The Twilight Saga: New Moon’s opening night sales earned $26.3 million!

New Moon’s box office results set a new record for opening midnight shows, surpassing the previous box office smash Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (its midnight earnings were $22.2 million).

With New Moon’s impressive opening night sales, look for the film to set even more box office records.

Here is an overview of just some of the New Moon reviews… if you’ve seen it, please leave a comment about what you thought.

Metacritic.com has Twilight New Moon reviews scoring an average of 45 out of 100, based on 27 critic reviews, while RottenTomatoes.com gives New Moon 29% on the Tomatometer. Ouch!

MTV, Larry Carroll: “A triumph for Twilighters.”

Entertainment Weekly, Lisa Schwarzbaum: “Fan-ready and saga-solid.”

Variety, Jordan Mintzer: “Carried by Kristen Stewart’s compellingly dark performance, but also by helmer Chris Weitz’s robust visuals.”

The Hollywood Reporter, Michael Rechtshaffen: “Once again, the three young leads give committed performances, with Lautner’s character allowed a larger share of the spotlight this time around.”

USAToday, Claudia Puig: “The werewolves have it all over the blood-suckers in The Twilight Saga: New Moon. When these oversize, hirsute creatures burst onto the screen, they inject life into a rather inert story.”

Boston Globe, Ty Burr: “Where the first film’s director, Catherine Hardwicke, plugged into Meyer’s vision of supernatural teenage lust with abandon, Chris Weitz is stuck with a sequel that’s a morning-after mope-fest.”

Rolling Stone, Peter Travers: “Ever since “True Blood” glamoured me, Twilight seems even more sexless and toothless. I prefer my undead with a little life in them.”

New York Post, Kyle Smith: “New Moon is supposed to be an exciting love story plus monster action. So where’s the excitement? Where’s the action?”

Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert: “The Twilight Saga: New Moon takes the tepid achievement of “Twilight,” guts it, and leaves it for undead.”

Kristen Stewart stopped by the November 18 Today show for what must be the gajillionth interview about Twilight New Moon. Check out Kristen Stewart’s brief appearance in the video clip.

Check out this special about Twilight stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, including never-before-seen footage (check out one clip in the video above).

Tune in for “Love Bites,” tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.

The Kristen Stewart/Robert Pattinson pictures will be featured in the December issue of Harper’s Bazaar, on newsstands November 17.

These pics aren’t exactly putting an end to the Kristen Stewart/Robert Pattinson dating rumors, are they?

Pattinson says of Stewart in the mag, “She’s a unique girl. You really don’t meet many people like Kristen.”

More details in the Summit Entertainment press release:

“Responding to the fans of THE TWILIGHT SAGA, Summit Entertainment announced today that it will re-release TWILIGHT, the first film in the franchise, at select theatres nationwide on November 19th, a day before the highly anticipated release of the movie’s sequel, THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON. Despite the first film already being on DVD, fans across the nation have been calling out to see the film once again on the big screen and the studio is honoring their request.

Summit is working with exhibitors to screen TWILIGHT one night only with screenings in the evening just before THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON arrives in theatres. Select theatres will offer tickets at a reduced price.”