Fans Around The World Give Thanks For New Moon
Written by Wayne Hall on November 30, 2009 – 12:00 pm -
New Moon, the latest movie from the Twilight franchise, continued its winning ways around the world, according to Variety.
In the United States, Moon wolfed down another $66 million over the five-day holiday period, bringing in $42.5 million of that total during the weekend. That was a drop of 70 percent, but movie gurus weren’t surprised because of the film’s limited appeal to males.
This total added to other markets around the world brought Moon to a worldwide income of $85.1 million. Outside the U.S., the film only dropped a relatively benign 31 percent. In the U.K., Moon collected another $31.5 million while France added $28 million to the film’s take and Australia and Italy each contributed $23 million.
So, in ten days, the movie has grossed $473.7 million around the world.
Moon was nearly blindsided in the U.S. by the WB film The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock, which brought in over $40 million.
Meanwhile, 2012 dropped more than 40 percent from last weekend. However, that still gives the film a pretty formidable $594.6 million across the globe.
Old Dogs with John Travolta and Robin Williams did learn some new tricks as the film gathered almost $17 million in the U.S.
Also, Disney’s A Christmas Carol has “Scrooged” a total of $90.8 million in the United States thus far. Worldwide, it has grabbed $196.2 million.
The micro-budgeted Paramount picture Paranormal Activity opened in the U.K. this weekend, finishing second in that market with a total of $4 million.
Tags: 2012, New Moon, Robin Williams, Sandra Bullock, Twilight, Variety
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