Katy Perry wasn't at the 38th annual People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles Wednesday night, but that didn't stop her from being the night's big winner.

The Firework singer, who ducked out on the CBS show following her recent split with estranged hubby Russell Brand, took home five awards: Favorite Female Artist, Tour Headliner, Song of the Year for "E.T.", Music Video of the Year for "Last Friday Night" and TV Guest Star for her cameo on How I Met Your Mother.

She tweeted following her wins: "THANK U to every1 who voted for me for the @peopleschoice tonight! We won so many! Now I need to get more books 2 successfully display them!"

The final installment of the hugely successful Harry Potter franchise has been nominated for a whopping four awards, as well as nominations for all of it’s four leading stars, in the upcoming People’s Choice 2012 Awards.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has been nominated in the Ensemble Movie Cast, Book Adaptation, Movie and Action Movie categories, with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Tom Felton set to face off in the Movie Star Under 25 category.

The People’s Choice Awards remain faithful to their name, allowing the general public to vote for their favorite stars, TV shows, music and movies via an online ballot, up until December 6.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has shattered the all-time opening weekend box office record. The last of the Potter films will bring in an estimated $158.4 million this weekend.

That's $10 million more than 2008's The Dark Knight, the previous record-holder.

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As RadarOnline.com previously reported, the magical film set a record on Friday with the all-time opening day take.

The movie is a huge hit internationally too, and its three-day worldwide gross is reported as $496 million.

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The only question now is, can Daniel Radcliffe and company possibly top Avatar.  That's the mother of all blockbusters, with $760 million in domestic box office and $2.8 BILLION worldwide.

Even a wizard may not be able to conjure up numbers like those!

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Harry Potter has worked his magic again. The new and final film in the Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, raked in a record breaking $92.1 million on its opening day.

The movie smashed the box office record for the largest single day gross when it was released on Friday. The previous record-holder was The Twilight Saga: New Moon which took in $72.1 million.

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When the final numbers are in, the movie is expected to unseat The Dark Knight for the best opening weekend ever.

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In a candid interview with British GQ magazine the 21-year-old actor says he hasn't touched a drop since August 2010 when he realized he had a problem.

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Muggles everywhere rejoice!

The magical trailer for Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has just been released.

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Warner Bros. premiered the highly anticipated trailer Wednesday night during a broadcast of Happy Gilmore on ABC Family, and then it quickly hit the web.