[Bac Bradley]

$26.3 million from midnight showings? New Moon might crack $50 million from Friday alone

[HDAddicts]

Originally Posted by Bac Bradley

$26.3 million from midnight showings? New Moon might crack $50 million from Friday alone

God help us all

[Spideybat]

Originally Posted by HDAddicts

God help us all

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I'm not fine!

[Servo]

this is amazing to me...that is just insane....well my guess will probably be to low...oh well....this movie to me doesnt deserve this...such a crappy movie.....sigh...

[Bac Bradley]

From the LA Times:

According to four people who have closely watched ticket sales data today but requested anonymity because they are not authorized to release the information, the teen vampire phenomenon is all but certain to gross more than $67.2 million, the record set by "The Dark Knight" last year for the biggest single-day take at the box office.

By 5 p.m., the movie had already sold more than $50 million worth of tickets in the U.S. and Canada. When evening shows are included, the total will likely be more than $70 million, the people said.

So New Moon will make more than Twilight did in its opening weekend in just one day.

Suddenly my $105 million estimate looks incredibly low.

[WalkingDisaster]

Originally Posted by HDAddicts

God help us all

Lord beer me...uh, us strength.

'New Moon' takes opening day record: Makes $72.7 million, beating 'Dark Knight'

[HDAddicts]

$72.7 million is insane for this kind of movie. The power of teenage girl hysteria is amazing.

[HDAddicts]

I might as well just call it "worst weekend ever" right now. I just noticed as well that the Blind Side made my weekend estimate in 1 day. $10.9mil

[Servo]

yeah tell me about it...another horrible weekend for me...i thought new moon would only come up with 70 all weekend...but in one day never thought that would happen....

[Bac Bradley]

I will be severely low on Blind Side and 2012, not to mention New Moon. There will be a lot of people scoring no points this week.

It's not just teenage girls though. They are out in force but Twilight has penetrated mainstream.