HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 11/19/09 –With the film New Moon set to open in just one day, anticipation around the world is building to a frenzy. The movie is a sequel to the enormously successful Twilight, the first of Stephanie Meyer’s books to reach the big screen. Twilight brought in an estimated $70.5 million in its opening weekend, and expectations are that “New Moon” will exceed this. The film is directed by Chris Weitz, who had the unenviable task of creating a film that would live up to the tremendous hype as the second of the four-part Twilight saga.
Some pundits think New Moon will open in the $85 million range, yet we think it will do better. For one thing, Movie Tickets reports that is is their No. 1 Advance Online ticket-seller of all time — even more than Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith.
Stephanie Meyer’s books have a following not far from that of the Harry Potter series, so Twilight’s success on the big screen – despite an incredible opening weekend – was not totally unexpected. Meyer’s second book, New Moon, vaulted to number one on the New York Times best seller’s list for children’s chapter books in just two weeks and remained on the list for almost a year. Best selling novels have been debuting extremely well as movies and New Moon will be another massive box office hit. To exceed Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’s opening weekend gross of $108 million, however, will be no easy task but it is not out of the question, considering today’s current fascination with vampires.
Interview with The Vampire may be the most acclaimed and recognizable vampire movie of all time, however, in the last few years, vampires have become an entertainment phenomenon. Vampires have gone from grotesque, ghastly characters portrayed in movies like Blade; 30 Days of Night; and From Dusk till Dawn; to emotion-filled, attractive characters in TV shows and movies like The Vampire Diaries; True Blood; and Twilight. Thanks to Stephen Moyer (True Blood) and Robert Pattison (Twilight) viewers are falling in love with what were once some of the most heinous creatures of human imagination.
Stories and photos from New Moon have been on the cover of almost every entertainment magazine in the US. There is no question that it has been one of the most advertised and anticipated movies this year. New Moon is not only in the running for this year’s highest grossing opening weekend: it could be amongst the highest grossing opening weekends in the history of film.
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