Sat Nov 21, 2009 3:50PM5 comments ›
Sat Nov 21, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
'Twilight Saga: New Moon' takes opening day gross record from 'Dark Knight', midnight record from 'Harry Potter 6'
Apparently, some people like people who dress up as bats less than people who should be turning into bats (if they were real vampires).
Taking the record for the biggest one-day and opening gross, The Twilight Saga: New Moon raked in an estimated $72.7 million on approximately 8,500 screens at 4,024 sites, according to BoxOfficeMojo. The Dark Knight was the previous title holder with $67.2 million on around 9,300 screens at 4,366 sites. New Moon also took the midnight opening record, taking in an estimated $26.27 million at 3,514 sites showing the movie starting at 12:01 a.m. Friday. The previous benchmark was Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which conjured $22.2 million at 3,003 sites for its midnight opening.
At $158.4 million, The Dark Knight still holds the record for biggest weekend (Friday-Saturday-Sunday) ever... so far.Jump to comments (5) 
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Comments (5)
mike weber (6:11 PM on Sat Nov 21, 2009)
This news, taken together with Geraldo Rivera being the Voice of Reason in a clip from an on-air discussion of something that "The Daily Show" airedf and huge advance orders for "Going Rogue", can only signal the eminent end of Civilisation As We Know it.
Tom Fitzpatrick (11:32 PM on Sat Nov 21, 2009)
When's the next Harry Potter film out?
Kyle Gnepper (1:29 AM on Sun Nov 22, 2009)
I'm torn on this news. One part of me wants to respect these fans. While I may not agree with their particular taste, Ive been a comic fanboy my whole life and would be a little hypocritical to judge all of them.
The other part of me wants to tear through movie theaters like godzilla to keep this thing from taking any more records and gathering more momentum.
Tom Fitzpatrick (9:03 AM on Sun Nov 22, 2009)
Go ahead, do the Godzilla thing.
Don't you want The Dark Knight to keep the record?
Tom Fitzpatrick (5:10 PM on Mon Nov 23, 2009)
No worries. Twilight: New Moon didn't break the Dark Knight 3 day weekend record.
Close, but no cigar.