By 5 p.m., the movie had already sold more than $50 million worth of tickets in the U.S. and Canada. When evening shows are included, the total will likely be more than $70 million, the people said.

Given the huge amount of pent-up interest among fans, who are rushing out to theaters on opening day, ticket sales are expected to drop significantly on Saturday and Sunday. Nonetheless, a total weekend gross of more than $110 million is all but certain and more than $120 million is very possible. That would give “New Moon” the biggest weekend gross for any movie this year and make it one of the top five pictures of all time at the domestic box office, not accounting for ticket price inflation.

Read the whole article HERE!

Summit has announced that The Twilight Saga: New Moon has officially set a new all-time midnight box office record, taking in $26.27M from 3514 theaters.

This shatters The Dark Knight’s $18.4M midnight debut for a 3-day weekend. It also easily surpasses the all-time record for midnight showings which was held by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which took in $22.2M on a Tuesday night on its way to a 5-day weekend total of $158M. The Dark Knight went on to take in $67.17M that opening day, dropped 29.1% from Friday to Saturday to bring in another $47.65M, and ended with $43.6M on Sunday for an opening weekend total of $158.4M.

TY to the Lexicon. Source: Larry at ProNetworks

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November 18:

★ Robert Pattinson – “The Late Show with David Letterman”
★ Kristen Stewart – “The Today Show” and “Live with Regis and Kelly” and “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”
★ Kellan Lutz – “Ellen”

November 19:

★ Robert Pattinson – “The Today Show” and “Live with Regis and Kelly”
★ Taylor Lautner – “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”
★ Dakota Fanning – “The Jay Leno Show”

November 20:

★ Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner – “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (pre-taped)
★ Robert Pattinson – “Ellen” (pre-taped)
★ Taylor Lautner – “The Today Show” and “Live with Regis and Kelly”
★ Nikki Reed – “Rachael Ray”

November 23:

★ Ashley Greene – “The Late Show with David Letterman”
★ Peter Facinelli – “Rachael Ray”
★ Michael Sheen – “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”

November 24:

★ Ashley Greene – “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”

November 25:

★ Peter Facinelli – “Jimmy Kimmel Live”

November 30:

★ Michael Sheen – “Bonnie Hunt Show”

December 2:

★ Nikki Reed – “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
★ Kellan Lutz – “Bonnie Hunt Show”

December 3:

★ Ashley Greene – “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
★ Nikki Reed – “Bonnie Hunt Show”

December 4:

★ Ashley Greene – “Bonnie Hunt Show”

1. New Moon
2. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
4. The Dark Knight
5. Twilight

Thanks to Mimi from Fandango.com for the info!

Rachelle Lefevre was “too emotional” to attend the premiere.

The only no-show of the night was actress Rachelle Lefevre, who lost the role of the vampire Victoria to Bryce Dallas Howard after playing her in the first two Twilight films. With her beloved dog in the hospital, Lefevre Tweeted her explanation to fans during the premiere: “’2 fans at the premiere: w/ Honey in hospital & being fired from Eclipse tonight was just 2 emotional 4 me & I couldn’t manage it. So sorry.’

Nicest celebrity of the night: Kellan Lutz

Twilight’s Emmett pulled the best move of the night when, after signing autographs, he pulled two fans wearing ‘Nutz for Lutz’shirts out of the crowd and escorted them into the premiere screening as his impromptu guests.