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New Moon breaks box office records

Mon Nov 23 01:37PM by Movies Editor

The 'Twilight' book series by Stephenie Meyer is an international phenomenon and now the film version of the second book, 'New Moon' is a record breaker.'New Moon' was rumoured to cost just over £30 million to make, and it has already smashed that budget after taking £84.6 million during the… Read full entry

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