'Harry Potter' Becomes #1 Movie of 2011

'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2' might have sunk from fourth place to sixth this past week in North America, but with $12.4 million in ticket sales this past weekend it helps push the overall amount to a whopping $344.9 million in just 24 days.


On Monday, 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' was the only movie released in 2011 to be in 'Potter's' way of achieving it's #1 status. Today, 'Potter' passed 'Transformers' to become the top-grossing movie from 2011 in North America.


Here are the 10 top-grossing movies of 2011 in North America:


01 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $344.9 million (so far)
02 - Transformers: Dark of the Moon - $344.6 million (so far)
03 - The Hangover Part 2 - $253.6 million
04 - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - $239.1 million
05 - Fast Five - $209.8 million
06 - Cars 2 - $184.9 million
07 - Thor - $180.8 million
08 - Bridesmaids - $166.6 million
09 - Kung Fu Panda 2 - $162.8 million
10 - X-Men: First Class - $145.3 million