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Twilight's Total Eclipse of the Box Office
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Summit Entertainment Edward and Bella from Twilight Eclipse. |
Twilight's cult following turned out in droves for midnight and 3 am screenings,breaking records for the biggest midnight opening ever.
Screenings at more than 4,000 theaters in North America brought in $30 million, beating the prior Twilight sequel's opening night.
Twilight also led Imax [IMAX
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Private studio Summit has done it again, and "Eclipse" is well on its way to be the biggest of the three films in the franchise. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" grossed $142.8m in ticket sales its opening weekend, the first Twilight opened with just $69.6 million its opening weekend. "Eclipse" has the advantage of an extra-long holiday weekend, which should help draw moviegoers at the peak of the media frenzy over the film.
Movie theater chains like Regal [RGC
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] must be relieved that after a weak couple weeks, the box office is back. After "Toy Story 3" generated huge numbers, the summer's on track for some slight gains over last year, which posted a 10 percent increase over the prior year.
Eclipse's huge numbers are also good news for Twilight's many marketing partners—check out my post on the big business of marketing through movies here.
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