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'Twilight' leaves its box-office mark

Published November 23, 2008, 11:53 am, Los Angeles Times

The vampire romance takes in $70.5 million domestically for a strong November opening weekend. A wildly popular vampire love story bit into the box office with a vengeance, helping to deliver a banner weekend for the industry as Hollywood brushed off one of the worst weeks ever on Wall Street.

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