With a production budget of $115 million, and box-office gross receipts of $302.2 million (domestic), $310.7 million (lifetime domestic gross), and $649.4 million (worldwide).For the first time, aStar Warsfilm did not top he box office for its year.It had stiff competition in 2002 against the # 1 highest-grossing (domestic) filmSpider-Man (2002)at $403.Harry""s opponent conjured up, with the commandserpensortia, a talking cobra-like snake that spokeparseltongue(snake language), which Harry could speak too, since he was aparselmouth- an uncommon gift according to Hermione.The setting of the film is among the privileged upper class society in Philadelphia.Hepburn""s character, a self-willed young aristocratic heiress (nicknamed ""Red"" by her ex-husband), is on the verge of a second marriage.The silent film""s plot, a light-hearted satire criticizing he conservative scientific community of its time, was inspired by Jules Verne""sFrom the Earth to the Moon (1865)and H.