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All the hype surrounding the Twilight vampire romance sequel is scoring big at the box office.
vampire romance sequel is scoring big at the box office, with industry reports estimating on Saturday it took in the largest opening day receipts on record.
Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which opened in the US at 12.01am on Friday raked in $US72.7 million ($A79.07 million) on its first day, outpacing Batman sequel The Dark Knight and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, according
to estimates by the Hollywood.com industry website.
The Dark Knight brought in $US67.2 million ($A73.09 million) on its first day in 2008, while Transformers snatched $US62 million ($A67.44 million) on its opening day earlier this year.
Female-targeted New Moon already took in $US26.3 million ($A28.61 million) for its
midnight showing alone, beating best marks set by The Dark Knight - $US18.4 million ($A20.01 million) on July 18, 2008 - and the sixth Harry Potter film, Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince, which earned $US22.2 million ($A24.15 million) earlier this year.
Hollywood.com predicted the vampire flick was set to join only a dozen other films to have sold $US100 million ($A108.77 million) worth of tickets in a single weekend.
If New Moon's stellar opening carries over to Saturday and Sunday, the film could rewrite the record books further, threatening the opening weekend record of The Dark Knight, which took $US158.3 million ($A172.18 million) last year.
