On Friday alone, "New Moon" managed to earn $72.7 million, surpassing "The
Dark Knight" as the single best opening day in cinema history. A hefty $26.3
million chunk of that Friday change came purely from midnight showings,
propelling "New Moon" past "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" with the highest-grossing midnight opening of all time. "New Moon" also debuted with the biggest November opening ever and the third-best opening weekend of all time, taking that distinction away from "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
To put the success of "New Moon" in perspective, the first "Twilight"
film — which opened almost a year ago to the day — earned only $69.6 million in
its debut weekend, demonstrating just how widespread the "Twilight" craze has
become in only 12 months.Read the article here.
Monday, November 23, 2009
New Moon Kicks Some Serious Opening Weekend Butt
Reports are all over the place that New Moon broke records and exceeded expectations for opening weekend. With numbers like this, can the announcement of Breaking Dawn be too far off? From MTV.com...
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No surprise here. I think it can only grow with Eclipse since more and more fans come into the series. It's the whole snowball effect, once you read the book or see how freaking amazing New Moon the movie is, you can't help but get caught in it.
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