Premiere Entertainment

1-Twilight Saga: New Moon $140.7 million

2-Blind Side $34.5 million

3-2012 $26.5 million

4-Planet 51 $12.6 million

5- Disney’s A Christmas Carol $12.2 million

6-Precious $11 million

7-The Men Who Stare At Goats $2.8 million

8-Couples Retreat $2 million

9-Fourth Kind $1.7 million

10-Law Abiding Citizens $1.6 million

New Moon has set a new box-office record for Midnight screenings, reportedly earning $26.3 million.  This wipes out the record previously held by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which had earned $22.2 million.

I have updated the resource page for theater owners.   Resource tab in next to the contact information on top left of the page.

Entertainment Weekly has a terrific article on Oscar Longshots for the year, take a look at the titles to see if you missed any  Longshot Link

Jennifer Hudson is set to play Winnie Mandela in Winnie.  Winnie is a film about Nelson Mandela’s and his wife Winnie who was found guilty of fraud and theft of money in 2003.

Boxoffice has updated postings on the sales of New Moon accounting for Fandango and MovieTickets.com, here is the link to the newest article.

Tom Hooper’s the King’s Speech, tale of a British Monarch with a speech impediment, has been cast with Helena Bonham-Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Gambon, Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush.  Firth is cast as George VI, Geoffrey Rush as the speech therapist. 

Cornelius 9 is having an encore showing of Twilight on Thursday 11/19 and than launching 24 Hours of New Moon.  Check their website for showtime information. Cornelius 9

Variety has a great article on MGM and it’s newest set of problems.  Link here

Harvey Keitel has joined the cast of Meet the Parents, Little Fockers. Keitel joins fellow newcomers Jessica Alba and Laura Dern.