From the "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" premiere in Madrid, Nov. 12, 2009. (Sergio Perez/Reuters)
"New Moon" not so hot in Madrid
Spain's audience stays home for premiere of new "Twilight" series film.
MADRID, Spain — No fangs, no shrieking boy-crazy teenagers, and not a drop of blood to spare.
Opening day was overwhelmingly disappointing.
"Twilight," the biting and lovesick youth romance set in the damp and dreary Olympic Peninsula of Washington state, was so popular in Spain two years ago that distributors rewarded fans by premiering its sequel,
Given that films are usually delayed several months before making their way across the Atlantic into Spanish theaters,
But while the United States waits for Friday, Nov. 20, with baited breath for its official release, Spaniards seem to have squandered their two-day head start on the saga of Edward Cullen the brooding vampire and his 17-year-old human love interest, Bella Swan, in Forks, Wash.
Last week, slews of screaming fans welcomed "
But when the clock struck 12 midnight Wednesday, and a sliver of moon appeared in Madrid's dark sky, the streets were deserted for the official release. Although distributors could have showed the movie at midnight, the first showings weren't until 4 p.m. the next afternoon. And when 4 p.m. rolled around, the crowds were no larger than those for a normal, run-of-the-mill film.
Quite a letdown compared to the red-carpet premiere that took place yesterday in Westwood, Calif., two days before the official release.
"In case you weren’t one of the thousands of screaming fans camping out for hours on the streets of Los Angeles for a glimpse of the '
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New Moon opening weekend sales shot it straight to third all time. "New Moon" pulled over $ 140 million at home, blasting weekend estimates of $ 85 to $ 100 million right out of the water. It’s likely those who were short of cash paid for their tickets with an allowance advance rather than a loan till payday, but filmmakers and theaters don’t care where the money comes from.
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