Monday, November 23, 2009

New Moon's Fang-tastic Opening

Twilight sequel New Moon has shot to the top of the U.S. box office, sucking the competition dry and earning a staggering $140.7 million in its opening week of release.

The vampire adventure achieved the third highest American debut of all time - taking $258.8 million worldwide, after opening in 26 countries.

New Moon isn't the only box office success story, Sandra Bullock's The Blind Side - the true story of American football prodigy Michael Oher - opened with an impressive $34.5 million.

John Cusack's disaster film 2012 followed with $26.5 million.

Planet 51 and Disney's A Christmas Carol round out the top five with $12.6 million and $12.23 million respectively.

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