New Moon Helps Score Thanksgiving Box Office Record

Filed under: Box Office, Twilight

The Twilight Saga: New Moon is at the top of the U.S. box office for the second consecutive week, taking North American ticket sales into a record-breaking five-day Thanksgiving weekend.

The Twilight sequel, starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, boasts $66 million in earnings over the five-day holiday period, including a three-day haul of $42.5 milliontaken from Friday through Sunday.

Total movie ticket sales in North America over the Thanksgiving period amounted to $278 million , breaking a previous record of $244 million set in 2000 – when How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Unbreakable were the two top films

New Moon now boasts a staggering worldwide total of just under $475 million.

Sandra Bullock’s drama The Blind Side took in $40.1 million over the weekend, bringing its own two-week total to $100.3 million .

Disaster film 2012 followed at three with $18 million in profits in three days.

Rounding out the top five are Robin Williams and John Travolta’s comedy Old Dogs and Disney’s A Christmas Carol, taking in $16.8 million and $16 million respectively.

Posted in: November 30, 2009 at 6:08 am