Box Office Magic

"HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE" PERFORMED MAGIC AT THE BOX OFFICE THIS PAST WEEKEND.

"POTTER'S" DISTRIBUTOR WARNER BROTHERS  ESTIMATES THE SIXTH INSTALLMENT IN THE SERIES GROSSED ALMOST 80 MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE WEEKEND -- AND 160 MILLION SINCE ITS WEDNESDAY DEBUT.

AND THAT'S JUST IN NORTH AMERICA.

WARNER BROTHERS SAYS THE FILM BROUGHT IN ALMOST 400 MILLION DOLLARS AROUND THE WORLD.

WITH THOSE NUMBERS, THE LATEST MOVIE ABOUT THE WIZARD AND HIS SCHOOLMATES RANKS SECOND ALL-TIME FOR FILMS OPENING ON A WEDNESDAY, BEHIND "TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN."

THE TRANSFORMERS SEQUEL CAME OUT LAST MONTH BUT IT'S STILL PERFORMING STRONG, COMING IN THIRD ON HOLLYWOOD-DOT-COM'S NORTH AMERICAN CHART THIS WEEKEND, AT 14 MILLION.

"ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS" PLACED SECOND, GROSSING NEARLY 18 MILLION.

AND MADONNA TRAVELED TO MARSEILLES, FRANCE, YESTERDAY, EVEN THOUGH HER CONCERT SCHEDULED FOR LAST NIGHT WAS CANCELED.

THE POP STAR WENT TO FRANCE TO VISIT WORKERS INJURED WHILE PUTTING HER STAGE TOGETHER AT THE LOCAL STADIUM -- AND THE FAMILY OF A MAN WHO WAS KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT.

TWO MEN DIED AND EIGHT OTHERS WERE INJURED THURSDAY WHEN THE SET'S ROOF COLLAPSED AND FELL ON THE CREW.

FOR HOLLYWOOD MINUTE, I'M NINETTE SOSA, REPORTING FROM ATLANTA.