It was a huge weekend for the movie that was the subject of talks of movie enthusiasts and book lovers. ‘Twilight’ fans trooped to the movie houses and helped the movie score a massive gain at the box office, taking home $70.55 million. This is an estimated total that is enough to nearly double the film’s budget in the first three days, thus making this movie the biggest movie surprise for 2008. Thanks to the good performance and the massive interest on the movie, another one is up and coming. The sequel in the form of ‘New Moon’ has been given the green light to start production.

Though the movie opened to weak reviews, the film opened at the top of the box office and this was the fourth best opening for November and the best opening since ‘Dark Knight’ opened in theaters. The movie is also on pace to become the highest grossing vampire film of all time, and this has already set a record for Catherine Hardwicke as the biggest opening for a solo-directing women. The ‘Twilight’ opening is considered as one of the most successful ever recorded for an independent film, and the film even got an average Cinema Score grade of A-. The movie’s patrons include 75 percent female and 55 percent of the moviegoers were under the age of 25. And according to a survey, around 65 percent of the audience plans to see the movie once again. The movie’s strength was too much for Disney’s action-hero talking dog ‘Bolt’ as the film earned a disappointing $27 million. This movie featured the voices of John Travolta and Miley Cyrus. If ‘Bolt’ earned bad news, James Bond once again captured an audience for the week as it gained another $27.4 million. Since the margin between the two is thin, the second placer for the week will be known days from now.

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