The second film in the blockbuster franchise outright doubled ‘Twilight’s’ opening weekend of $69.6 million.

(Entertainment Weekly) — “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” grossed an astounding $140.7 million at the box office this weekend, exploding most industry expectations en route to the biggest autumn opening weekend in history and the third biggest three-day debut ever, according to early estimates from Hollywood.com Box Office. (”The Dark Knight” still retains the record for the biggest weekend debut with $158.4 million, and “Spider-Man 3″ is second with $151.1 million.)

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