New Moon Has Had the Third-biggest Opening Weekend in Film History

Twilight fans, you guys must be proud!

Not only because of how popular the book and movie are, or how handsome Rob Pattinson, but that’s because the second vampire romance of The Twilight Saga, New Moon has had the third-biggest opening weekend in film history.

The score was recorded by box office totals that was released Sunday, saying the movie had grossed a stellar $140.7 million during its first weekend in theaters, and earning $72.7 million on its Friday opening day alone. Also, according to studio estimates, New Moon pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide.

With that record, 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.

The movie that featured love triangle between Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, also holds the record for most advance ticket sales. A reported 80% of all ticket buyers were women. Overseas, “New Moon” debuted in 25 countries and took in $118.1 million.

Beside that, New Moon’s opening weekend even trounced its predecessor’s box office totals. Twilight earned $36 million on Nov. 21, 2008 and posted a three-day weekend take of $69.6 million.

Way to go, New Moon!

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