美感恩节票房创纪录 《新月》继续领跑

【英文原文】

Hollywood is giving thanks this holiday season.

According to early estimates, Summit Entertainment's 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' finished first at the box office, pulling in a solid five-day holiday total of $66 million dollars ($42.5 million over the three-day weekend). The Warner Bros. drama 'The Blind Side' starring Sandra Bullock finished in second with an impressive five-day total of $57.5 million ($40.1 over three days).

The five-day box office total (Wednesday through Sunday) of an estimated $278 million breaks the previous five-day Thanksgiving record of $244 million set in 2000 when 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' and 'Unbreakable' were tops at the box office.

Sony/Columbia's apocalyptic thriller '2012'; finished in third over the weekend, with $18 million over the three-day weekend.

Paul Dergarabedian, president of the box-office division of , said via email that with $9.5 billion and a month to go in the year, the strong Thanksgiving numbers ensure that the film industry will in 2009 pull in $10 billion at the box office for the first time. Added Dergarabedian: 'This weekend proves that in 2009, despite the onslaught of competing entertainment technologies, that going to the movies in a theatre is a viable and essential part of the consumer's entertainment diet.'

【中文译文】

好莱坞对这个感恩节假期满怀感激。

根据初步预计，顶峰影业(Summit Entertainment)出品的新片《暮光之城2：新月》(The Twilight Saga: New Moon)票房夺冠，5天的假期总票房高达6,600万美元（在周末3天的票房为4,250万美元）。由桑德拉•布洛克(Sandra Bullock)主演的华纳兄弟公司(Warner Bros.)影片《弱点》(The Blind Side)位居票房亚军，5天总票房5,750万美元（周末3天票房4,010万美元）。

从上周三到周日的5天总票房预计达2.78亿美元，打破了2000年创下的2.44亿美元的感恩节5天假期票房纪录，当时票房最高的两部影片是《圣诞怪杰》(How the Grinch Stole Christmas)和《惊心动魄》(Unbreakable)。

索尼(Sony)和哥伦比亚影片公司(Columbia)出品的灾难片《2012》周末票房位居第三，周末三天票房为1,800万美元。

好莱坞网()票房部总裁德加拉伯迪安(Paul Dergarabedian)在电子邮件中说，在今年迄今总票房已经达到95亿美元、离年底还有一个月的时候，强劲的感恩节票房确保了电影行业2009年能首次实现全年票房100亿美元。他还说，这个周末证明，在2009年，虽然受到与电影竞争的娱乐科技的冲击，但去影院看电影仍然是消费者娱乐生活中可以维持、也必不可少的部分。