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LOS ANGELES, Nov 29 - "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" rose to the top of
movie box office charts for the second straight week on Sunday with a three-day
haul of $42.5 million on a record-breaking holiday weekend in North America,
according to studio estimates.


Over the five-day U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, the vampire romance starring
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner took in $66 million,
pushing its two-week total in theaters to $230.7 million in North America, said
independent studio Summit Entertainment, which backed the movie.


Internationally, the high-profile sequel to last year's monster hit
"Twilight," based on the best-selling novels by Stephenie Meyer, has taken in
$243 million for a worldwide total just under $475 million in two
weeks.


Richard Fay, president of domestic distribution for Summit, said the movie
continued to do strong repeat business from mostly teenage girls who are fans of
the movies and books, and it was able to expand its audiences to include older
women.


Total movie ticket sales for the five-day holiday period in North America
reached a record $278 million, beating the old figure of $244 million set back
in 2000 when "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "Unbreakable" were the two top
films, according to sales tracker Hollywood.com Box-Office.


Coming in at No. 2, also for the second straight week, was Sandra Bullock
football film "The Blind Side" with three-day sales of $40.1 million and a
two-week total of $100.5 million. Disaster film "2012" rounded out the top three
with $18 million in three days, boosting its three-week total to $139
million.