That’s a three-day box office record for a non-summer opening.

The vampire flick crushed the previous opening-day record of $62.2 million, held by The Dark Knight. New Moon also made history by earning $26.3 million from midnight screenings alone.

The No. 1 domestic debut for Summit Entertainment’s New Moon was more than twice the $69.6 million overhaul over the same weekend last year for Twilight, the first film in the franchise based on the novels by Stephenie Meyer.

“Obviously, with the success of ‘Twilight’ itself, sequels being what they are will generate X-number of dollars more, particularly if it’s a satisfying sequel,” said Richie Fay, Head of Distribution for Summit.

Here’s how the box office Top 10 rounded out:

1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, $140.7 million.

2. The Blind Side, $34.5 million.

3. 2012, $26.5 million.

4. Planet 51, $12.6 million.

5. Disney’s A Christmas Carol, $12.2 million.

6. Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, $11 million.

7. The Men Who Stare at Goats, $2.8 million.

8. Couples Retreat, $2 million.

9. The Fourth Kind, $1.7 million.

10. Law Abiding Citizen, $1.6 million.

Travolta, wife Kelly Preston, and daughter Ella Bleu helped raise thousands of dollars for five charities — including The Jett Travolta Foundation — at a screening of their new movie Old Dogs on Friday. The actor and his entire family star in the upcoming animated comedy, but it seemed that The Travoltas benefited from the evening, as well.

The family was emotional as they thanked the crowd for supporting the family since 16-year-old Jett died Jan. 2.

“Kelly, Ella and I want to thank all of you for supporting us over the last year,” John said from the red carpet,” according to The Ocala Star-Banner. “It’s meant the world to us. We know that we have a community. We know that we have friends. And we know that we are loved. We appreciate it. Jett appreciates it. We love you, Ocala.”

“You guys are all so down to earth, loving and caring,” Kelly Preston told the crowd.

The private gala raised at least $37,500 for the nonprofits. The local premiere was his latest film that John has brought to his hometown for charity. The actor has held similar events for Wild Hogs and Bolt.

Old Dogs opens in theaters Nov. 25.

The former Spice Girl-turned-stylista, 35, was asked to lend her voice to a new character in the next installment of the popular animated series, but gracefully bowed out of the project — opting instead to continue working full-time on her DVB clothing line.

“She was approached to do it,” her rep said Saturday. “But she declined the offer because she’s too busy.”

Victoria was approached about the voiceover role after making cameo appearances on the television dramedy Ugly Betty and Nickelodeon’s long-running cartoon series Spongebob Squarepants earlier this year.

Madagascar 3 – starring Ben Stiller and David Schwimmer – is due for release in 2012.

The next Twilight film may cater to a crowd slightly older than the screaming tweeners that helped make the franchise a box office smash. Series star Robert Pattinson has revealed that the follow-up to New Moon could receive an adult rating when it opens in theaters in June 2010.

Robert describes Eclipse — the third and final film of The Twilight Saga — as a “massively different movie” that could potentially be rated R due to its extensive battle sequences.

Speaking to SiTV, Pattz said: “It’s a massively different movie to New Moon. There’s so many more main parts, and having these huge battle sequences, I’ve never done anything like it in any of the other movies. I think it’s really pushing the – I don’t know what rating Twilight was in England, like the American PG-13 or 18 – I think it’s pushing it to the absolute limit. It would be so funny if it was R-rated.”

According to box office numbers released by Summit Entertainment Friday afternoon, New Moon pulled in a record-breaking estimated gross of $26.27 million playing in just 3,514 theaters across the nation — that’s an average of $7,476 per theater!

The wildly-successful midnight opening “portends an opening weekend that could be one of the biggest of the year,” says Paul Dergarabedian, a box-office analyst for Hollywood.com.

The duo, who played the disaster-prone pair in four Vacation hits in the ’80s & ’90s, will star as The Griswolds again in a new commercial for HomeAway vacation rentals.

“To this day, people ask me, ‘When is the next Vacation movie?’” said Chase, who currently stars on the NBC freshman comedy Community. “So I’m sure everyone will get a kick out of seeing the Griswolds and their misadventures once again.” D’Angelo added that she is “thrilled” to be playing the Griswold family matriarch again.

In related news, a new Vacation film, which will see Clark and Ellen’s son Rusty take his own family on a road trip, is in development.

Dakota plays blonde rock star Cherie Curie in the biopic about the rise of the ’70s rock band The Runways, while Twilight’s Kristen, 19, is lesbian legend Joan Jett.

“Yes, it happens in The Runaways,” Dakota, 15, told Access Hollywood this week in response to the lesbian kiss whispers — which have been gaining momentum online since July.

“It was passionate. We’re playing Joan Jett and Cherie Curie and they’re best friends in the film and became really close in real life. And that’s something that went down back in the ’70s,” Dakota added. “We were so into the scene and into the script and the characters.”

Producers John Edmonds Kozma and Richard O’Sullivan are working on a new dating comedy called One Night With You and they hope to land Lohan as their star, IMDB.com reports. LiLo is up for the role of a scandal-ridden former child star who goes to rehab and revamps her career by appearing on a reality dating show.

Rob plays Tyler, a rebellious young man in New York City who has a strained relationship with his father (Pierce Brosnan). Tyler didn’t think anyone could possibly understand what he was going through until the day he met Ally (Emilie de Ravin) through an unusual twist of fate. But soon, hidden secrets are revealed, and the circumstances that brought them together slowly threaten to tear them apart.

Looks promising! Remember Me debuts in theaters Feb. 12.