November 23, 2009 by: Ani Esmailian
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't die down over the weekend. Between Friday and Sunday, the movie made over $140 million dollars!
Check out the top five movies from the November 20-23 weekend below:
New Moon: $140.7 million
The Blind Side: $34.5 million
2012: $26.5 million
Planet 51: $12.6 million
Disney's A Christmas Carol: $12.2 million
Did you get a chance to catch New Moon? What did you think of the movie? Did it live up to the hype?
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't die down over the weekend. Between Friday and Sunday, the movie made over $140 million dollars!
Check out the top five movies from the November 20-23 weekend below:
New Moon: $140.7 million
The Blind Side: $34.5 million
2012: $26.5 million
Planet 51: $12.6 million
Disney's A Christmas Carol: $12.2 million
Did you get a chance to catch New Moon? What did you think of the movie? Did it live up to the hype?
