Box office: ‘New Moon’ barely tops ‘The Blind Side’ with $42.5 million
The Blind Sideshows it has legs, New Moon tops list
In what was a surprisingly close weekend, The Twilight Saga: New Moon arrived at No.1 at the North American box office for the second straight week. New Moon, which busted out with a handsome $142.8 million during its opening week, dropped 70 percent to nab another $42.5 million.
Despite the drop, Richard Fay, president of domestic distribution for Summit Entertainment, said “the movie continued to do strong repeat business from mostly teenage girls who are fans of the movies and books, and it was able to expand its audiences to include older women.”
New Moon has made over $243 million overseas.
Right on the Twilight sequel’s heels was the Sandra Bullock drama, The Blind Side, which has been receiving rave reviews and made an impressive statement during its second week in release. In some circles Bullock’s name has been batted about for an Academy Award nomination.
The film took in $40.1 million.
The John Travolta/Robin Williams comedy, Old Dogs, hit expectations with $16.8 million.
America, here is your top ten for 10/27 – 10/29:
- The Twilight Saga’s New Moon – $42.5 million
- The Blind Side – $40.1 million
- 2012 (2009) – $18.0 million
- Old Dogs – $16.8 million
- A Christmas Carol (2009) – $16.0 million
- Ninja Assassin – $13.1 million
- Planet 51 – $10.2 million
- Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire – $7.1 million
- The Fantastic Mr. Fox – $7.0 million
- The Men Who Stare at Goats – $1.5 million
