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Summit Entertainment’s vampire-romance sequel “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” rung up a record $72.7 million in opening-day boxoffice on Friday, easily topping domestic rankings.

That bested a previous single-day boxoffice mark of $67.2 million, set by Warner Bros.’ Batman sequel “The Dark Knight” in July 2008.The first-day tally for “New Moon” included $26.3 million in boxoffice from a total 3,514 performances at12:01 a.m. Friday, which set a record for witching-hour coin.

Opening at midnight Thursday in North America, "New Moon" was way over the moon.

The second installment in the "Twilight" franchise scooped up an estimated $26.27 million in 3,514 theaters for a per-theater average of $7,476.

Warner Bros. is going to the dogs, signing on to acquire and develop "Nubs," a feel-good story of a pooch and a U.S. Marine based on a publishing sensation.

The project will reunite Warners with Justin Zackham, the writer of its Jack Nicholson breakout "The Bucket List" two years ago. Zackham will pen and produce the canine tale.

The PGA has chosen "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" to receive its 2010 Stanley Kramer Award.

Brittany Murphy will star in Mathew Parkhill's "The Caller" alongside Stephen Moyer and Luis Guzman.

Robin Fox is producing for Alcove Entertainment.

Josh Klausner as been tapped to adapt Adena Halpern's novel "The Ten Best Days of My Life," which Fox is developing as a starring vehicle for Amy Adams and directing vehicle for Shawn Levy.

The book centers on a woman who dies and goes to the top of the afterlife echelon -- called, what else, Seventh Heaven -- but is in danger of being demoted to a lower level unless she can prove having lived a worthwhile life by recounting her 10 best days.

Angryfilms, the shingle run by principals Don Murphy and Susan Montford, has optioned Lauren McLaughlin's young-adult book series "Cycler."

The novels tell the story of Jill, a suburban teenager who for four days each month turns into Jack, complete with male anatomy and 17-year-old-boy fantasies. Jill has maintained her life of ordinary teenage worries, such as going to the prom and dealing with crush, but that changes when Jack, tired of being locked in his room, begins to escape, causing damage to her social life.

Horror actors Douglas Tait (“Freddy vs. Jason”) and Tony Todd (“Candyman”), along with Sally Kirkland, have lined up for “One by One,” a teen horror movie that serves as the first feature entry from Kilo Entertainment.

“One,” written by and to be directed and exec produced by Kilo founder Kimberly Seilhamer, follows a villain named Railroad Jack the Reaper and his carnival of destruction called Death’s Door. When a bus carrying a group of teens crashes on a deserted highway, Railroad Jack picks them off one by one.