Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson enter an elite Hollywood club with the record-breaking debut of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon."
The ripple effect caused by the record-setting debut of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" will be felt for months to come. From young adult novel series to feature film sensation, it is now forever part of motion picture history.
Following its record-setting midnight screening program and towering opening day, "New Moon" posted the third biggest opening weekend in movie history. Performing like a summer event film, "New Moon" earned an unforgettable $140.7 million from 4,024 cinemas. Meanwhile, its overseas results are no less staggering with $118.1 million from 25 territories. All combined, "New Moon" delivered a staggering $258.8 global opening.
As for the rest of the Weekend Final Five? Let's hear it for the ladies, beginning with Sandra Bullock. With her third major release this year, "The Blind Side" made a powerful impact with $34.5 million from 3,110 locations. Surpassing all industry expectations, the bio pic earned some of the weekend's best reviews and audiece reactions. The combination of "New Moon," "The Blind Side and "Precious" accounted for over $180 million of the overall box office total, placing women in control of the weekend.
After reaching the box office stratosphere last weekend, "2012" fell back down to earth with $26.5 million. Now entering its second week, the disaster epic also reached a milestone with its overall total of $108.2 million. Families jetted out to "Planet 51," which debuted with $12.6 million 3,035 locations. Disney's "A Christmas Carol" is still feeling a bit of a holiday glow, earning $12.2 million for an overall total of $79.8 million to date. Bubbling just out of the Weekend Final Five in sixth place is Oscar fave “Precious” added $11 million from its biggest weekend yet, boasting an overall total of $21.4 million to date.
Will "New Moon" continue to offer plenty of box office bounty this Thanksgiving weekend? Will newcomers "NInja Assassin," "Old Dogs" or "The Road" even stand a chance? Find out next weekend in Examiner.com!
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Based on Cormac McCarthy's award-winning novel, "The Road" starring Viggo Mortensen is this week's spotlight film. (Opens Wednesday, November 25th)
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The weekend is still in progress. How do you have opening weekend totals, halfway through the weekend? This story is premature. When the film finishes at number one opening weekend totals tomorrow morning, will you retract your story?
The industry works out its box office stories using a system of estimates provided by the studios and other sources. I will not retract the story, just correct the numbers, which sometimes fluctuate higher/lower. The story is not premature as Variety and the trades, as well as other new sources work from the same material and post around the same time I do my piece for Examiner. Thanks for reading, Julie. I appreciate the comment.
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