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'New Moon' Smashes Midnight Box Office Records

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How big was the midnight opening for "The Twilight Saga: New Moon?" Big. OK, beyond big. Huge. According to Nikki Finke from Deadline Hollywood, unofficial estimates are that for the midnight shows, "New Moon" took in between $23 and $24 million. That beats previous records set by "The Dark Knight" ($18.4 million) and "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" ($22.2 million).

There has been a lot of speculation about just how big "New Moon" will be this week. Films like "The Dark Knight" and "Harry Potter" are a little bit easier to gauge because they are parts of existing franchises, open in the summer and target broader audiences. For a film like "Twilight" to be on the path of breaking all existing Friday records insanely huge.

Lsat year, the grosses for "Twilight" dropped a dramatic 49% between Friday and Saturday, and some rival studios are predicting the same drop for "New Moon." I'm not so sure. "Twilight"-mania has increased so much in the last year that I can see plenty of fans who were either unable to go on Friday night (tickets sold out) or want to return for seconds (or thirds) on Saturday.

We won't know the final numbers until Summit releases them later on, but one thing is for sure, "New Moon" is on its way into the history books one way or another.

Did you see "New Moon" at midnight? Do you plan on seeing it tonight? Let us know!

Source: Deadline Hollywood

Posted by: Christina Warren | 11/20/2009 | 11:43 AM | Comments: 13
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CRYSTALSHEREN
11/20/2009 | 6:28 PM


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Terribly slow-paced, bad acting, and unconvincing dialogue. The twilight Saga is dead.

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ZYDECOMISS
11/20/2009 | 8:18 PM


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Just saw "New Moon" and really thought it was great!

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11/20/2009 | 9:46 PM


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New Moon stayed true to the books. People who haven't read the books won't get it. That was the "slow" book. I loved it and they did a great job with it.

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11/21/2009 | 2:30 AM


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new moon best movie

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VBELLY
11/21/2009 | 7:46 AM


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Was Disappointed in New moon. I love the books and even though it stayed close to the book it still was not as good as I hoped. The wolf part was great. That was the best part of this movie. I just hope they made eclipse better.

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11/21/2009 | 11:28 AM


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I love the whole Twilight series and thanks to Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart...I love the movies Twilight and New Moon. I can't wait to see Eclipse and Breaking Dawn.

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11/21/2009 | 2:39 PM


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I loved the movie but those that did not read the twilight series will not like the movie. This was true to the book. I can't wait for the last two movies. Awesome special effects with the warewolves.
Loved it all.

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11/21/2009 | 3:03 PM


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I already saw it 2 times already Loved it, the book gives more details but Loved both

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11/21/2009 | 4:53 PM


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I have read all the books and am a huge twilight fan but the movie wasn't great! It didn't follow the book! It left a lot out and added to the movie! It wasn't a bad movie but it wasn't great! There was too much hype for it and it was a let down!

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11/21/2009 | 5:50 PM


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I so it on opening night (thursday) went to see it today, Saturday, and i will see it again.
love it!!!!!!!!!
Can't get enough of Edward Bella and Jacob

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