Wiki News/Friday Box Office: 'Final Rush: Part 1' Hauls $64M, The 4th Biggest Opening Day Record Ever

The box office finally woke up to a brand new world record when Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush: Part 1 finally ended The Twilight Saga: New Moon's record from being the top opening day gross and also top this weekend box office as well.

The second-to-last installment has opened with a huge $75.2 million from 4,480 theaters according to studio estimates. This is making it a huge photo finish to it's three day total to over $160 million, to become the biggest weekend opening of all-time since The Dark Knight with $158 million. New Moon grossed $72.3 million in its' opening day last year on November 20, 2009. The film's also had a big midnight opening of $35 million, beating The Twilight Saga: Eclipse with $30 million from 4,000 theaters.

It was hardly a freight train rumbling through the domestic box office Friday, but the drawing power of Denzel Washington proved powerful enough for Fox's "Unstoppable" to deliver a No. 2 opening with $8.1 million in opening-day receipts, according to studio estimates.

The PG-13 runaway-themed thriller very likely will fall a little further to DreamWorks 3D family film "Megamind", which was just behind it Friday at $7.9 million, and poised for a $30 million performance this weekend.

Budgeted at $85 million after tax breaks, the Tony Scott-directed "Unstoppable" is on track to meet lukewarm pre-release estimates of $20 million-$25 million, and sustain Washington's streak of $20 million-plus wide openings that dates back to 2003's "Out of Time."

Also opening wide this weekend, Rogue Pictures' low-budget sci-fi film "Skyline" also met its tracking Friday, opening to an estimated $4.7 million and on pace for around $12 million for the weekend.

Meanwhile, the box-office situation could be called gory for Paramount romantic comedy "Morning Glory," with the Harrison Ford/Diane Keaton/Rachel McAdams film grossing just $3.1 million Friday.

Co-produced by J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot at a cost of around $40 million, "Morning Glory" opened softly Wednesday to $1.1 million and probably won't have even $12 million by the time the weekend is through.