Posted by: Brad Sturdivant

I’ll admit that there’s a small part of me that was hoping NEW MOON‘s box office numbers would drop like a rock in its second weekend, but the TWILIGHT sequel managed to pull in almost $66 million to win the five-day holiday weekend.  I guess if there’s anything surprising about this week’s numbers, it’s that THE BLIND SIDE managed $57 million and actually gave NEW MOON a run for its money.  OLD DOGS and NINJA ASSASSIN were the only two new wide releases this weekend and they managed $24 and $21 million respectively.  Next week sees the release of BROTHERS and UP IN THE AIR and even though both of those films have the star power, I don’t think either of them have the appeal to challenge NEW MOON.

1          The Twilight Saga: New Moon          $65,999,682

2          The Blind Side            $57,530,347

3          2012    $25,549,508

4          Old Dogs         $24,085,000

5          A Christmas Carol (2009)      $22,557,631

6          Ninja Assassin            $21,010,000

7          Planet 51         $13,899,974

8          The Fantastic Mr. Fox            $9,499,685

9          Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire    $9,419,745

10        The Men Who Stare at Goats             $2,187,672

Source: Box Office Mojo