According to USA Today, New Moon will have the third-largest film debut in history according to studio estimates from Nielsen EDI. They are estimating New Moon to have an opening weekend of $140.7 million dollars, third only to Dark Knight an Spider-Man 3.

By midnight Friday, Moon had broken the single-day record with $72.7 million, again eclipsing Knight with $67.2 million.

The movie did another $118.1 million overseas.

The next film, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, arrives in theaters June 20. Fay says that while there is no agreement yet to produce the fourth adaptation, Breaking Dawn, “we’re working very closely with Meyer” on closing the deal.

The latest chapter of the vampire saga, which has made pinup stars of its actors Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, is behind only The Dark Knight’s $158.4 million and Spider-Man 3’s $151.1 million.