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Fangirls came out in full force this weekend, proving the biggest box office successes don’t always have to be based on comic books. “New Moon” has taken in $140.7 million since Friday, officially giving it the third highest grossing opening weekend of all time, just behind “The Dark Knight” ($158 M) and “Spider-Man 3″ ($151 M). “New Moon” also captured the biggest opening day ever, earning $72.7 million on Friday and topping “The Dark Knight”‘s previous opening day record of $67.1 million.
“New Moon” is in good company, as every single film on the top ten highest grossing opening weekends list is part of a franchise: Batman, Spider-Man, Pirates of the Caribbean, Shrek, Transformers, Star Wars, and now Twilight. In fact, the only two films in the entire top 25 that are stand alone movies are “The Passion of the Christ” ($83.8 M) and “I Am Legend” ($77.2 M). As the Twilight Saga continues, consider the box office bar officially raised.
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