"New Moon" shines atop box offices for 2nd week
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" rose to the top of movie box office charts for the second straight week on Sunday with a three-day haul of $42.5 million, pushing the film's total ticket sales to nearly $231 million in North America, according to studio estimates.
Over the five-day U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, the vampire romance starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner took in $66 million in North America, said independent studio Summit Entertainment that backed the movie.
Coming in at No. 2, also for the second straight week, was Sandra Bullock football film, "The Blind Side," with three-day sales of $40.1 million and a five-day haul of $57.5 million.
Total movie ticket sales for the five-day holiday period in North America reached a record $278 million, beating the old figure of $244 million set back in 2000 when "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "Unbreakable" were the two top films, according to sales tracker Hollywood.com Box-Office.
(Reporting by Bob Tourtellotte; Editing by Bill Trott)
Source: Reuters
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