The second chapter in the Twilight Saga – New Moon has sunk its teeth in to approximately £155.5m in sales, worldwide since the weekend – outstripping the success of the first Twilight movie last year.

“Obviously, with the success of `Twilight’ itself, sequels being what they are will generate X-number of dollars more, particularly if it’s a satisfying sequel,” said Richie Fay, head of distribution for Summit.

‘New Moon’ has been placed in 3^rd place of the all-time domestic chart in the USA, behind the Batman blockbuster of ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘Spiderman 3’. New Moon is the only film to date that has come outside of Hollywood’s busiest time, the summer season to hit the top 10 all time openings. However, Twilight New Moon did in fact break the USA’s opening day high previously set by Dark Knight with a staggering £43.7m taken.

Females make up 80 percent of the audience for “New Moon” making Meyer’s books a phenomenon among women and girls. However, young males are the backbone of Hollywood business, so “to have two movies with huge appeal for women result in the second-biggest non-holiday weekend ever is amazing,” said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Final figures will be released Monday.

1. “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” $140.7 million.

2. “The Blind Side,” $34.5 million.

3. “2012,” $26.5 million.

4. “Planet 51,” $12.6 million.

5. “Disney’s 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,” $2 million.

9. “The Fourth Kind,” $1.7 million.

10. “Law Abiding Citizen,” $1.6 million.

The 3^rd chapter to the Twilight movie, ‘Eclipse’ is set to rocket sales and break new records when it launches next June, 30^th.