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'Twilight' Takes Huge Bite Out of Box Office
Posted on Mon Nov 24, 2008 08:25 AM PDT
It wasn't just hype!
Twilight beat estimates and took in more than $70 million in its first weekend of release.
The opening was so strong that Summit Entertainment announced they were green-lighting production on New Moon, the second book in the Twilight series.
And the best news of all, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will return as Edward and Bella!
Check out how the rest of the competition fared this weekend after the jump.
Here are the numbers according to Media by Numbers, LLC.
1. "Twilight," $70.5 million.
2. "Quantum of Solace," $27.4 million.
3. "Bolt," $27 million.
4. "Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa," $16 million.
5. "Role Models." $7.2 million.
6. "Changeling," $2.6 million.
7. "High School Musical 3: Senior Year," $2 million.
8. "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," $1.7 million.
9. "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas," $1.67 million.
10. "The Secret Life of Bees," $1.28 million.
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Comments
Sweet couple! just heard that the first dating between them was on some tall dating place +_Tallmingle.c o m_+ ,really?
i'm not surprised...i hope the next one doesn't take long to film!!!
i cannot wait for new moon....ahhhh....yea! more rob and kristen PLEASE
I hope that the next one is as cool as twilight PS... robert is cool and hot
I LUV TWILIGHT! ROBERT PATTINSON IS SOOOO HOT!!!!!