I'm not overly surprised that it didn't beat POA. One, POA was released in June. Most kids (and teachers) are out of school by then, whereas in November for GOF everyone is in school. Two, it is a much darker movie than all the others. Although Star Wars EP3 was the darkest, it still did the best of all six SW movies. I haven't seen it yet, but most certainly will sometime this week. Just from the trailers, I can tell it's the best yet. I'm glad it is because book 4 is my favorite along side 6.