New Moon > The Dark Knight
Twilight New Moon beat out all other movies for midnight ticket sales, according to Summit Entertainment. Estimates for Friday night’s ticket sales put New Moon ahead of The Dark Knight’s one day movie revenue of $62.7 million. Apparently the blitz of publicity hyping New Moon is paying off, and the trend of foreign box office glory is also rumored to be happening. The world flocked to see This Is It, which resulted in massive payoffs for Sony.
Sandra Bullock is competing with 2012 for second place. We’ll keep you posted!
Update: $72.7 million opening day record!
[...] This week’s box office seemed to be in the bag for Twilight New Moon from early on. With a record-breaking single day sales on Friday & record-breaking midnight sales for its opening — Summit Entertainment banked [...]