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Twilight Sequel Breaks Records

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New Moon, the sequel to the vampire teen romance movie Twilight, has had a record breaking opening.

New Moon, the second movie to be based on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series has broken the record for midnight openings in North America previously held by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, taking over $26 million at box offices, compared to $22 million for Harry Potter.

Experts predict that New Moon, which again stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, will make nearly $100 million dollars in the USA and Canada over the weekend, one of the biggest opening weekends for a non-summer film. The current record for an opening weekend is The Dark Knight, which made nearly $160 million in July last year.

You can watch our very own MovieBob's review of New Moon here.

Source: BBC

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*Sigh*

a sign of the times?
fangirls sat everywhere in the cinema when I saw it last night :|

Mr.Tea:
*Sigh*

Same.
I....just.....sigh.
This really makes me miss vampires like Dio Brando(JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) and D(Vampire Hunter D).

So, New Moon is standing next to MewTwo? What does that tell you?

Mr.Tea:
*Sigh*

*nunchuck*

Why do bad movies have to make so much money?

Greyfox105:
a sign of the times?
fangirls sat everywhere in the cinema when I saw it last night :|

Huh. What was your opinion of it. I ask mearly out of curiosity.

The ONLY reason the original made 350 some million is that no one knew how terrible the movie was when it first came out, so a lot more people saw it then will see this one. And all the negative press will mean that even people that saw and sorta liked the first one won't bother seeing the sequel.

I bet this one makes 150 total, 3 makes 100 and 4 makes less than 50

Everything seems to be record breaking these days.

Its things like these make me give up on society

Meh, just proves its popularity. I doubt it will go much beyond the opening weekend though, as anyone who truly wanted to see it probably would've went at midnight.

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The_root_of_all_evil:
So, New Moon is standing next to MewTwo? What does that tell you?

That the next record breaker will have to have warfare set in modern times and sparkly vampires?

People will watch anything, especially shit.
Hell, people love reality shows.

I plan on watching the movie for free, though.

theflyingpeanut:

Greyfox105:
a sign of the times?
fangirls sat everywhere in the cinema when I saw it last night :|

Huh. What was your opinion of it. I ask mearly out of curiosity.

something between 'Cinematic' and 'Compelling'.
It was a decent movie, kept me interested, worst part was the adverts before the movie. adverts were 40 mins long. worst of the adverts was a perfume one that was nearly pornography. disgusting.

Once the other two movies are done, I'm pretty sure everyone will forget Twilight.

Humanity is doomed. Leave the planet while you still can.

The_root_of_all_evil:
So, New Moon is standing next to MewTwo? What does that tell you?

That alot of people like bad things in our society.

Further proof that tween girls run all forms of media.

If this film makes more than The Dark Knight, the human race is dead to me.

randommaster:

Mr.Tea:
*Sigh*

*nunchuck*

Why do bad movies have to make so much money?

I really don't know... *Sighs and curls up into a fetal position as he tries to block out the world*

randommaster:

Mr.Tea:
*Sigh*

*nunchuck*

Why do bad movies have to make so much money?

Well, to be fair, this one fills a niche that ridiculously little else does, as explained in this interesting article by Moviebob.

Damn I missed opening night? I could of picked up who knows how many women...assuming they are over 18...are Twilight fangirls over 18?

God. First MW2, now New Moon. Hype can sell whatever it is I see.
Maybe I should release a new brand of donuts. With razors in it. If I manage to hype it up as much as MW2 and Twilight have been, then I can make millions, and seriously hurt those retarded enough to fall for it! Bwahahahah!

Greyfox105:

theflyingpeanut:

Greyfox105:
a sign of the times?
fangirls sat everywhere in the cinema when I saw it last night :|

Huh. What was your opinion of it. I ask mearly out of curiosity.

something between 'Cinematic' and 'Compelling'.
It was a decent movie, kept me interested, worst part was the adverts before the movie. adverts were 40 mins long. worst of the adverts was a perfume one that was nearly pornography. disgusting.

Ah. Compatic. Cinapelling.
Personally, I like the perfume adverts that are borderline pornography. It distracts from the pretentious bullshit that they are usually made of.

I'm ok with the Twilight series doing well, I'm just kinda peeved that it's probably going to do better then The Dark Knight.

And that's something I'm just not ok with.

TheTygerfire:
The ONLY reason the original made 350 some million is that no one knew how terrible the movie was when it first came out, so a lot more people saw it then will see this one. And all the negative press will mean that even people that saw and sorta liked the first one won't bother seeing the sequel.

I bet this one makes 150 total, 3 makes 100 and 4 makes less than 50

Really not experienced the Twilight craze yet huh? Its not popular due to people, its popular cause it has legions of rabid fangirls.

Furburt:
Everything seems to be record breaking these days.

Indeed.

And it's usual for sequels to successful movies to have successful opening weeks. What will matter is how the movie will perform overall.

Ibanez887:
Its things like these make me give up on society

Please. Don't get discouraged like that. I mean, Transformers 2 made 800 million and I think it's a terrible movie.

NUKE TIME!! No, really, this makes me want to murder every last human being.

Tenmar:
Damn I missed opening night? I could of picked up who knows how many women...assuming they are over 18...are Twilight fangirls over 18?

16 in Britain. Awwww yeah.

/19, it's not weird yet.

Big fucking surprise.

A friend of mine gave a really good idea of Twilight the other day.

"Twilight is what Michael Bay would make if he had a vagina"

"...What?"

"Well think about it. Michael Bay films are shitty movies with bad actors and storys, but lots of crazy action and explosions. Twilight films are shitty movies with bad actors and storys, but lots of romance and buff guys attached."

"...Buff guys? What are you, gay?"

"Fuck off"

I secretly think it was a good evalution, but you don't say that to your mates.

The_root_of_all_evil:
So, New Moon is standing next to MewTwo? What does that tell you?

Wait, what? What do you mean by this?

Tenmar:
Damn I missed opening night? I could of picked up who knows how many women...

I like your style. :)

Greyfox105:
a sign of the times?
fangirls sat everywhere in the cinema when I saw it last night :|

Masochistic eh?

Further proof that humanity is a dying breed.

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This sums up my feelings about it.

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