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Team Edward and Team Jacob Turn Out at 'New Moon' Midnight Shows

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We already know that "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" obliterated midnight box office records ($26.2 million!), but just how crazy was it on the ground floor?

Well, Nikki Finke from Deadline Hollywood offered up a recap of last night/this morning's events. The fans were out in full-force, "Team Jacob" and "Team Edward" shirts proudly on display as fans gathered to the theater as many as six hours before the "New Moon" premiere.

Tickets continue to sell as fast a 10 a second online and the final box office tally for the weekend is anyone's guess.

Here are some highlights from some AMC Theatres:

"FAIRFAX, VA - AMC TYSON'S CORNER: The line waiting for NEW MOON at midnight was at least 400 people. There were people waiting as early as 6PM"

"MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL - AMC ROSEDALE: Fans were in line as early as 6PM for the showing of Twilight at 9PM. Fans began arriving around that same time for New Moon. The theater sold out all 14 screens, selling 2,400 tickets! By 10PM there were over 500 people already at the theater. Many fans made their own T-shirts and wore other New Moon apparel. People brought their laptops and watched Twilight as they waited. Some other fans brought Twilight Saga books to read in line. When the theater opened their doors, the crowd rushed in."

"KANSAS CITY - AMC STUDIO 30: At 10PM CST there were about 500 people standing in line for the midnight shows. The line started inside with about 100 people and then grew outside winding around the front part of the theatre. Those waiting inside were purchasing merchandise from AMC's NEW MOON merchandise table while those outside huddled together under blankets. Several people were holding their copy of the NEW MOON book, or another book in the Twilight Saga. Every few minutes there would be an outbreak of teen girls screaming 'Edward!', followed by a group of girls screaming 'Jacob!'"[

Check out some of the local coverage from the midnight premiere in Oak Park, Illinois and from KTVU San Francisco.

We want to hear from you MovieWatchers, what was your "Twilight" midnight experience like?

Source: Deadline Hollywood
Photo: The New York Times