$72.7 million for NEW MOON. Breaks midnight, single day, and Friday records.
UPDATE: The official numbers put The Twilight Saga: New Moon at $72.7 million for it’s opening day. Still the biggest single day and Friday grosses ever. Sorry, Dark Knight fans.
EARLIER: Well, I said The Twilight Saga: New Moon was going to be big, but I never thought it would be this big. Nikki over at DHD posted this morning that Twilighters forked over $76 million on Friday alone, giving New Moon the biggest single day and the biggest Friday in box office history. That $76 million figure includes the $26 million that New Moon made at midnight. Also a record.
New Moon was made for $50 million. It could bring in triple its budget by Thanksgiving (if not by the end of the weekend depending on the number of double- and triple-dippers). Of the top five single days (prior to New Moon), not one of those went to a picture made for less than $200 million. Judging from its initial reception among Twilighters, The Twilight Saga: New Moon will be the gift that keeps on giving for Summit Entertainment this holiday season.
Now, I wonder how many Summit Entertainment execs will be getting cash out of the bank this weekend just to roll around naked in it.
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