MICHAEL JACKSON - 25 MILLION VIEW TRAILER FOR TWILIGHT SEQUEL

25 MILLION VIEW TRAILER FOR TWILIGHT SEQUEL

Maybe you can't judge a book by its cover, but it's certainly possible to judge a movie's potential box-office performance by the number of people viewing its trailer. And by that measure, it looks like Summit Entertainment's Twilight Saga New Moon should become one of the biggest hits of the year when it is released in three weeks. Last week, according to Visible Measures, the New Moon trailer recorded 25 million views, the most since it was first posted online eight weeks ago. But it has also posted similar numbers during that nearly two-month period. By contrast, the No. 2 movie trailer on the list last week previewed Michael Jackson's This Is It! concert documentary. It drew 2.3 million views. Meanwhile, Summit said Thursday that it will re-release the original Twilight movie theatriccally on November 19 (it's already out on DVD), hours before the midnight debut of New Moon . While the two films will not play as a single-ticket double feature, the Los Angeles Times reported that tickets for the original movie are likely to be discounted.

30/10/2009