Filed under: Kristen Stewart, New Moon, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner | Tags: Kristen Stewart, New Moon, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
According to Deadline.com “New Moon” broke international records in its opening weekend.
NEW MOON grossed $118.1 million from 6,681 prints in 25 markets in its first 5 days of release. That brought its worldwide gross to $258.8 million so far. A number of markets are still to report:
ARGENTINA
Argentina launched at No. 1 with 1,23M pesos (325K USD) capturing 82% of the audience with 85K admissions. It is the second best opening of the year, behind Harry Potter 6, and the 10th best opening ever in Argentina, outperforming the opening of Harry Potter 1-5. Market cume is $1,6M.AUSTRALIA
NEW MOON grossed $15M AUD ($13.33M) from the 4-day weekend. It was the biggest industry opening, beating Harry Potter 6 which grossed $14.33M AUD. Opening day was the 3rd highest of all time. Midnight results were the highest since Star Wars: Episode 3 that garnered A$1,260M ($1.2M USD) in May 2005. NEW MOON played on 466 screens and grossed A$1.7M AUD ($1.6M). Market cume is $13.3M.BRAZIL
The opening day grossed an estimated 3.7M Reals. Market cume is $7.4M.BELGIUM
NEW MOON opened at No. 1. It is the second Opening day of all time, right after Harry Potter 5 (which was released on a Wednesday but during the summer) and outperformed Harry Potter 1-4.
Market cume is $2.6M.CROATIA
NEW MOON had a record opening in Croatia, No. 1 with $225K from 15 screens. Its 3-day opening weekend is No. 1 for 2009, No. 1 opening 3-day weekend for all time.FRANCE
NEW MOON launched at No. 1 with an estimated $17.04M from 1.9M admissions. It opened with 488K admissions on its first day from 751 prints, for a whopping $4.36M on Day One. In comparison, Twilight did 141K admissions and grossed $1.15M. NEW MOON was competing with a qualifying game by the national team to enter the next Football World Cup. Market cume is $17M.GREECE
A No. 1 opening on Thursday, NEW MOON tallied €287,135 ($428K) from 96 screens making it the 3rd highest opening day of all time for that territory. The result is more than twice Twilight’s opening day, and significantly higher than Harry Potter 6 and Quantum Of Solace. Market cume is $1.2M.HOLLAND
Another No. 1 for NEW MOON. The first day grossed €135,454 from 73 prints. NEW MOON’s opening is 4 times that of Twilight’s at €33,000. Market cume is $1M.ITALY
NEW MOON grossed €1.83M (USD $2.7) from 625 screens, with more still to report. It’s the 3rd highest Wednesday opening ever in Italy and the best Saturday ever, with 2.9M Euros from 770 screens. Market cume is $13M.MEXICO
Launched on Thursday to 20.2M Pesos ($1.55M USD) so far, including midnight screenings, The opening is on par with Iron Man and way ahead of 2012 (15.6M Pesos). Market cume is $7.4M.NEW ZEALAND
With NZ$2.615M ($1.9M USD), it’s the biggest Industry opening, ousting local favorite Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings 3 which did NZ$2.609M. On its opening day, NEW MOON grossed 902,122 NZD ($672K) from 54 screens, the 2nd biggest industry opening day in New Zealand, right behind Lord Of The Rings: Return of the King. Market cume is $1.9M.POLAND
Market cume is $1.4M.HUNGARY
NEW MOON opened with 37.653 admissions and HUF 41.3M (USD 230k). This is the 4th best opening day of all time after Harry Potter 5 & 6 and Star Wars 3. Market cume is $750KTHE PHILIPPINES
According to early results, NEW MOON is set to be the largest opening weekend in the history of The Philippines. Its opening day was the biggest of 2009, outperforming Transformers 2 opening day comps. Market cume is $2.1MRUSSIA
Market cume is $6M.SPAIN
NEW MOON opened with €1,475M (USD $2.2) from 652 screens on its first day. It’s the 3rd best Wednesday opening day ever, just behind two Harry Potter installments, and finally surpassing Lord Of The Rings 3. Market cume is $13.7M.SWITZERLAND
After two days NEW MOON brought in a total $203K off 29 prints in the French and Italian regions. Currently, it’s poised to be No.1 in both regions for the weekend. (The German region releases with Germany next week). Market cume is $767K.UK
The highest grossing international market, NEW MOON made 4.6M GBP on its opening day. It was the No. 2 opening film of all time, right behind Quantum Of Solace which opened with 4.9 GBP. Market cume is $18.7M.
Filed under: Kristen Stewart, New Moon, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner | Tags: Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, Germany, Jacob Black, Kristen Stewart, New Moon, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Twilight
“New Moon” co-stars, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart kept close, as they joked around with each other – in Germany. The on-screen lovers were in Germany to present a new preview of The Twilight Saga: New Moon during the HVB youth event at the Olympic Hall in Munich, Germany.
They were also joined by “New Moon” hottie, Taylor Lautner – whom will be appearing on The Jimmy Kimmel show next week alongside Kristen and Rob! The threesome will be there to talk about the up-coming release of their film New Moon, which will officially be released November 20, 2009!
Filed under: New Moon, Taylor Lautner | Tags: Jacob Black, New Moon, Taylor Lautner, Twilight
Some secrets were spilled from InStyle about the beauty, style, and transformations of the actors to characters. Here’s what was spilled about Taylor Lautner!
1. TINY TEES: “Jacob [Taylor Lautner] was supposed to have grown taller and really filled out, so we tailored all of the T-shirts he wore to make it seem like he was busting out of them,” says Monaghan. For added effect, Lautner wore lifts in his shoes to exaggerate the height difference between Jacob and Bella.
2. TRAINING REGIMEN: “I hit the gym, got myself a personal trainer and started eating a lot,” Lautner told us about becoming the bigger, buffer Jacob. “I had to be eating a minimum of 4,000 calories a day, so my trainer was always bringing me snacks.” He also did strength-training exercises in his downtime on set.
Filed under: New Moon | Tags: Edward Cullen, New Moon, Robert Pattinson, Twlight
Robert Pattinson, “New Moon” hottie, is widely known for his role of ‘Edward Cullen’. Pattinson sat down with USA Today, to discuss the ‘craze’ of being an international super star!
Bela Lugosi never had to deal with hordes of screaming teenage girls like Robert Pattinson does.
But that’s just the appeal of Edward Cullen, the brooding vampire Pattinson plays onscreen and the love interest in Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” book series. Last fall’s “Twilight” movie began the love affair between Edward and the shy human girl Bella (Kristen Stewart); the sequel, “New Moon,” out Nov. 20, finds Edward banishing himself from Bella’s life.
To get a modern image of a vampire, Pattinson initially watched movies such as “Interview With the Vampire” and “Blade.” But he really discovered who Edward was by researching outcast roles not involving the undead. “Rebel Without a Cause was a big influence on the first ["Twilight" film] — it influenced the hairdo and stuff,” Pattinson says, laughing. “In lots of ways, it has a very similar character arc: An everyday girl brings this relatively strange individual out of his slump.”
A James Dean type — that is, Pattinson — always attracts teenage girls in flocks. “It’s like The Birds, with teenage girls,” says “New Moon” director Chris Weitz. “You turn around, and there would be a line of girls standing there.”
Pattinson, 23, a native of London, takes all the swooning over his lanky, 6-foot-tall frame and wildly styled hair in stride. “I’m not entirely sure what it is,” he says. “I’ll probably realize afterward how I could have controlled it a little bit more. But I am still like a deer in headlights.”
And there’s the fact that many haven’t yet separated Pattinson the actor from Edward the vampire. “Right at the beginning, everyone just called me Edward,” he says. “I don’t really mind either way. There’s something about that character that, for some reason, has sparked an interest in massive degrees in so many different people.
“If you want to compete with your own character, you have to really fight. I don’t know if I could be bothered to fight,” he says, chuckling again. “I just let it go by.”
Filed under: New Moon, Taylor Lautner | Tags: New Moon, Scream 2009, Taylor Lautner, Twilight
“New Moon”, hunk Taylor Lautner last night won “Breakout Male Performance” at the 2009 Scream Awards. The 2009 Scream Awards took place at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday night. Lautner also accepted the award, “Best Fantasy Movie”, on behalf of “Twilight”!
During the award ceremony, Lautner also premiered some exclusive “New Moon” footage, which premieres November 20th!
Filed under: New Moon, Taylor Lautner, Twilight | Tags: New Moon, Taylor Lautner, Twilight
Revealing his“New Moon” abs, is Taylor Lautner, who took the the cover of GQ Magazine this month. Lautner, who stars as Jacob Black in the sequel to blockbuster, hit, “Twilight”, makes girls swoon as his smile shines in these new scans. “New Moon” is set to be released in theatres November 20th!
Filed under: Eclipse, New Moon, Selena Gomez, Taylor Lautner, Twilight, Wizards of Waverly Place | Tags: New Moon, Selena Gomez, Taylor Lautner, Twilight, Wizards of Waverly Place
Good friend of New Moon hottie, Taylor Lautner – actress Selena Gomez spoke about whether she’d be a vampire or werewolf. In the interview, Gomez chose vampire – despite her close friendship with Lautner! Looks like Lautner will be having a conversation with Selena!
TELL US: WOULD YOU RATHER BE A VAMPIRE OR WEREWOLF?
Filed under: Eclipse, New Moon, Twilight | Tags: Eclipse, New Moon, Taylor Lautner, Twilight
“New Moon” hottie, Taylor Lautner, was seen arriving at LAX, while making his way through security and paparazzi to head to Toronto.
The 17-year old actor is off to Toronto to film the third movie of the ‘Twilight Saga’, ECLIPSE. The 2nd film in the ‘Twilight Saga’, NEW MOON will be released on November 20th.
