Although final figures are still to be confirmed, New Moon has already set some box office records. The Twilight Saga novels of Stephenie Meyer's are adding significantly to the long-lasting popularity of fantasy in all its forms - movie, book and comic.
The Friday total of $72.7 million from 4,024 North American theaters for New Moon has broken the previous All-Time Friday and also the Single Day records of $67 million set by 2008's The Dark Knight.
Included in the Friday total is the $26.27M that New Moon took in 12:01am screenings from 3,514 theaters. That set a new Midnight Opening record, smashing both The Dark Knight's $18.4M set on July 18 2008 and also Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince's $22.2M set on July 15 2009.
Assuming New Moon hits $140m for the weekend, it won't break the all-time Opening Weekend record set by The Dark Knight of $158.4M in 2008 or the second place of Spider-Man 3 at $151.M in 2007. But it does jump into the No. 3 spot previously held by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest with $135.6M in 2006.
New Moon has also doubled the totals of Twilight from a year ago, which earned $36M on its first Friday and $69.7M for the opening weekend.
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