Twilight II passes magic $200 million mark in a week

By Jeffrey Jolson

Bullock nearly blindsided the New Moon immortals

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 9/28/09 – It was a close thing as Pattinson, Lautner & “New Moon” crew lost to “Blind Side” on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday) $9.5M to $9.2 million. Yet the Moon rose to over $206 million in its run, with $35M in the last three days.

“The Twilight Saga: The New Moon” got all its young femme fans out on the off-school day Friday to whoop Sandra Bullock and her football friends in “The Blind Side” , about $18M to $16M.

The Twilight sequel went on to score $35 million and “Blind Side” is squinting at $34 million over the 3-day frame from Wednesday to Friday – with Saturday and Sunday figures still to come in this horse race. “Blind Side’s” real life inspiration, Michel Oher, went from wannabe without a hope to being picked by the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the draft.

The newcomers did not fare so well against these two holdovers from last weekend. “Old Dogs” with Robin Williams and John Travolta limped to $14.1 million for the same three days, while “Ninja Assassin” might have kicked a little more butt as the only new action film for the testosterone-inclined. It slipped in with $14M for the frame.