As many have expected, a single day record of $67.2 million, held previously by The Dark Knight, has been beaten by The Twilight Saga: New Moon. It has earned $72.7 million on Friday, the premier day – that’s a new single day record!
The Twilight Saga: New Moon has also beaten midnight opening record with $26.27 million, as reported in the previous news post.
It seems The Twilight Saga: New Moon is one hot movie in Germany, reports Variety.
Tickets went on sales at midnight on Saturday, and within a few hours demand had exceeded the entire volume of available pre-sales tickets. The battle to score tickets sent servers crashing across the country as online ticket buyers swarmed ticket selling websites.
Within a day ticket pre-sales for the film had sold 150,000 tickets, shattering all previous German records.
“The idea for a purely online presale in the early hours was a huge success,” said Thomas Schuelke, marketing director for the UCI Kinowelt, one of the ticket pre-sales chains. “Our servers experienced some incredible pressure.”
The Twilight Saga: New Moon premieres on November 16, then hits theaters November 20.
Empire Mag have debuted two new posters of Edward and Bella from The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
Check them both out after the jump.
Three new posters, referred to as ‘character banners’, have been released for The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
Check them all out after the jump.
The third official trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon has been released.
This is a pretty good trailer with a nice choice of trailer music, sure to get Twilight fans chomping at the bit.
Watch it after the jump.
Edward and Bella in 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'
If you’re a fan of Twilight and you’re living in Los Angeles, this news item is for you.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon will host its world premiere at The Village and Bruin Theatres in Los Angeles on November 16, 2009.
Good luck getting a ticket (murder is still illegal remember). If you’re not going to make it to the premiere you’ll have to wait until it officially hits theaters:
Australia – November 19, 2009
USA – November 20, 2009
UK – November 27, 2009
Dakota Fanning as 'Jane' in 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'
A heap of new promotional images from The Twilight Saga: New Moon have surfaced.
They offer our first glimpse at Dakota Fanning as the vampire Jane and a look at the Italian royal family the Voturi.
Pics after the jump.
Summit Entertainment has announced principal photography on the third Twilight movie, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, is underway.
The story of Eclipse will follow heroine Bella Swan as she nears graduation while trying to navigate the dangers of the ongoing vampire-werewolf struggle. Mysterious killings turn up around Seattle and a malicious vampire looks for revenge.
Bella (Kristen Stewart) in 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'
The Twilight Saga: New Moon follows Bella (Kristen Stewart) who, having survived the vampire attack at the end of Twilight, looks to celebrate her birthday with Edward and his family. A small but unfortunate accident leads to Bella’s blood being shed, an event which leads to the vampire Cullen family deciding to leave town for Bella and Edward’s (Robert Pattinson) sake. Bella is heartbroken but finds herself comforted by Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) and becomes drawn into the world of werewolves.
The first feature trailer has been released online. Watch it after the jump.
The following video of Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner was streamed live by ET from The Twilight Saga: New Moon San Diego Comic-Con panel:
The guys at Collider have painstakingly transcribed the whole event. Read their transcription here.
In other New Moon news, the official website has now gone live. Visit it here.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon hits theaters November 20, 2009.
