11/19/09: Six theaters were sold out for Thursday’s midnight premiere of The Twilight Saga: New Moon at the Majestic 10 in Williston.
A line that stretched around the building began earlier that day at 5pm.Twi-hards waited in the cold for hours to be the first to see New Moon.
New Moon sold a record number of midnight tickets totaling $26.27 million – this surpasses both Harry Potter and the Dark Knight.
New Moon cost 50 million to produce and in 4 days has grossed $285 million worldwide.
Music: Bad Flirt, “St Valentine’s Day Massacre”
This article appears in Nov 25 – Dec 1, 2009.
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