In its second weekend of release, TWILIGHT SAGA:  NEW MOON won out again, according to Box Office Mojo.  NEW MOON pulled in a respectable $42.9 million, probably as a result of its teenage female fanbase having a four-day weekend off from school.

The real surprise is the movie that fell to #2 for the second straight week of head-to-head with NEW MOON.  THE BLIND SIDE, the Sandra Bullock vehicle based on the life of NFL player Michael Oher, actually beat out the vampire flick on Thanksgiving Day (a little research, and you'll find that there are certain websites dedicated to scrutinizing the box office on a day-to-day basis).  As NEW MOON has cooled down significantly since it's open ing weekend, it beat BLIND SIDE by a margin of just slightly than less than $3 million (last weekend, the differential was more than $100 million). 

Given that both movies aim squarely at the fairer gender, it was certainly a female-driven weekend at the movies.

Horror fans may be disappointed that post-apocalyptic film THE ROAD had a weak opening at #10, with $1.5 million.  A bleak tale of a traveller who must fend off cannibals, it stars Viggo Mortensen, who genre fans will remember from LEATHERFACE.

Read about the results at Box Office Mojo here, or if you just want to see the numbers, check out the IMDB here.

--Phil Fasso