Twilight Sets Box Office Record (taken from yahoo)

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Twilight sank its teeth into the box office this weekend.

Catherine Hardwicke's vampire chiller earned $70.6 million, making it the biggest opening ever for a female director.

The film made an impressive $20,636 per theater, according to Sunday morning estimates.

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Even more good news: Summit Entertainment, which released Twilight, announced over the weekend that a sequel, New Moon (based on the second book in the best-selling series), is already in the works. (Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will headline.)

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