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The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday.
From its midnight Thursday opening, Moon was headed for the record books. The film did $26.3 million in midnight screenings, shattering the record of $18.5 million held by Knight.
By midnight Friday, Moon had broken the single-day record with $72.7 million, again eclipsing Knight with $67.2 million.
The movie did another $118.1 million overseas.
What a record...
"New Moon" continues the story of teen romance between a school girl and a vampire, with the sequel adding a love triangle with a werewolf.
As with "New Moon," females were the big fans of "The Blind Side," Young males are the backbone of Hollywood business, so to have two movies with huge appeal for women result in the second-biggest non-holiday weekend ever is amazing, The "Twilight" franchise taps into something primal and visceral that drives women crazy, and they're willing to pay for the privilege.
Not only did the New Moon break the record for highest advance ticket sales of all time, it also splashed out every other midnight release of all time at the box office Thursday night.
