30 DAYS OF NIGHT TAKES BOX OFFICE BITE

30 Days of Night is number one at the weekend box office. The stars remember their time in New Zealand.

30 Days of Night, the Josh Hartnett starring film based on the graphic novel about creatures of the night who attack a tiny Alaskan town in total darkness took a bite out of the weekend box office with $16 million.

For most actors it’s all about location, location, location and for this one New Zealand held magical memories for Melissa George who plays Josh’s estranged wife and partner vampire slayer.

“We were staying in Wanuka which is this gorgeous area in Queenstown and we just went out every night and everyone went skiing and hilly skiing and it was just a fantastic sort of, oh and the wine in New Zealand is number one and we used to always drive to the vineyards on our days off. We were spoiled; it was such a glorious location.”

When he wasn’t sleeping during the day Josh says he took advantage of the great outdoors.

“There’s a lot of stuff going on in New Zealand. We were in the south island for awhile up in the mountains so I took a couple of trips around, went snow boarding. It’s a good place to hang out. You can surf on the north end and snow board in the south end. So there was a lot going on, a lot of outdoorsy stuff.”

Josh was so taken with New Zealand he tried to buy a plot of land but was outbid. The other weekend movies which topped the box office were Why Did I Get Married moving to second place with $12 million and The Rock’s The Game Plan moves from second to third with $8 million.