New Moon Breaks Midnight Box Office Record!

November 20, 2009

It's official — all that promotion paid off! Summit Entertainment just released the news that New Moon had the biggest midnight opening of all time, raking in an estimated $26.27 million last night! It beat out Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as well as The Dark Knight. Congratulations to Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, and the rest of the cast — well-deserved partying indeed. Check out our PSR video review here as well as what Buzz thought about the movie and tell us how you liked it in the comments!

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37 Comments

3 years 25 weeks

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Aitch3 3 years 25 weeks

That is my favorite dress Kris wore.

msshellokitty 3 years 25 weeks

I love how people are called haters because some of us just aren't into all things Twilight.I saw the first movie a few months ago.It was okay.Not the best movie I have seen but not the worst.People come to Pop for celebrity news.Not for a play by play of everything the Twilight cast does.It doesn't make me a hater.Good for them for having fame.They should enjoy it while they can.I've been on this site for over 3 years.The sites isn't how it use to be.Hopefully when the last movie comes out people will move on and start posting on other things.

huntedvampire 3 years 25 weeks

ooopss i forgot!SUCK IT ALL DAMN HATERS!!!!!!!!!

huntedvampire 3 years 25 weeks

ooopss i forgot! SUCK IT ALL DAMN HATERS!!!!!!!!!

huntedvampire 3 years 25 weeks

chris weitz your the man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!yeah! the movie is pretty f*ckin' awesome!!!!!!!! im gonna watch it again and again!!!!!!!!!!!! cant get enogh of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!kristen stewart is sooo pretty damn good!!

huntedvampire 3 years 25 weeks

chris weitz your the man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah! the movie is pretty f*ckin' awesome!!!!!!!! im gonna watch it again and again!!!!!!!!!!!! cant get enogh of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kristen stewart is sooo pretty damn good!!

cdelaney 3 years 25 weeks

I just saw the movie tonight--it was amazing!

3 years 25 weeks

i haven't seen it yet, i'm going tomorrow..con. crats. cast and crew!!!!!:) peace:)

3 years 25 weeks

I can truthfully say i completely entirely LOVED this movie. THis is a MUST see.For haters & lovers. and no not because billzilions of ppl went/are going to see it. it is actually worth it i promise. i did like the first one, but i knew to lower my expectations because they were on a budget ...a low one. This one fits the hype and redeems the first one completely & i don't have to kill Kristen because she did pretty decent. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOUUUU

chile68 3 years 25 weeks

@Kathy and Rax, very well said!!! :)

3 years 25 weeks

The Twilight Saga has a massive fan base here in the Philippines, and I am certainly one of those who hesitantly picked up the Twilight book out of mere curiosity -- only to later on find myself enjoying every bit of the saga. New Moon the movie is well crafted. The book in itself had awkward parts --- but Chris Weitz did a stellar job capturing the key points into the movie. Taylor showcased his acting chops big time --- my heart went out to him specially during the part when he was begging Bella to stay in Forks. Rob might have had on about 36 mins of exposure in the movie, but every second of which was exhilarating --- the amount of acting (no matter how brief) was impressive --- specially during the scenes with the Volturi. Even Kirsten -- before seeing the film, I was actually wondering how she can do justice to the character Bella(considering that Bella in New Moon is utterly devastated through and through which will require a lot of heavy dramatic acting) ---but Kirsten pulled through and am actually surprised to find out that she has that dramatic acting potential in her. There are only 2 things that would have made scenes more compelling for me1) For Bella to actually cry with tears and all when she mourns for her loss(there were screaming and sobbing, but what could have tied it all together is the presence of tears); 2) and also for the vampires to actually have fangs (after all this is a vampire movie) -- that would have made them look more formidable and fearsome. Over-all though great movie. Will definitely go see it again.

3 years 25 weeks

This movie Was AWESOME! I Already saw it two times opening day and if it weren't sold out I would have seen it again!!! LOVED IT! Everyone go see it!!

care0531 3 years 25 weeks

I think they would of had the same success even if they didn't promote the movie as much.I went this morning at 9:30 and was in a theater with about 50 other mothers and wives (I am 30 and think I was the youngest one there).I live in a smaller town and there were 1,200 people that appeared at my local theater for the midnight showing! The 2 evening showings for tonight were already sold out as of 9 am this morning so there is no doubt in my mind that this movie will break more records after today and even this weekend.

care0531 3 years 25 weeks

I think they would of had the same success even if they didn't promote the movie as much. I went this morning at 9:30 and was in a theater with about 50 other mothers and wives (I am 30 and think I was the youngest one there). I live in a smaller town and there were 1,200 people that appeared at my local theater for the midnight showing! The 2 evening showings for tonight were already sold out as of 9 am this morning so there is no doubt in my mind that this movie will break more records after today and even this weekend.

Pampire 3 years 25 weeks

@ #10 if its so bad then why are you still here?

ning 3 years 25 weeks

All that promotion and I don't even know the movie came out last night...

3 years 25 weeks

stupid spell check...I mean PATTINSON**

3 years 25 weeks

LMAO, so Robert Patterson is the biggest new star in Hollywood, eclipsing Meagan Fox, Zac Effron, Miley, etc. Part of why lot's of people watched it was just to see him, and this movie is record shattering. I know that infuriates you haters. LOL!!!!!

3 years 25 weeks

Congrats to all the cast!!! I saw it last night and loved it! Cant wait to watch it again :)