Movie Still - Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner star in The Twilight Saga: New Moon. -- PHOTO: SHAW ORGANISATION LOS ANGELES -
THE hotly anticipated sequel to vampire romance Twilight scored a monster hit at the North American box office on Friday, shattering previous records for midnight openings, reports said. Entertainment industry reports citing Summit Entertainment said The Twilight Saga: New Moon raked in US$26.3 million (S$36.8 million) from midnight showings, beating best marks set by The Dark Knight and the sixth Harry Potter film. Batman sequel The Dark Knight took US$18.4 million on July 18, 2008, and Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince earned US$22.2 million earlier this year in midnight screenings. If New Moon's stellar opening carries over into the weekend the film could rewrite the record books further, threatening the opening weekend record of The Dark Knight, which took US$158.3 million last year. Based on the books by Stephenie Meyer, the Twilight franchise follows the fortunes of high school teenager Bella Swan, played by Kristen Stewart, and her vampire lover Edward Cullen, played by British hearthrob Robert Pattinson. The first film in the franchise opened in November 2008, earning an estimated US$383 million worldwide. -- AFP
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