23 Nov 2009 07:00
Entertainment One Ltd.
New Moon smashes box office records
Entertainment One Ltd. ("E1"), the leading international independent entertainment content owner and distributor, is pleased to announce the record breaking opening weekend of its UK and Canadian release The Twilight Saga: New Moon ("New Moon"), the widely anticipated sequel to the 2008 box office hit Twilight.
On its release by E1 on Friday 20th November 2009 New Moon generated one of the largest opening nights in Canadian and second largest opening night in British box office history. In addition, the film has achieved the all time first three day box office record in the UK for any US produced film and is the largest ever weekend performance of an independently distributed UK release. In Canada the film has enjoyed the second largest weekend performance of any title in history.
New Moon has already generated an estimated weekend box office of more than £11m in the UK and $11m in Canada and is substantially outperforming the first Twilight film. The third installment in the Twilight series, Eclipse, is anticipated on 30 June, 2010
For further information, please contact:
| Quiller Consultants John Eisenhammer/Kate Law Tel: +44 (0)20 7233 9444 | |
| Entertainment One Darren Throop (CEO) Tel: +1 (416) 979 0912 dthroop@e1ent.com | Giles Willits (CFO) Tel: +44 (0)20 7907 3773 gwillits@e1ent.com |
| Singer Capital Markets Limited (Nomad and Joint Broker) James Maxwell / Richard Savage Tel: +44 (0)20 3205 7500 | Evolution Securities Limited (Joint Broker) Jeremy Ellis Tel: +44 (0)20 7071 4308 |
About E1 Entertainment
E1 Entertainment (AIM: ETO) is a leading independent entertainment content owner that acquires film, television and music rights and exploits these rights in all media in more than 190 countries. The company currently operates in Canada, the U.S., the UK, Holland and Belgium through its four primary businesses units: E1 Television, E1 Films, E1 Music and E1 Distribution. These businesses collectively represent E1's extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music production/distribution, Kids content, Licensing and Distribution. E1's content library includes more than 4,000 feature films, 2,800 hours of original television programming and 15,000 music tracks.