The downside to a billion-dollar series like The Twilight Saga is the constant misinformation that springs out of nowhere and can quickly take hold on any number of blogs and websites. Summit Entertainment recently sent out an informal press release to a few Twilight blogs clearing up some of the wilder rumors: 1) There is only [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 29, 2010
The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Breaking Dawn’s Jamie Campbell Bower is currently in Ireland filming the upcoming TV series Camelot, in which he plays a young King Arthur. Here are some set photos — pretty sweet sword: [via BreakingDawnMovie]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 18, 2010
This past Thursday, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse surpassed $250 million at the U.S. box office, and by the end of the weekend its worldwide total will be over $500 million. That’s half of a billion dollars. That’s about on a par with what The Twilight Saga: New Moon had done at this point; New Moon ultimately [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 9, 2010
Just a reminder: Despicable Me, the new animated comedy featuring the voices of Miranda Cosgrove and Steve Carell, opened today. It got overwhelmingly good reviews — nearly 80%, according to Rotten Tomatoes. So will it beat Eclipse for the weekend? Short answer: it might. New Moon dropped quite a lot from its first weekend to its second, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 7, 2010
According to Vulture, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner are all getting $25 million apiece to star in the two Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn movies. At least. Their deal is for $12.5 million for each movie plus $7.5 percent of profits, which could land them a lot more. I’m not sure about Taylor, but Kristen [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 5, 2010
For the full six-day opening period from Tuesday at midnight through Monday, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse made an estimated $175 million. That didn’t beat, but is essentially on par with, New Moon’s $179 million over Thanksgiving weekend, and Spider-Man 2’s all-time July 4th record of $180 million. Outside the U.S., the movie has already made $100 million, [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 4, 2010
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse made another $23.9 million on Saturday. According to Deadline, it will make $69 million for the three-day weekend, and an insane $161 million since its opening. If it makes $20 million on Monday, which many people will have off for the Fourth of July holiday, it’ll beat Spider-Man 2’s six-day July 4th [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 2, 2010
Numbers are in for Thursday, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse made an estimated $24.2 million, dropping expectedly from its massive $68.5 million opening day. New Moon made $42 million on its second day of release, but that was a Saturday, so it’s not comparable. New Moon’s weekend gross was $142.8 million, whereas Eclipse will likely make [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 1, 2010
The numbers are in, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse made $68.5 million in its first twenty-four hours of release (including the $30 million overnight screenings) — the biggest Wednesday opening ever, beating the $62 million made in 2009 by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. New Moon, which opened on a Friday, still holds the overall biggest-day [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has been out for less than 24 hours but it’s already breaking records: last night, it made en estimated $30 million for its overnight shows alone, the most any movie has ever done. The movie it beat? New Moon, which made $26 million in its overnight showing last November. It’ll be interesting [...]
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
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