YOU CAN'T STOP THE SPARKLE

[cleolinda]

'New Moon' Smashes 'Dark Knight's' Opening Day Record!

Which means it's already made a shade just under one hundred million ($100M), which was my original entire-weekend prediction. (ETA: Or wait, the midnight screenings are included? $72M is a bit better. Although that's still more in 24 hours than Twilight made its entire first weekend.) I'm officially revising my estimates up to $170M now. (Well, in that case, let's take it down to $140M.)

You know, I'm not surprised, exactly. It was tracking above TDK all week, and it's already the highest-grossing advance ticket seller and midnight opening. And it may be that the mainstream won't turn out the rest of the weekend. But the official @Twilight account on Twitter has been RTing messages from fans saying that, as of mid-afternoon yesterday, they had already seen the movie four and five times. Four and five times. I understand, sociologically, psychologically, emotionally, financially, why it's happening. I'm not surprised, precisely. But I'm kind of astounded.


(Zomg e-book! The Annotated Movies in Fifteen Minutes: Wizards!)

Comments

[cupcakery.livejournal.com]

I've seen The Phantom of the Opera that many times, but not the movie. The stage performance. Over a ten-year period, but that's the only thing I can think of that I've actually watched five times (as opposed to leaving the television on Interview With the Vampire because it's on, but not really paying attention).

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

Phantom is so worth it.

[cupcakery.livejournal.com]

Especially when there's student ticket pricing. :D Oh, how I wish it would come back to Toronto. :(

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

I'm near Toronto too, that's where I saw it twice. :)

But I so agree.

[cupcakery.livejournal.com]

I was near Toronto the last time it was there (last spring? Not the one that just passed), but now I think I might be closer to NYC. >.> This, I must find out!

[fallen-soprano.livejournal.com]

Lucky! I'm in Calgary, so y'know...it only comes once every ten years down here, but only if we plead and scratch and whine. Icon love, too. :D