion. The last of the eight films about the young wizard is the first in the franchise to reach the billion dollar mark. 

The previous best global haul was $974.8 million for the original film, 2001's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." With $21.9 million domestically this weekend, "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" climbed to a domestic total of $318.5 million. That tops the franchise's previous best of $317.6 million for "Sorcerer's Stone." But factoring in today's higher admission prices, "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" has not caught up to "Sorcerer's Stone" in terms of actual tickets sold. 

The 2009 film "Avatar" holds the record for the biggest worldwide box office haul, grossing $2.8 billion. It's followed by another James Cameron film, "Titanic," which brought in $1.8 billion.

Cowboys & Aliens Vs. The Smurf Tops Box Office

Little blue Smurfs and not-so-little green men from space are in a photo finish for the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office. Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford's science-fiction Western "Cowboys & Aliens" and the family adventure "The Smurfs" both opened with $36.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. That leaves Sony's "Smurfs" and Universal's "Cowboys & Aliens" tied for the top spot. Figuring out the No. 1 movie will have to wait until final numbers are counted Monday.

Box-Office Weekend Summary
Issue Date : 1 Agustus 2011
Rank     Title     Weekend     Gross
1         Cowboys & Aliens (2011)  $36.4M $36.4M
2         The Smurfs (2011)   $35.6M $35.6M
3         Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)     $24.9M     $117M
4         Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)     $21.9M     $318M
5         Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)     $19.3M     $19.3M
6         Friends with Benefits (2011)     $9.3M     $38.2M
7         Horrible Bosses (2011)     $7.1M     $96.2M
8         Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)     $5.97M     $338M
9         Zookeeper (2011)     $4.2M     $68.7M
10         Cars 2 (2011)     $2.3M     $182M
11         Winnie the Pooh (2011)     $1.75M     $22.4M

Timnas For World Cup 2014

We are Indonesian people so proud with our winning last night against Turkmenistan witch score 4-3, that was rapid 3rd round competition to World Cup 2014 in Gelora Bung Karno (GBK). Turkmenistan was close to us at last minutes. Our Coach Wim Rijsbergen was very proud with Timnas especially El Loco : Cristian Gonzales, Muhamad Ridwan. and Boaz Solossafor their awesome goals. And we still dreaming for our incredible soccer team to compete on World Cup 2014 in Brazil.

UK Invasion Billboard Charts!

Summer banger hits, "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock still tops the Hot 100 for the fourth straight week. LMFAO is the first ongoing group or duo to have a song spend four weeks at #1 since the Black Eyed Peas held the top spot for 26 straight weeks in 2009 with "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling." Adele's 21 also holds at #1 in the U.K. for the 18th week and returns to #1 Billboard 200 in its 22nd week. This is the longest run at #1 in the U.K. since the The Bee Gees' Saturday Night Fever soundtrack had 18 weeks on top in 1978. While Amy Winehouse Back To Black re-enters the U.K. chart at #53, even though the tracking week there ended Saturday, the day she died. The album logged two weeks at #1 in the U.K. in January 2007. A deluxe edition hit #1 in March 2008. Winehouse, of course, paved the way for such English soul-pop singers as Adele, Duffy, Estelle and Lily Allen.

TOP TEN BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLES 

Issue Date : 29 July 2011

1. (1) LMFAO/Lauren Bennett/GoonRock,"Party Rock Anthem"(18wkonchart,pk#1)
2. (3) Katy Perry, "Last Friday Nnights" (9weeks on chart,peak#2)
3. (2) Pitbull/Ne-Yo/Afrojack/Nayer, "Give Me Everything." (17wk on chart,peak#1)
4. (5) Nicki Minaj, "Superbass" (13weeks on chart,peak#4)
5. (4) Adele, "Rolling In The Deep." (29weeks on chart,7weeks #1) 
6. (6) Lil Wayne "How To Love" (9weeks on chart,peak#6)
7. (9)  Hot Chelle Rae, "Tonight Tonight." (15weeks on chart,peak#7)

8. (7) Lady Gaga, "The Edge Of Glory." (11weeks on chart,peak#3)

9. (8)  OneRepublic, "Good Life." (17weeks on chart,peak#8)

10. (17) Bad Meets Evil ft. Bruno Mars "Lighters" (6weeks on chart,peak#10)

Hot Shot : 

#11 Britney Spears "I Wanna Go" (7weeks on chart,peak#11)

#29 Foster The People "Pumped Up Kicks"(7weeks on chart)

Amy Back To Black The Chart!

According to Nielsen SoundScan, American record buyers are making like their British counterparts and snapping up the deceased singer's catalog in a big way -- 50,000 Amy Winehouse albums were sold in the past week, 37,000 of which were her breakthrough 2006 disc Back to Black, giving the LP its best sales week since March 2008 (it came in Number Nine). Frank charted at Number 57, and her Back to Black: B-Sides EP returned in Number 152. In addition, 111,000 digital Winehouse tracks were sold ("Rehab" led the way with 34,000, good for Number 46 on the Digital Songs chart), and radio spun 170 percent more Winehouse tunes on Saturday, July 23rd, the day her body was discovered in her London apartment.

Top album chart still Adele, the woman who most benefited from Winehouse's retro-soul revival, returns to the top of the Billboard 200 today for the 11th time with 77,000 copies of 21 sold.

and #2 spot is Kidz Bop 20 -- the covers disc featuring a neutered version of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" -- debuts in Number Two with 69,000 and 3 Doors Down's Time of My Life is right behind in Three with 60,000. Beyoncé's 4 is Number Four, and DJ Khaled's We the Best Forever arrives with 53,000 copies sold. Last week's top seller, Blake Shelton's Red River Blue, sinks to Number Six with 47,000, followed by Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party (43,000), 311's new Universal Pulse (46,000), and Selena Gomez & the Scene's When the Sun Goes Down (28,000).

R.I.P & Rehab Amy Winehouse

The wake of her death on Saturday, July 23, Amy Winehouse's second album, 2007's "Back to Black," re-enters the Billboard 200 albums chart this week at No. 9 with 37,000 sold in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan. In the wake of her death on Saturday, July 23, Amy Winehouse's second album, 2007's "Back to Black," re-enters the Billboard 200 albums chart this week at No. 9 with 37,000 sold in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan. The week previous, it sold just 1,000.

She also returns to the list with her debut set, 2004's "Frank," at No. 57 with 8,000 (up 4,100%). There were more Winehouse albums purchased in past week (ending July 24) -- 55,000 -- than during the first six months of the year. Through the week ending July 17, her catalog had shifted 44,000 copies.

It's expected that Winehouse's albums and songs will see even bigger sales next week, after a full week's worth of impact from her passing is felt on the charts. Our regular recap of the week's top 10 selling albums and songs will be available on Wednesday morning. (Billboard).

Captain America Beats Box Office

Summer movie heroes, Captain America battles with Harry Potter this weekend at the box office.

Paramount Pictures' "Captain America: The First Avenger" beaten No. 1 with $65.8 million, according to Sunday studio estimates. The Marvel Comics superhero adventure sets up next summer's all-star blockbuster "The Avengers." Warner Bros.' "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," the eighth and final installment in the boy-wizard franchise, dropped to the second spot. It made just over $48 million in its second weekend for a domestic total of $274.1 million.

USA Weekend Box-Office Summary

Issue Date : 25 July 2011
Rank     Title     Weekend     Gross

1         Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)     $65.8M     $65.8M
2         Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)     $48.1M     $274M
3         Friends with Benefits (2011)     $18.5M     $18.5M
4         Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)     $12M     $326M
5         Horrible Bosses (2011)     $11.7M     $82.4M
6         Zookeeper (2011)     $8.7M     $59.2M
7         Cars 2 (2011)     $5.73M     $176M
8         Winnie the Pooh (2011)     $5.14M     $17.6M
9         Bad Teacher (2011)     $2.6M     $94.4M
10         Midnight in Paris (2011)     $1.9M     $44.9M