The new Twilight vampire movie took a record $26.3m (?15.9m) in midnight showings at North American box offices, studio Summit Entertainment has said.
That beats the previous North American record of $22.2m (?13.5m) for midnight openings, taken by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in July.
Experts have predicted that New Moon will have one of the biggest opening weekends for a non-summer film.
The first movie in the series, starring Robert Pattinson, made $69.6m (?42.1m).
It is expected… http://bit.ly/8aQYn3
But the movie may have been less than expected. I wonder how Eclipse will be affected?
The expectations left by the first movie were not realized in New Moon. While we wanted to like it, there was not enough of anything there. 60 minutes of entertainment crammed into 2 hours and 10 minutes.
Here is our take with lots of pics and a little wit if you are interested:
http://fortresstakes.wordpress.com/2010/03/27/twilight-saga-new-moon-2009/