'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' worldwide total nearing $500 million

Less than two weeks ago, The Twilight Saga: New Moon was released to theaters, making history with the largest opening day total ever. Needless to say, the remaining few who were as yet unaware of the Twilight "juggernaut" were caught by surprise, and the numbers continue to "confound us all."

You already knew that New Moon pulled in good views on Friday ("Black Friday"), but as an update the weekend figures are in.

The AFP is reporting that The Twilight Saga: New Moon brought in $42.5 million this weekend, putting its total domestic gross at $230.7 million - well past that of 2008's Twilight ($192.7 million, give or take).

Not only were the domestic sales large, but the international take was pretty hefty as well.

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that The Twilight Saga: New Moon brought in a total of $85.1 million from international markets this weekend, rounding out the international gross to a cool $243 million . . . wowza! Big sellers, according to this report, overseas were Germany ($18 million), the United Kingdom ($31.5 million), France ($28 million), Australia ($23 million), and Italy ($23 million).

The combined total from domestic and international sales, according to THR, is $473.7 million. That's nearly $500 million in less than two weeks on the market. Astounding, huh?

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