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Box Office: Fangirls Fuel A Record Breaking Weekend For ‘New Moon’

1 hour ago | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Last week I mentally predicted that New Moon would come in around the $80 Million mark. Obviously, there is a reason that I am not in the business of box office predictions. New Moon grossed over $140 Million during its opening weekend, and broke a few records along the way. Fangirls (and a few fanboys) showed that they are an emerging force to be reckoned with, as New Moon ($72.7 Million) broke the opening day record previously held by The Dark Knight ($67.2 Million.)

According to Entertainment Weekly, over 80% of the ticket sales were from women, a truly rare occurrence. Although the film was critically drummed, (currently 29% on Rotten Tomatoes) audiences gave it an A- cinemascore, indicating that they were very happy with the film. The film opened on a massive 4,000+ screens, and averaged over $34,900 per screen. There was a drop off from Friday to Saturday of about 40%.

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- Shannon Hood

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'New Moon' Stars, Repeats Highlight This Week's 'Late Night Lineup'

2 hours ago | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" opened up to a record-busting weekend, bringing in over $140 million over the weekend (making it the third-largest film opening of all time, behind "Spider-Man 3" and "The Dark Knight"). Certainly the business generated by the second film in the series was due to the buzz created by stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart last week. The promotional push doesn't slow down this week on the TV talk shows, many of which are dark or running limited schedules because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Tonight, Ashley Greene will try to follow Pattinson's appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman," while co-star Taylor Lautner will be Conan O'Brien's guest on "The Tonight Show."

Letterman also has some top-shelf musical talent this week, as he welcomes Rihanna on Tuesday night (November 24) and Adam Lambert on Wednesday (November 25). Conan, meanwhile, has Timbaland on tonight and Weezer on Tuesday. »

- Kyle Anderson

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New Moon Finishes Third in All Time Us Opening Weekends

2 hours ago | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Despite setting a new record for the highest Us opening day gross in cinematic history with an impressive $72.7 million, The Twilight Saga: New Moon was only able to finish third in the rankings for biggest opening weekends. It managed to take a total of $140.7 million, which has only ever been bettered by Spider-Man 3 ($151.1 million) and The Dark Knight ($158.4 million).

In the USA New Moon is now expected to surpass Twilight’s entire domestic gross of $191.5 million by the end of the week, and with worldwide ticket sales totaling around $260 million it won’t be too long before New Moon overtakes it predecessor’s international gross of $351.5 million.

Top 10 at the Us weekend box office:

The Twilight Saga: New Moon – $140.7M The Blind Side – $34.5M 2012 – $26.5M Planet 51 – $12.6M A Christmas Carol – $12.2M Precious – $11M The Men Who Stare at Goats – $2.77M Couples Retreat – $1.95M The Fourth Kind – $1.73M Law Abiding Citizen »

- Andrew Peters

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DVD Giveaway: Public Enemies

2 hours ago | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »

Johnny Depp and Christian Bale square off in Public Enemies, the story of bank robber John Dillinger who became the FBI's first official "public enemy," that is coming to Blu-ray Disc and DVD on December 8.

I have three copies of Public Enemies on DVD and a Public Enemies bottle opener that will be award to a trio of randomly chosen winners. For a chance to win, fill out and send in the completed entry form below. You are also encouraged to return any or every day thereafter to enter again.

From award-winning director Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral) comes the film inspired by one of the country's most captivating and infamous outlaws . John Dillinger. Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean series) stars as the charismatic and elusive bank robber marked by the FBI as America's first "Public Enemy Number One." Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) plays Billie Frechette, »

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Monday Morning Box Office Report: New Moon Has Third-Highest Opening Weekend Ever

3 hours ago | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Fanboys can breathe a sigh of relief... The Dark Knight managed to hold on to its opening weekend box office record, even though The Twilight Saga: New Moon still had an absolutely massive debut, taking in $141 million, more than doubling the totals for the first Twilight film. New Moon jumped to the #3 spot on the all-time opening weekend list, just behind Spider-Man 3, but it did break the records for opening day gross and midnight showings, which proves just how dedicated fans of this franchise are. The Blind Side also had a surprisingly strong opening, setting a record for sports dramas, and proving that Sandra Bullock still has a lot of box office pull. Roland Emmerich's 2012 fell to the #3 spot, while Planet 51 and A Christmas Carol rounded out the top 5. 1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon -- $141M 2. The Blind Side -- $34.5M 3. 2012 -- $26.5M 4. Planet 51 -- $12.6M »

- Sean

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Robert Pattinson Celebrates a Certifiably Big Weekend

3 hours ago | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »

Robert Pattinson hung around NYC after working hard to promote New Moon last week. He was able to join friends yesterday for dinner at Megu, and he was spotted on his way out in his usual jeans and sneakers. Robert's due for a little time off now that the film is a major hit - it broke the midnight screening record, had the biggest single day gross ever and went on to enjoy the third biggest opening weekend in history behind The Dark Knight and Spiderman 3. Robert also grab food with pals including Kristen Stewart on Friday night, but soon he'll be switching gears as he preps to star in Bel Ami with Uma Thurman. View 10 Photos › To see more Robert, just read more. View 10 Photos › »

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Twilight sequel makes box-office history

4 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

The latest instalment of the Twilight Saga breaks box-office records and cements the power of female audiences

The winner

A year ago the runaway success of Twilight put Summit Entertainment on the map as a North American distributor. This weekend the Santa Monica-based company, which for years has been a titan in the international sales and distribution arena, followed up by orchestrating the third-biggest North American opening weekend for any movie in history. The Twilight Saga: New Moon opened on an estimated $140.7m. This is extraordinary stuff. Only The Dark Knight – still the champ on $158.4m – and Spider-Man 3 on $151.1m have delivered bigger debuts and both of those were on more screens: 4,366 and 4,252 respectively, compared to 4,024 for starcrossed Bella Swan and Edward Cullen.

The vampires and werewolves tale has grossed more in its first three days than any movie from the Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings or James Bond franchises ever did. »

- Jeremy Kay

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3rd Largest Film Debut on Record: New Moon Wolfs $140.7M

4 hours ago | Celeb9.com | See recent Celeb9 news »

It was speculated something such and the makers of the vampire saga were not let down. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" wolfed $140.7 million in its opening weekend. On the first three days the movie minted total $258.8 million worldwide as per reports of studio estimates on Sunday. A year back "Twilight", the first installment of Stephenie Meyer's popular vampire series, grossed $69.6 million haul over the same weekend. A year after the picture was completely changed. The No. 1 domestic debut for Summit Entertainment's "New Moon" was more than twice. "Obviously, with the success of 'Twilight' itself, sequels being what they are will generate X-number of dollars more, particularly if it's a satisfying sequel", Richie Fay, head of distribution for Summit, was quoted as saying. "New Moon" ranked third on the all-time domestic chart, with Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight" ranking 1st with a gross of $158.4 million opening weekend and "Spider-Man 3 »

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New Moon destroys the competition

5 hours ago | Cineman.ch/en | See recent Cineman.ch/en news »

Released this week around the world, "Twilight 2" continues to establish new records as it destroys the competition. During its first weekend in the United States, "Twilight 2 - New Moon" took in close to $140 million, which marks the 3rd best premiere in movie history, after "The Dark Knight" and "Spider-Man 3", and before "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest". The box office number shrunk significantly from Friday to Saturday, however, which indicates the word-of-mouth buzz is in agreement with that of professional reviewers not so good. Various indicators do show that the sequel to "Twilight" was without a doubt one of the most anticipated movies of the last few years. The American advance ticket sites Fandango and Movietickets.com report that "New Moon" also broke records in ticket sales, with numbers beating those of "Batman", "Star Wars", "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings": on Friday, 10 tickets were sold every second! »

- Constantin Xenakis (Cineman)

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Twilight's New Moon has biggest opening of 2009 and third highest of all time

6 hours ago | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

The Twilight Saga: New Moon landed the third best opening weekend of all time in the USA, and the biggest this year, with earnings of $140.7million.

Its astonishing opening weekend puts it behind only The Dark Knight and Spider-Man 3 in the all-time league table of film openings.

As I reported earlier, the vampire romance sequel had already shattered the USA records for midnight showings and opening day takings.

Polls showed that - unsurprisingly - 80 per cent of New Moon's audience was female and 50 per cent under 21.

Outside North America, the film took $118.1million, with the UK getting the highest overseas take of $18.7million. This gives a global total of $258.8million, reports Variety.

Ticket sales for last weekend's top film, the disaster flick 2012, fell by 59 per cent as it was swamped by a Twihard tsunami that even Roland Emmerich couldn't match.

The next movie in the series, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, »

- David Bentley

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Chris Weitz to direct 'The Gardener' - No werewolves or vampires, just a Mexican gardener.

7 hours ago | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

"New Moon" director Chris Weitz is currently in talks with Summit Entertainment for "The Gardener" written by Eric Eason ("Manito"). The story focuses on a hard-working immigrant who lives in Los Angeles and his efforts to protect his son. Weitz said he will start production some time in March or April next year. "There are no werewolves or vampires, just a Mexican gardener in Los Angeles," Weitz said. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has rocketed to over $258 million worldwide so far with just a few days in release. The adaptation of the second Stephenie Meyer book in the series is the third biggest weekend opener behind "The Dark Knight" and "Spider-Man 3." However, critics have slammed the film as far as performances and effects go. »

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Blind Side Box Office

7 hours ago | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (top); Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw in The Blind Side (middle); John Cusack in 2012 (bottom) The Twilight Saga: New Moon stormed to the top spot at the North American box office this weekend with a phenomenal $140.7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Chris Weitz-directed sequel to Twilight scored an average of $34,965 per theater at 4,024 locations, and the third highest opening of all time, following Spider-Man 3 and The Dark Knight. Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, the sequel has outgrossed its predecessor by a solid $71.1 million. At a distant No. 2, Sandra Bullock’s [...] »

- Franck Tabouring

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New Moon Box Office Results Setting Records!

9 hours ago | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

“The Twilight Saga: New Moon” has shattered all competition and earned a whopping $140.7 million from 4024 theaters over the weekend, easily good enough for the #1 spot at the box office.

Richie Fay, head of distribution for Summit said:

“Obviously, with the success of ‘Twilight’ itself, sequels being what they are will generate X-number of dollars more, particularly if it’s a satisfying sequel”

“New Moon” placed third on the all-time domestic chart behind last year’s $158.4 million opening weekend for the Batman blockbuster “The Dark Knight” and 2007’s $151.1 million haul for “Spider-Man 3.”

On Friday, “New Moon” set an all-time domestic high for opening day with $72.7 million, topping the previous record of $67.2 million by last year’s “The Dark Knight.

The film also performed well internationally, grabbing another $118.1 million, for a total worldwide debut of $258.8 million.

The Sandra Bullock-Tim McGraw football movie “The Blind Side” was second at the box office this weekend, »

- Allan Ford

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Robert Pattinson Signs Up for 'Twilight' TV Series, Not

10 hours ago | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

The report that Robert Pattinson will get a huge deal for starring in the TV version of "Twilight" is dismissed. A representative of Summit Entertainment that distributes the movie has denied that there is any truth to the story.

Over the weekend, a news was quick to spread that Pattinson will get $500 million if he agrees to star in a television series based on "Twilight". The number reportedly will be the biggest contract in Hollywood history with the actor landing as much as $1.5 million per episode.

Summit allegedly wanted to kick off the deal early next year and Kristen Stewart is also wanted to reprise her role as Bella Swan. The actress is expected to join Pattinson for a filming after the third installment "The Twilight Saga's Eclipse" shooting is wrapped.

"Twilight" has spawned a sequel "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" which was released on U.S. theaters as of Friday, »

- AceShowbiz.com

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The Book of Eli Movie Trailer

10 hours ago | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Alcon Entertainment released this HD movie trailer featuring Mila Kunis and Denzel Washington in the upcoming film “The Book of Eli” by directors Albert Hughes (From Hell) and Allen Hughes and starring Mila Kunis (Family Guy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Denzel Washington (Inside Man 2, The Taking of Pelham 123), Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight) and Jennifer Beals (The Grudge 2). Synopsis: A post-apocalyptic Western, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news, posters and more from “The Book of Eli” starring Denzel Washington. »

- Brian Corder

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon Wins Big

10 hours ago | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »

While I subconsciously wanted The Twilight Saga: New Moon to flop just as a lesson to Summit Entertainment for rushing a production of a popular franchise, there is no stopping screaming girls. I mean, Summit could have taken a dump, wrapped it in tinfoil, and put that in theaters with the label "New Moon" and tickets still would have sold. That being said, the Twilight sequel opened to the third best weekend of all time.

Box Office Report: The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Female-fueled ticket sales helped New Moon bring in a whopping $140.7 million during its opening bow. As an added bonus, the film opened to $118.1 million overseas. Do the math and you'll discover that New Moon saw an opening total of $258.8 million. The sequel easily bested Twilight's debut of $69.6 million a year back. Summit knew they had a good thing early on, especially considering that the film earned an »

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New Moon Makes a Killing at the Box Office

11 hours ago | Hollyscoop.com | See recent HollyScoop news »

Thousands of eager girls, woman and even a few men lined up for hours this past weekend to be one of the first people to catch a screening of The Twilight Saga: New Moon. The movie broke records in the first day with its midnight screening making more than $26 million dollars. That's more than The Dark Knight did back in July 18, 2008 ($18.4 million in midnight sales) and Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince's, who made $22.2 million when it was released on July 15, 2009. And the buzz surrounding the movie didn'... »

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Werewolves Are Cool Now, Howling Getting Remade

11 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

I was trying to come up with an analogy for Hollywood.s annoying tendency to find something that makes money then beat it into the ground until it.s beyond predictable and over-processed. There.s nothing as annoying though. When The Dark Knight made billions, studios decided that all superhero movies should be gritty. When Twilight doubled its budget in a weekend, studios bought up every vampire franchise possible. And now that New Moon has done the same, it seems that wolves are next. According to Variety, producers Joel Kastelberg and Etchie Stroh are making plans to reboot the Howling series, an 80s horror franchise based on a novel about a newscaster who is stalked by a werewolf. The mildly popular original movie spawned six sequels, including one entitled The Howling II: Stirba . Werewolf Bitch. Seriously. The producing pair has signed on Joe Nimziki to direct and write. Of course, »

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New Moon Breaks Box Office Records

11 hours ago | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

There can't be that many of you left who haven't looked at the intertubes since Saturday - and if you haven't, we're guessing you were a part of the world-wide throng who were watching Twilight: New Moon on its opening day/weekend. Every. Single. Session of it. So if you're on of the few who's been too busy swooning to have heard the news, let us confirm it for you: The R-Pattz / K-Stew / T-Laut show has smashed the opening day box office record, ringing up an estimated $72.7 million and change on Day 1 - and that's just in the Us.This is more than double the Day 1 take of Twilight, and of course edges out previous record-holder The Dark Knight. But before anybody protests that Chris Weitz's vampire/werewolf mope-off is a good 45 minutes shorter than Christopher Nolan's Batman sequel (enabling it to fit in more sessions per day »

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'New Moon' Rises on Box Office, Breaks Other Records

14 hours ago | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

After breaking midnight record in its first day screening, "The Twilight Saga's New Moon" has topped the North American box office chart. This weekend, the "Twilight" sequel grossed an estimated $140.7 million domestically, making it the third biggest opening weekend of all time. Internationally, the film earned an approximately $118.1 million from 25 foreign markets.

Still, the amount raked by the second installment of the vampire drama movies from local theaters in the opening weekend was lower than the $158 million bowed by "The Dark Knight" and the $151 million summoned by 2007 "Spider-Man 3". Meanwhile, the third place initially belonged to "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" with $136 million.

Though so, "New Moon" has surpassed the previous November opening record for "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" which collected $101.4 million in its debut weekend. Moreover, it gathered almost exactly twice the opening weekend gross of the first film, "Twilight", which earned only $69.6 million »

- AceShowbiz.com

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