Saturday, November 28, 2009

'Twilight' didn't protect its 'Blind Side'

And the award for cheesiest headline ever goes to...

*Rips open the envelope*

ME!

Anywho, big news in the world of box office numbers. For Thanksgiving Thursday, "New Moon" was not the No. 1 movie in America.

"The Blind Side" was!

Yeah, amazing right?

But, it was razor thin close.

According to Box Office Mojo, "The Blind Side" made $9.4 million, while "New Moon" took in $9.2 million. Yes, in the world of box office receipts $200,000 is very close.

Another way to look at it is that "The Blind Side" is playing in almost 1,000 fewer theaters than "New Moon" and still made about $1,000 more per screen.

In a preview of the weekend totals, the other new releases "Old Dogs" and "Ninja Assassin" are doing much less with both hovering around $7 million for Wednesday and Thursday.

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