As expected Summit Entertainment’s “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” was a major success both in domestic and international box-office for its opening weekend. Originally the initial reports indicate that “New Moon” had earned for the weekend $140.7 million domestically while overseas the film garnered $118.1 million. Now the numbers have been updated and the latest reports show that the gross earnings for the weekend total a whopping $274.9 million. Domestic sales have increased to $142.7 million while international sales grew to $142.8 million. Global figures came in a little later due to variety of distributors holding rights to the film.
Although the film has only seen more than a week in theaters, it had already broken records with its success. On Friday, the domestic tally of $72.7 million broke the previous record held by “The Dark Knight” last year with $67.2 million. It had also snatched the record for midnight screenings from “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” with $26.3 million against the latter’s $22.2 million.
With the upcoming Thanksgiving weekend setting a straight four day leave from school for kids, chances are high that “New Moon” would rake in double the amount during their opening weekend for domestic box-office. With screenings in 25 countries, international sales are looking good as well.
