‘New Moon‘ is the third-biggest opening weekend movie of all time with $140.7 million!! WAW

#1 “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” ($140.7 million)
#2 “The Blind Side” ($34.5 million)
#3 “2012” ($26.5 million)
#4 “Planet 51” ($12.6 million)
#5 “A Christmas Carol” ($12.2 million)

On Friday alone, “New Moon” managed to earn $72.7 million, surpassing “The Dark Knight” as the single best opening day in cinema history. A hefty $26.3 million chunk of that Friday change came purely from midnight showings, propelling “New Moon” past “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” with the highest-grossing midnight opening of all time. “New Moon” also debuted with the biggest November opening ever and the third-best opening weekend of all time, taking that distinction away from “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” …

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**Although I wanted ‘New Moon’ to have the biggest opening weekend ever but it’s still the first weekend, a lot of days are coming and two more installments are coming on its way!