BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT is dead.
Well, B:TDK record for the Biggest 2-Day box office take is. The boys from THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON popped fangs and claws and went to town on the dark avenger, pulling in $115.9m, beating the $114.8 million of TDK.
Those numbers also tore out HARRY POTTER's jugular, formerly held with $102.7m and shredded SPIDER-MAN 3's pjs of $151m.
According to Nikkie Finke, this has surprised the Hollywood-know-it-alls, who expected nly IRON MAN size numbers from the flick.
Truly, Taylor Lautner's abs are tools of destruction.
This wasn't just an American phenomenon, either. NEW MOON is a hit around the world, with a world-wide five day take of $258.8M. Those numbers will rise higher as the actual counts continue to come in.
Teen girls are loving the film, rating it an "A-" through cinema score.
Our own teen-girl and TWILIGHT fan, Carlos Pedraza, has yet to weigh-in with his view of the movie. Apparently, he's still recovering from passing out with anticipation while waiting in those long lines with his peers.
Of course, you realize what this means, don't you? Since this is a Lionsgate movie, the people behind the SAW franchise, we're in for TWILIGHT 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Sure, nothing has been written after Book 4, but given how little writing went into the first books, how much of a problem do you think that will actually be?