DANG - is all I have to say!!! Are we still in a recession?

Nov 22, 2009

Summit Entertainment's vampire-romance sequel "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" opened even bigger than projected with an estimated $140.7 million in domestic grosses. That represented the third-best bow ever, after 2008's "The Dark Knight" ($158.4 million) and 2007's "Spider-Man 3" ($151.1 million) (more here on decade's top grossing films).

Some had wondered whether the fanged phenom would fall precipitously from its outsized first-day grosses. But Saturday boxoffice for "New Moon" proved strong, warranting bullish Sunday estimates.

"New Moon" rung up $72.7 million Friday -- the biggest single-day tally ever, including a record $26.3 million from opening midnight performances -- then sunk its teeth into $43.2 million, with Summit penciling in $24.8 million for its Sunday tally. The pic's Saturday-over-Friday decline amounted to a manageable 41%, including the outsized witching-hour coin.

Any remaining skeptics will focus on prospects for the soph session for the female-fueled sequel. But many students and adults will have the day off on Friday following the Thanksgiving holiday, making next weekend a more lucrative boxoffice session than most and surely boosting second-frame grosses for "New Moon."

Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ied5661580e6e68a142f3979d917509a4