Variety‘s Pamela McLintock is reporting that Summit’s New Moon will take in $140.7 million for the weekend, which is the third-biggest opening of all time, trailing only The Dark Knight and Spider-Man 3. With Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest bumped out of the third-highest slot, it’s also fair to say that New Moon now holds the distinction of being the most sluggishly-made, most agonizing-to-sit-through epic grosser of all time. I’m not looking for the “negative angle”…really. This honestly struck me as a fair observation. Has there ever been a worse film that has made box-office history? I’m asking.
