The Twilight Saga: New Moon is a 2009 American
romantic fantasy film based on
Stephenie Meyer's 2006 novel
New Moon. It is the second film in
The Twilight Saga film series and is the sequel to 2008's
Twilight, which is also based on Meyer's
previous novel.
Summit Entertainment greenlit the sequel in late November 2008, following the early success of
Twilight.
Directed by
Chris Weitz, the film stars
Kristen Stewart,
Robert Pattinson, and
Taylor Lautner,
reprising their roles as
Bella Swan,
Edward Cullen, and
Jacob Black, respectively.
Melissa Rosenberg, who handed in a draft of the film script during the opening weekend of
Twilight, returned as screenwriter for
The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
Filming began in
Vancouver in late March 2009,
and in
Montepulciano,
Italy in late May 2009.
was released on November 20, 2009 in most countries, and set domestic box office records as the biggest midnight screening with $26.3 million. This led to the biggest single day domestic gross with $72.7 million. The film also opened with the
third biggest domestic opening weekend ($142,839,137).
The film was well received by fans,
[www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1626716/story.jhtml] but critical reception was less favorable.
