美感恩節票房創紀錄 《新月》繼續領跑

【英文原文】

Hollywood is giving thanks this holiday season.

According to early estimates, Summit Entertainment's 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' finished first at the box office, pulling in a solid five-day holiday total of $66 million dollars ($42.5 million over the three-day weekend). The Warner Bros. drama 'The Blind Side' starring Sandra Bullock finished in second with an impressive five-day total of $57.5 million ($40.1 over three days).

The five-day box office total (Wednesday through Sunday) of an estimated $278 million breaks the previous five-day Thanksgiving record of $244 million set in 2000 when 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' and 'Unbreakable' were tops at the box office.

Sony/Columbia's apocalyptic thriller '2012'; finished in third over the weekend, with $18 million over the three-day weekend.

Paul Dergarabedian, president of the box-office division of , said via email that with $9.5 billion and a month to go in the year, the strong Thanksgiving numbers ensure that the film industry will in 2009 pull in $10 billion at the box office for the first time. Added Dergarabedian: 'This weekend proves that in 2009, despite the onslaught of competing entertainment technologies, that going to the movies in a theatre is a viable and essential part of the consumer's entertainment diet.'

【中文譯文】

好萊塢對這個感恩節假期滿懷感激。

根據初步預計，頂峯影業(Summit Entertainment)出品的新片《暮光之城2：新月》(The Twilight Saga: New Moon)票房奪冠，5天的假期總票房高達6,600萬美元（在週末3天的票房爲4,250萬美元）。由桑德拉•布洛克(Sandra Bullock)主演的華納兄弟公司(Warner Bros.)影片《弱點》(The Blind Side)位居票房亞軍，5天總票房5,750萬美元（週末3天票房4,010萬美元）。

從上週三到週日的5天總票房預計達2.78億美元，打破了2000年創下的2.44億美元的感恩節5天假期票房紀錄，當時票房最高的兩部影片是《聖誕怪傑》(How the Grinch Stole Christmas)和《驚心動魄》(Unbreakable)。

索尼(Sony)和哥倫比亞影片公司(Columbia)出品的災難片《2012》週末票房位居第三，週末三天票房爲1,800萬美元。

好萊塢網()票房部總裁德加拉伯迪安(Paul Dergarabedian)在電子郵件中說，在今年迄今總票房已經達到95億美元、離年底還有一個月的時候，強勁的感恩節票房確保了電影行業2009年能首次實現全年票房100億美元。他還說，這個週末證明，在2009年，雖然受到與電影競爭的娛樂科技的衝擊，但去影院看電影仍然是消費者娛樂生活中可以維持、也必不可少的部分。