MUMBAI: Summit Entertainment, that distributed New Moon in the US, must be very happy, for its film maintained its number one position at the US box-office with a record collection of $190 million.
The Chris Weitz directed film remained on top for the second consecutive weekend in spite of a 70 per cent plunge from its opening weekend receipts. New Moon roped in an additional $42.5 million this weekend and crossed the $200 million mark last Friday, exceeding the total gross of 2008‘s Twilight that amassed $192.8 million.
Said Summit Entertainment president, domestic distribution, Richie Fay, "It‘s been a real snowball effect - once the midnight showing numbers came in, we kind of knew what we had."
On the No. 2 spot was Sandra Bullock‘s The Blind Side that recorded a rise of 17 per cent to $40.1 million. Warner Bros. distribution chief Dan Fellman said, "Due to the sensational opening of New Moon, 70 per cent of the audience of the film‘s opening-weekend were older than 25. But this weekend, the young people came flocking in."
