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'New Moon' smashes 'Harry Potter' midnight ticket sales record
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/20/2009
'New Moon' smashes 'Harry Potter' midnight ticket sales record
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The vampires have beat the boy wizard. According to four people close to the movie, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sold more than $22.2 million worth of tickets in midnight shows last night, beating a record set this summer by...
deadline.com - 11/20/2009
"PHENOMENAL!" 'New Moon' May Have Set All-Time Midnights Record, Besting 'Harry Potter 6' & ...
— deadline.com — BREAKING NEWS! FRIDAY AM: Rival studios are telling me this morning that Summit Entertainment's New Moon debuted... with $23M-$24M in 12:01AM screenings. That would set a new midnight opening record, smashing The Dark Knight's $18.4M set on July 18, ... (more) "PHENOMENAL!" 'New Moon' May Have Set All-Time Midnights ...

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latimes.com - 11/19/2009
Movie review: 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' -
— latimes.com — "This is the last time you'll ever see me," Edward Cullen says to Bella Swan. As if.... Spoken early on in "New Moon," that promise is one of the least likely to be kept in movie history. With most of that film still to unfold, and two more adaptations ... (more) Movie review: 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' -

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womenandhollywood.com - 11/20/2009
Women Writers Talk New Moon
— womenandhollywood.com — As New Moon descends on the world today I asked a couple of colleagues who write and... think about film from different cities to answer some questions about the global phenomenon. The questions I posed are followed by the answers by the different women. Some of the participants requested ... (more) Women Writers Talk New Moon

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AMC Entertainment Script To Screen Movie Blog:  New Moon sets New Midnight Release Record

Cinema Soldier:  NEW MOON sets new midnight record at $26.3 million (holy crap)

Movie Cricket:  Up all night for 'New Moon'

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New Moon sets New Midnight Release Record
AMC Entertainment Script To Screen Movie Blog — It will be no surprise when Twilight Saga’s New Moon will be #1 at the Boxoffice this weekend already setting records in Fanadango online ticket pre-order sales, but early reports are now saying that a new Midnight Release record has been set, toppling the previous record held by Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince earlier this year. LA Times reports: Two people close to the picture said the exact gross, which is still being calculated by Summit Entertainment, could be as high as $26 million. Update (10:45 ...

NEW MOON sets new midnight record at $26.3 million (holy crap)
Cinema Soldier — ... Well, no sooner do I post my review than we find out The Twilight Saga: New Moon had the biggest midnight opening of all time. The vampire love drama pulled in $26.3 million across the country at midnight last night. This blows away Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince's $22.2 million debut this summer and The Dark Knight, which made $18.5 million when it released last year.  ...

Up all night for 'New Moon'
Movie Cricket — ... The Thursday midnight screenings of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sold as much as $26 million in tickets, according to the Los Angeles Times' "Company Town" blog. ...

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NEW MOON Achieves Best Opening Day EVER!
geektyrant.com 11/22/2009 — This is insane I tell you! Yesterday we reported that The Twilight Saga: New Moon broke the record the record for midnight box office sales which was previously held by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince . Today I am shocked to report that it has achieved the best movie opening day of ...