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'New Moon' Sucks Up $140M in Opening Weekend

LOS ANGELES -- The vampire romance " The Twilight Saga: New Moon " sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday.The No. 1 domestic debut for Summit Entertainment's "New Moon" was more than twice the $69.6 million haul over the same weekend last year for "Twilight," the first in the franchise based on Stephenie Meyer's novels."Obviously, with the success of `Twilight' itself, sequels being what they are will generate X-number of dollars more, particularly if it's a satisfying sequel," said Richie Fay, head of distribution for Summit."New Moon" placed third on the all-time domestic chart behind last year's $158.4 million opening weekend for the Batman blockbuster " The Dark Knight " and 2007's $151.1 million haul for " Spider-Man 3 ."Among the top-10 all-time openings, "New Moon" is the only one that came outside of Hollywood's busiest time, the summer season. The movie adaptation of Meyer's next ...

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