Holidays Vampire Sequel ‘New Moon’ at Box Office

LOS ANGELES, News update: The ‘Twilight’ vampire romance sequel ‘New Moon’ took a record-breaking bite out of the North American box office this weekend, final figures showed on Monday.

The second big-screen installment adapted from Stephenie Meyer’s phenomenally successful books raked in an astounding 142.8 million dollars in three days, the third biggest opening of all time, Exhibitor Relations said.

Only Batman sequel “The Dark Knight” with 158.4 million dollars and “Spider-Man 3″ with 151.1 million dollars have scored bigger openings.

However, the “New Moon” earnings are considered remarkable because the film was released in November, outside of the traditional summer blockbuster season.

Although the movie was unable to dethrone “The Dark Knight” or “Spider-Man 3″ for highest opening weekend, it did set records for biggest midnight opening and opening day, figures showed.

The “Twilight” franchise follows the fortunes of high school teenager Bella Swan, played by Kristen Stewart, and her vampire lover Edward Cullen, played by British heart-throb Robert Pattinson.

The success of “New Moon” left American football drama “The Blind Side” in second place.

The feel-good film, adapted from Michael Lewis’s 2006 book, is based on the real-life journey from rags to riches of Baltimore Ravens star Michael Oher.

Starring Sandra Bullock as the woman who helps Oher realize his dream, it earned a healthy 34.1 million dollars in its opening weekend.

In third place, end-of-the-world film “2012″ brought in 26.4 million dollars, more than double its next-runner-up, “Planet 51,” with 12.3 million.

“Disney’s A Christmas Carol” earned 12.2 million, trailed by acclaimed abuse saga “Precious” with 10.9 million dollars.

In seventh place was satire “The Men Who Stare At Goats,” starring George Clooney and Jeff Bridges as members of a military unit schooled in psychological warfare. The film took 2.8 million dollars.

Eighth spot was taken by comedy “Couples Retreat,” which earned 1.9 million dollars while extra-terrestrial drama “The Fourth Kind” was ninth with 1.7 million.

Michael Jackson concert movie “This Is It” completed the top 10 with 1.6 million dollars.

New Moon Reviews

New Moon Reviews: Imagine waking up to realise that you have aged 60 years but the love of your life is still a handsome, youthful man of 17. That’s how Bella Swan feels at the beginning of the second instalment in author Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga, New Moon.

For the uninitiated, Bella (Kristen Stewart) is going out with Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), who happens to be a 109 year old vampire who stopped ageing over 90 years ago.

Edward and his vampire family Live in the small town of Forks where unlike other vampires they abstain from human blood, feeding instead off wild animals.

In New Moon, Bella begins to realise that it’s not safe for her to be human anymore, especially after her birthday where a little blood almost causes Edward’s vampire brother Jasper to attack.

To protect Bella, Edward decides that instead of turning her into a vampire and essentially damning her, he must leave her, causing Bella to spend months severely depressed — until she starts hanging out with Jacob Black.

Jacob (Taylor Lautner), becomes Bella’s best friend, whom she spends time fixing up some old dirt bikes with to indulge her new found rebellion.

A major heart throb in the series, 17-year-old Lautner received a collective squeal of delight when he first takes his shirt off, revealing his nicely toned chest and abs at which Lautner was forced to work extremely hard throughout filming to maintain.

The shirtless Jacob scenes leave fans excited for more, until you see Edward’s first shirtless scene later in the film — which in its pasty, scrawny comparison, disappoints!

When Bella finds out that her friend Jacob is a werewolf, you start to see some more action, including the transformations of Jacob and his wolf pack.

Despite the average special effects, the wolves are pretty scary and in general as a viewer you are so enthralled in the story you barely notice the special effects.

One thing you do notice however, is Jacob’s stunningly Hollywood white teeth — questionably too white for a guy meant to be a Native American werewolf!

Then there’s Edward, whose makeup in this film leaves you wondering if he just dipped his face in a bucket of pressed powder or had been crying all night wearing cheap eyeliner.

This game of opposites between Edward and Jacob is a theme carried out through the entire series. Cold versus hot, ‘good’ versus ‘bad’, tan versus pale, buff versus slim, old versus young, safe versus fun-loving… the list goes on.

Bella is forced to leave Jacob, her pillar of strength, to go and save Edward from the cruel vampire authority The Volturi, after he races to Italy under the impression that Bella was dead and wanting to end his own life by exposing his vampire traits (in this case, the fact that vampires sparkle in the sun) to the public in the Tuscan town of Volterra.
Source: take40.com

What Drives Edward Phase 4

latest news about, What Drives Edward Phase 4: Volvo launched a tie-in contest with the second movie Twilight New Moon, “What drives Eduardo?”

Twilight fans who participate in the contest can win tickets and premiere a new Volvo. Many fans are having trouble with “What drives Eduardo, Phase 4,” and a question on Yahoo answers points to a video that apparently helps. (Hard fans: Stephenie Meyer appeared on Oprah today to promote the New Moon.)

Then a video of “leading to Edward, phase 4″ of the challenge. I’m not playing, so I say in the comments, does it work?

Source: inquisitr.com