$141.3 Million Opening For Twilight Finale
via Weekend Report: ‘Breaking Dawn’ Ends ‘Twilight’ Franchise on Strong Note – Box Office Mojo.
The fifth and final Twilight movie opened to an outstanding $141.3 million this weekend, though that wasn’t quite enough to set a new record for the popular franchise. Meanwhile, Skyfall had another strong weekend and Lincoln over-performed in its nationwide debut; as a result, the Top 12 earned around $237 million, which makes this the sixth-highest-grossing weekend ever.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2′s estimated $141.3 million ranks eighth all-time and fourth in 2012 behind The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises and The Hunger Games. Among Twilight movies, it wound up slightly ahead of predecessor Breaking Dawn Part 1 ($138.1 million), but a tad below New Moon’s franchise-best $142.8 million. This makes Twilight the first franchise ever to have three movies earn over $130 million in their first three days.
While this is undeniably a fantastic debut, there’s a nagging feeling it should have done slightly better given the movie’s finale status; past franchise finales like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Star Wars: Episode III -Revenge of the Sith easily had the best debuts for their series. At least Twilight didn’t see much, if any, audience attrition, which is a rare thing for most franchises.
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Wow. There’s a Breaking Wind 2?
I didn’t even know there was a Breaking Wind 1.
I was subjected to the second Twilight movie. I was amazed at how unintentionally funny it was.
Ooh. Is Dakota’s Fanny in this one too?
I’m a HBO subscriber and they had a “Twilight” marathon. I really, really tried to watch it, for no other purpose than to see what all the craze is about. Saw about 20-30 minutes of all the movies combined, time I’ll never get back.
So they added some crazy CGI fight scenes and guys flocked to the movie? Now Hollywood has a new genre: narcissistic girl meets broody anthrophages who wage wars of annihilation over her for her amusement. Disturbingly abusive romance and ultraviolence combined. Let’s hope they don’t run with that.