‘The Blind Side’ Outshines ‘New Moon’ with $20 Million Weekend
The hit drama ‘The Blind Side’ took top spot at the box-office this weekend with $20.4 million in ticket sales over vampire romance ‘New Moon’ which fell to second place with $15.7 million.
The true story inspired ‘The Blind Side’ has generated tremendous word-of-mouth from fans which helped it tackle the top spot in it’s third weekend in theatres.
The Blind Side is the story of Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron),a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy, played by Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw.
“How outstanding is it to have a movie at No. 1 in its third weekend?” said Jeff Goldstein, executive vice president for distribution at Warner, who added that the movie so far has done more than double the business he expected. “I don’t know of anybody who ever saw anything this big.”
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