Movie Revenue | Film Earnings | Box Office numbers matter

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 $140.7 million. One record that did not get shattered was the opening weekend sales, as Kristen Stewart, [...]

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 [...]