New Moon Grosses $258 million Worldwide

The second installment of the Twilight saga, New Moon has grossed $258 million worldwide according to reports.  Totals in The U.S. come to about $140 million. 

The first movie grossed $69 million over the same time period.  New Moon now ranks in the top 10 movie  openings of all-time.

On Friday, "New Moon" set the all-time domestic high for opening day with $72.7 million, topping the previous record of $67.2 million by last year's The Dark Knight.  Because many of the fans of New Moon are teens, experts say they will go back and see the movie numerous times, so that will help pad gross totals over the coming weeks and months.