'New Moon' Hangs Onto Box Office Title
LOS ANGELES — Vampires continued to howl as The Twilight Saga: New Moon topped the box office for the second week in a row.
The Summit Entertainment sequel raked in $42.5 million over the holiday weekend, according to studio estimates released Sunday. While the total marked a steep decline from last weekend's record-breaking debut, it still managed to raise the movie's worldwide gross to a whopping $473.7 million.
Sandra Bullock's The Blind Side nearly toppled the vampire flick for the top spot. The football film rang up sales of $40.1 million to finish a close second.
The action film 2012, which stars John Cusack and Amanda Peet, finished third with $18 million in sales, while two new Disney films, Old Dogs ($16.8 million) and A Christmas Carol ($16 million), rounded out the weekend top five.
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1. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," $42.5 million.
2. "The Blind Side," $40.1 million.
3. "2012," $18 million.
4. "Old Dogs," $16.8 million.
5. "Disney's A Christmas Carol," $16 million.
6. "Ninja Assassin," $13.1 million.
7. "Planet 51," $10.2 million.
8. "Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' By Sapphire," $7.1 million.
9. "Fantastic Mr. Fox," $7 million.
10. "The Men Who Stare at Goats," $1.5 million.
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