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New Moon casts historic shadow over pack with $142.8m US launch

The hype and anticipation surrounding Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon paid off handsomely as the vampire sequel delivered $142.8m from 4,024 theatres in the third highest North American opening weekend in history.

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Feb 03-05

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