New Moon estimates – $140.7 million opening weekend
by Leandra on November 22, 2009
in New Moon Movie
The L.A. Times had the following to report about how much New Moon has made (third best weekend opening of all time):
Summit Entertainment’s “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” sold an astounding $140.7 million worth of tickets in the U.S. and Canada this weekend, according to studio estimates, blowing away already huge expectations and giving the teen vampire saga the third-biggest domestic debut of all time.
In the 25 foreign countries where “New Moon” launched, it added an extra $118.1 million, giving it a mind-bending worldwide total of $258.8 million. That’s the seventh-biggest worldwide launch of all time and is particularly notable given that several international markets where the first “Twilight” performed very well, including Germany, South Korea and Russia, haven’t gotten the film yet. [Updated 9:21 a.m.: An earlier version of this post incorrectly said that the worldwide ticket sales total was $248.8 million.]
The domestic debut is the biggest, by a margin of $38 million, for a film opening outside of the summer movie season, between May and July, when the biggest tentpoles traditionally launch. The No. 1 opener of all time is “The Dark Knight,” which opened to $158.4 million in July 2008, followed by “Spider-Man 3,” which started with $151.1 million in May of 2007.
The first “Twilight” collected $385 million worldwide.
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Whoo go New Moon!!!!!! of course were all contributing my mom said i was crazy for wanting to go see it a third time in two days!!!!!! (why did edward leave?!) *sob*
Wow!!!! Simply amazing, but not completely suprizing. The actor’s and director did an AWESOME job.
im going to see it again next week , it was amazing!!!!!
I’m going to see it again too next week. What a movie!!! Chris is the best. And the cast have doing a great job!
woop woop go new moon
if they make breakin dawn chris should direct
and they should split it in to 2 part
anyone agree
go team wolf pack and jasper
i totally agree with you to split breaking dawn into two parts!!!!! make it last a little bit longer!!! Of course what part would they leave off at?
i dont agree i just dont see how it would turn out
I AGREE WIT U TO HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ON IT EXCEPT TAT HE MAKES THE CAMEA SPIN AROUND TO MUCH =IT KINDA MADE ME GET KINDA DIZZY BUT HE DID A REALLY GD JOB NOT TRYIN TO OFFEND ANYBODY KK
um.. my cousin told me they’re breaking it up into 3 parts.. for each part bella jacob bella..
i AGREE
i dont care if it takes them 4 parts to film breaking dawn as long as they fit the whole book into a film
thats amazing!!!!
wow! i’m so happy! ^^ going to see it for the 8th time tomorrow hehe
O_O I wish I had the TIME to see it 8 times!!! And the money!
OMG that is soooo great!!!!
I have already gone three times!!! I LOVE IT!!!
i feel like by watching Twilight its compensating for not being able to watch New Moon as often as i can which is probably why ive gone to see it so many times lmao
wow that is so cool! and i’m not surprise
i’ve already seen it TWICE!!!! it was sooo amazing.
FYI, if you’re SUPER dedicated to searching for recorded versions on the internet, you can find tons!!! i found one last year and watched it 3 times!
It was amazing!!!!! I already saw it twice; one at the midnight premiere and one today at a dinner theatre…i’m seeing it again on wednesday on the ultrascreen. i’ll never get sick of it, just like twilight!!
IT WAS SO AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\
I WAS BLOWN AWAY!!!!!!!!!!
CAN’T WAIT TO SEE IT AGAIN!
wow!!!
saw it at midnight went home and slept, went later that friday saw it 4 more times(:
GREAT movie!!!
WAYY better than Twilight but i still love it
WOW i want to go see it again!
wow go New Moon!!!
:P
saw it twice and going to see it again next weekend
New Moon was so awesome!!!
WHOOP WHOOP!!
ONLY NOW WE GOT TO GO THROUGH ALL THE WAITING FOR ECLIPSE HOPE IT DOESNT FEEL AS LONG
the movie was incredible!
tats really explainable isnt it hahaha i really luved the movie but the endin kinda sucked no offence 4 does who liked it but other tan tat it waz gr8
i AGREE the ending was pretty bad ….the movie was great but the ending was kinda blah
at tje theather i went to they already had an eclipse movie poater im all like WOE!!!!!
i found the movie to be pretty much bad…there were some moments like taylors acting and the wolves transformation but everything else was just bad……… and yes this is coming from a twilight fan not just some one wanting to complain it really was bad…..
Those are some really awesome stats, but I also think you ain’t seen nothing yet – when Eclipse comes out it’s likely the series will be holding at least two of those top ten earner spots. It has seventh now, and at a wild guess I think the next movie will take probably fourth spot or thereabouts. But the really good thing is that results like this means more budget to sink into the future productions, which should mean they can do more and more with how they put things together.
loved new moon not suprised at it turn out i was in line for four hours to get good seats i was smart and got tickets 3 weeks ago
cant wait for eclipe
I loved both movies, can’t wait for them all. I have all the books. Have Twilight Movie, want all the other Movies. Hope they make breaking dawn or they will ruin the whole thing for us. GO NEW MOON!!!!!!!!