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Blind Side eclipses `New Moon' with record takings

December 9 - 15, 2009
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The football-inspired drama The Blind Side has become the underdog hit of the season with a weekend box-office victory over The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

The real-life tale The Blind Side took over the No. 1 spot with $20.4 million in its third weekend. The vampire romance New Moon finished second with $15.7 million after two weekends in first-place.

The Blind Side had been the No. 2 movie for the previous two weekends but has hung on with great fan buzz.

The film stars Sandra Bullock as a woman whose family adopts homeless teen Michael Oher, now a rookie tackle for the Baltimore Ravens.

New Moon still is far ahead in total gross with $255.6 million domestically, compared to $129.3 million for The Blind Side.







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