Box Office Haul: Everyone Howls for ‘New Moon’ & Forgets Michael Jackson

"OMG OMG OMG New Moon OMG OMG shatters records! OMG $140 million! OMG Precious?" Yes, that's what much of the blather about the box office this weekend sounds like. It's a film about lunar shifts or large men who turn into ghastly wolf-beasts or something. Somewhere in the nethers is Inglourious Basterds, still valiantly holding on. However, The September Issue has sunk out of sight. Also: Couples Retreat stays firmly within the Top 10. Basically it's a litany of old tales: print's dead, tweens have cash to burn, and Vince Vaughn has as much post-apocalyptic staying power as cockroaches.

1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($140 million)
2. The Blind Side ($34.5 million)
3. 2012 ($26.5 million)
4. Planet 51 ($12.6 million)
5. A Christmas Carol ($12.2 million)
6. Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire ($11 million)
7. The Men Who Stare at Goats ($2.8 million)
8. Couples Retreat ($1.95 million)
9. The Fourth Kind ($1.7 million)
10. Law Abiding Citizen ($1.6 million)

Falling out of the Top 10: This Is It ($1.5 million), Paranormal Activity ($1.4 million), and The Box ($505,000)
Hanging on by a thread: Fame ($4,000)