comedyfreak
11-30-2009, 03:37 AM
LOS ANGELES - Vampires and werewolves continue to howl at the box office with a $42.5 million weekend for "The Twilight Saga: New Moon."
The "Twilight" sequel remains No. 1 for a second straight weekend, though it was nearly blind-sided for the top spot by a real-life football drama.
"The Blind Side" had a great second weekend with $40.1 million, coming in at No. 2 just behind "New Moon." The inspirational story of Baltimore Ravens tackle Michael Oher stars Sandra Bullock as a woman whose wealthy family takes in the homeless teen and enrolls him in private school.
While the weekend haul for "New Moon" dropped steeply from the movie's $142.8 million opening, "The Blind Side" actually went up from its $34.1 million first weekend.
USA Weekend Box-Office Summary
week of 27 November 2009 Rank Title Weekend Gross
1 The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) $42.5M $231M
2 The Blind Side (2009) $40.1M $100M
3 2012 (2009/I) $18M $139M
4 Old Dogs (2009/I) $16.8M $24.1M
5 A Christmas Carol (2009) $16M $105M
6 Ninja Assassin (2009) $13.1M $21M
7 Planet 51 (2009) $10.2M $28.5M
8 Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) $7.09M $32.4M
9 Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) $7.02M $10.1M
10 The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) $1.52M $30.5M
The "Twilight" sequel remains No. 1 for a second straight weekend, though it was nearly blind-sided for the top spot by a real-life football drama.
"The Blind Side" had a great second weekend with $40.1 million, coming in at No. 2 just behind "New Moon." The inspirational story of Baltimore Ravens tackle Michael Oher stars Sandra Bullock as a woman whose wealthy family takes in the homeless teen and enrolls him in private school.
While the weekend haul for "New Moon" dropped steeply from the movie's $142.8 million opening, "The Blind Side" actually went up from its $34.1 million first weekend.
USA Weekend Box-Office Summary
week of 27 November 2009 Rank Title Weekend Gross
1 The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) $42.5M $231M
2 The Blind Side (2009) $40.1M $100M
3 2012 (2009/I) $18M $139M
4 Old Dogs (2009/I) $16.8M $24.1M
5 A Christmas Carol (2009) $16M $105M
6 Ninja Assassin (2009) $13.1M $21M
7 Planet 51 (2009) $10.2M $28.5M
8 Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) $7.09M $32.4M
9 Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) $7.02M $10.1M
10 The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) $1.52M $30.5M