The highly anticipated vampire romance Twilight sailed to the top of the box office this weekend, taking in $70.6 million during its three day debut.

Now the film’s young stars, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have sequel news to share as their movie soars at the U.S. box office.

In a special email to sent to Twilight fans over the weekend, the two actors thanked filmgoers for their support and confirmed that the movie’s distributor, Summit Entertainment, is moving forward with a sequel entitled New Moon, based on the second novel in Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight literary trilogy.

“We just heard from Summit that we’ll be moving forward on ‘New Moon.’ We look forward to sharing this next chapter with you!” the email read. “From every city, every stop, every interview we have done, you’ve made this an unbelievable, nearly surreal experience…and so cool that we were all in this together.”