Potter smashes Aussie box office record

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has taken more than seven million dollars on its opening day, smashing Australian box office records.

The eighth and final movie based on JK Rowling's seven hugely successful books raked in $7,029,487 across the country on Wednesday, almost two million dollars more than the previous record set in 2003 by The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King.

The film opened on 753 screens, the widest number in Australian history.