'New Moon' keeps top box office spot with $42.5M - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

comedyfreak · 11-30-2009, 04:37 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

JamesG · 11-30-2009, 10:21 PM

Yeah, we all knew that New Moon would make #1 again.

From what is currently playing I want to see 2012, The Road, and Ninja Assassin.

comedyfreak · 11-30-2009, 11:15 PM

The Blind side gave it a run for it's money, which I'd like to go see. I also need to see A Christmas Carol.

browneyes106 · 11-30-2009, 11:25 PM

The Twilight fanatics will probably see New Moon more than once in theaters. A guy who I worked with last year said his stepdaughter saw the first movie three times in the theaters.

11-30-2009, 04:37 AM	#1
comedyfreak Cheers! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 14, 2005 Location: Sunny California Posts: 11,060	'New Moon' keeps top box office spot with $42.5M 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
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11-30-2009, 10:21 PM	#2
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,136	Yeah, we all knew that New Moon would make #1 again. From what is currently playing I want to see 2012, The Road, and Ninja Assassin.

11-30-2009, 11:15 PM	#3
comedyfreak Cheers! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 14, 2005 Location: Sunny California Posts: 11,060	The Blind side gave it a run for it's money, which I'd like to go see. I also need to see A Christmas Carol.

11-30-2009, 11:25 PM	#4
browneyes106 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 01, 2008 Posts: 6,094	The Twilight fanatics will probably see New Moon more than once in theaters. A guy who I worked with last year said his stepdaughter saw the first movie three times in the theaters.