Pamela McClintock of Variety:
Marking the third best weekend opening of all time, Summit Entertainment's sequel "New Moon" grossed an estimated $140.7 million from 4,024 screens at the domestic B.O., according to insiders close to the numbers.
Not only that, "New Moon" led what's expected to be the second-best weekend ever at the domestic B.O. in terms of overall ticket sales, trailing only the weekend that Warner Bros.' "The Dark Knight" opened, and that was in summer.
Helping the this weekend's boom was Warner Bros.' sports drama "The Blind Side," which far overperformed in opening to an estimated $34.5 million from 3,110 screens.
"New Moon's" boffo opening trails only Warners' "The Dark Knight" ($167.2 million) and Sony's "Spider-Man 3" ($151.1 million). "New Moon" bumped Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" ($135.6 million) from the No. 3 spot in terms of top opening for a three-day weekend.
EW posts the complete top 10 chart and has more analysis.
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