The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Friday Box Office – THE HUNGER GAMES Scores $68.2 Million Opening. Highest Ever For Non-Sequel

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: March 24th, 2012 at 9:39 am

If you follow the box office at all you probably knew that The Hunger Games was going to open huge.  Tickets for advance screenings sold out weeks ago (the film had the third-highest pre-sales record in history) and the film’s $19.7 million midnight haul was the highest ever for a non-sequel release.  About the only question left to answer for the adaptation of the Suzanne Collins best-seller, then, was how huge was huge going to get?  This morning, estimates give The Hunger Games $68.2 million for all of Friday so… pretty big.  That falls short of the opening-days of both The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Eclipse though it is another record for a first-time property.  At this point the film will definitely break the all-time March opening record of $116.1 million and could go as high as $138 over the weekend, which would put Hunger Games close to the top five highest-debut weekends in history.  Check back tomorrow for analysis and details.

	Title	Friday	Total
1	The Hunger Games	$68,250,000	$68.2
2	21 Jump Street	$6,250,000	$56
3	The Lorax	$3,200,000	$167.4
4	John Carter	$1,359,000	$58.6
5	Project X	$625,000	$50.4

Weekend Box Office – BREAKING DAWN PART 1 Makes it Three in a Row with $16.9 Million

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: December 4th, 2011 at 9:10 am

After two weeks spent chasing the superior numbers of New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 has finally achieved something that its predecessor could not: three weeks in a row on top of the domestic box office.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Breaking Dawn Part 1	$16,900,000	$247.2
2	The Muppets	$11,200,000	$56.4
3	Hugo	$7,625,000	$25.1
4	Arthur Christmas	$7,350,000	$25.2
5	Happy Feet	$6,000,000	$51.7
6	Jack and Jill	$5,500,000	$64.3
7	The Descendants	$5,200,000	$18
8	Immortals	$4,394,000	$75.5
9	Tower Heist	$4,134,000	$70.7
10	Puss In Boots	$3,050,000	$139.5

Weekend Box Office – BREAKING DAWN PART 1 Wins Holiday Crown with $42 Million Weekend and $221 Million Domestic Total

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: November 27th, 2011 at 9:36 am

It may not have topped last year’s holiday in terms of totals, but Thanksgiving 2011 did prove bountiful for a handful of films.  Topping the list is Breaking Dawn Part 1 and its sophomore weekend estimate of $42 million and five-day holiday total of $62.3 million.  Meanwhile, The Muppets proved they still got game with a five-day total of $42 million.

	Title	Weekend	5-day	Total
1	Breaking Dawn Part 1	$42,000,000	$62.3	$221.3
2	The Muppets	$29,500,000	$42	$42
3	Happy Feet Two	$13,400,000	$18.3	$43.7
4	Arthur Christmas	$12,700,000	$16.9	$16.9
5	Hugo	$11,400,000	$15.3	$15.3
6	Jack and Jill	$10,300,000	$14.1	$57.4
7	Immortals	$8,800,000	$12.5	$67.6
8	Puss In Boots	$7,450,000	$19.4	$135.3
9	Tower Heist	$7,320,000	$10.2	$65.4
10	The Descendants	$7,200,000	$9.2	$10.7

Weekend Box Office – BREAKING DAWN PART 1 Has Fifth Best Weekend of All Time with $139.5 Million

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: November 20th, 2011 at 9:00 am

While it fell short of breaking a series record, there is no diminishing the continued success of The Twilight Saga.  The penultimate chapter in Summit Entertainment’s astoundingly popular franchise, Breaking Dawn Part 1 posted this year’s second highest weekend total (and the fifth highest of all time) with an estimated $139.5 million from 4,061 locations.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Breaking Dawn Part 1	$139,500,000	$139.5
2	Happy Feet Two	$22,025,000	$22
3	Immortals	$12,252,000	$52.9
4	Jack and Jill	$12,000,000	$41
5	Puss In Boots	$10,725,000	$122.3
6	Tower Heist	$7,000,000	$53.4
7	J. Edgar	$5,900,000	$20.6
8	Harold and Kumar 3D	$2,900,000	$28.3
9	In Time	$1,675,000	$33.4
10	The Descendants	$1,222,000	$1.3

Friday Box Office – THE TWILIHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 Grabs $72 Million on Opening Day

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: November 19th, 2011 at 9:03 am

Ah, Twilight Saga. How I’ve missed you. It’s been seventeen months since Eclipse, the last entry in the record-breaking series, sent breathless crowds of Twi-hards into theatres. And given the disappointing year we’ve been having, I had to wonder whether Breaking Dawn Part 1 would inspire the same level of box office devotion that I remember. My answer appears to be a resounding ‘hell yes.’ The penultimate pic of The Twilight Saga captured a series-best $30.3 million from its midnight launch and a first day estimate of $72 million. That total falls between 2010’s Eclipse ($68.5) and 2009’s New Moon ($72.7) and, if accurate, would give Breaking Dawn Part 1 the third-highest opening day in box office history. It also puts the film on track for a weekend of $140 million, an achievement on par with New Moon’s $142.8 million series record. Strangely enough, another big sequel gambled on opening opposite Breaking Dawn Part 1. Happy Feet Two earned an opening day estimate of $5.9 million, putting the 3D family film on track for a $21 million weekend or roughly half of its predecessor’s 2006 debut. Details and analysis tomorrow.

	Title	Friday	Total
1	Breaking Dawn Part 1	$72,000,000	$72
2	Happy Feet Two	$5,900,000	$5.9
3	Immortals	$3,800,000	$44.5
4	Jack and Jill	$3,500,000	$32.5
5	Puss In Boots	$3,400,000	$115

Weekend Box Office – HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 Breaks Weekend Record with $168.5 Million

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: July 17th, 2011 at 9:34 am

In its magical debut, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 has claimed another record: the all-time domestic weekend opening.  With an estimated $168.5 million from its 4,375 locations, Harry Potter’s final installment topped the former record of $158.7 million that The Dark Knight set in July 2008.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Harry Potter 7b	$168,550,000	$168.5
2	Transformers 3	$21,250,000	$302.8
3	Horrible Bosses	$17,630,000	$$60
4	Zookeeper	$12,300,000	$32.3
5	Cars 2	$8,344,000	$165.3
6	Winnie the Pooh	$9,000,000	$8
7	Bad Teacher	$5,200,000	$88.5
8	Larry Crowne	$2,572,000	$31.6
9	Super 8	$1,925,000	$122,2
10	Midnight in Paris	$1,891,000	$41.8

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, INCEPTION, and HARRY POTTER Lead the Nominations for the 2011 MTV Movie Awards

by Phil Brown    Posted: May 3rd, 2011 at 12:33 pm

The film world was rocked to it’s very core today with the announcement of the nominees for the 2011 MTV Movie Awards, the only movie awards show with the courage to hand out trophies for categories like “Best Kiss,” “Biggest Badass Star,” and “Best Scared-As-S**t Performance” (MTV still thinks it would be too much to include the letters “h” and “i”). Perhaps unsurprisingly, it was The Twilight Saga: Eclipse that lead the pack with 8 nominations, followed closely by Inception with 7, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 with 6, and The Social Network with 5 nods.  Obviously Twilight will win everything because fandom doesn’t care about critically comparing their favored property against other material.

As previously announced, Jason Sudeikis will be hosting the awards live on Sunday June 5^th. If you’re desperate to make sure that Steve-O gets that coveted “Best Jaw-Dropping Moment” statue for the Poo Cocktail Supreme in Jackass 3D (7) (about which he told MTV, “Being nominated in this category for my work with poo really means something.  I’m not sure what, but I’m very grateful.”), voting will take place at MovieAwards.MTV.com from today until June 4. That is except for the “Best Movie” category, which fans can continue to vote for while the awards ceremony is taking place. Hit the jump for the full list of awards and nominations.

2010 Razzie Awards Nominees Announced; THE LAST AIRBENDER and THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE Lead with 9 Nods Each

by Jeff Ames    Posted: January 24th, 2011 at 10:07 am

I gotta say, 2010 was a great year for movies. Golden Globe-winners The Social Network, The Fighter and The King’s Speech, along with 127 Hours, True Grit and Inception, are just a handful of the terrific films released last year. Of course the Academy Awards will tell us which one was the best (sarcasm), but now it’s time to give a shout out to the worst. Because, despite the excellent pedigree of 2010 films, there must always exist motion pictures who roll themselves in crap before making their way to the big screen (in case you’re interested, Matt already unveiled his Worst Films of 2010 list, which you can check out here).

Without further ado, I’m pleased to announce this year’s Razzie Award nominations. Top contenders include M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender, which scored in the Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, Worst Onscreen Couple (for the entire cast), Worst Prequel/Sequel, Worst Supporting Actress, Worst Supporting Actor (for bother Dev Patel and Jackson Rathbone) and, my personal favorite, Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-Use of 3D categories. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse also scored nine nominations, including two for each of its male leads, Robert Patterson (who received a bonus nom as well for his performance in Remember Me) and Taylor Lautner, along with a Worst Actress nod for Kirsten Stewart’s performance. Hit the jump for the complete list.

Worst 5 Films of 2010

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: December 30th, 2010 at 12:12 pm

There are plenty of terrible movies released each year and I don’t see most of them.  Either they’re not screened for critics, the screening conflicts with a film I want to see more, or I felt that my time could have been better spent another way.  But for all of these terrible films, there’s a fine line between “bad” and “insulting”.  The Switch is a bad movie, but that’s simply because it’s unfunny, lacks creativity, and wastes a talented lead actor in Jason Bateman.  But it doesn’t offend me.  The five movies that made this year’s worst list had to do something that insulted my intelligence and/or my belief that people should be treated equally no matter their sex, race, etc.  These are films I would wish on my worst enemy because then we could bond over having experienced these cinematic travesties.

Cast from THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE Autograph Copies of the Blu-ray and DVD 12/17 and 12/18

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: December 16th, 2010 at 9:09 pm

You know how you’re a big fan of The Twilight Saga?  And you live near (or are willing to fly to) Dallas, New York, Baton Rouge, Denver, Salt Lake City, or Phoenix?

Well, cast members such as Kiowa Gordon, Ashley Greene, Jamie Campell Brower, Booboo Stewart, Jodelle Ferland, and Tinsel Korey will be visiting Best Buys in the aforementioned cities on December 17th and 18th to autograph copies of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse on DVD and Blu-ray.  Hit the jump for details.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE Blu-ray Review; Reviewed by our TWILIGHT Super Fan Contest Winner

by Gretchen Vaughn    Posted: December 3rd, 2010 at 8:51 am

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse opens with a fresh-faced college kid attacked in a dark Seattle alley by an unseen menace, save for a flash of red hair, and left bitten and screaming on a dock in the pounding rain.  Immediately, you know you’re in a more dangerous film than Twilight or New Moon.  Ultimately, Eclipse is still more love story than horror film: a supernatural Wuthering Heights of the Olympic Peninsula.  Altogether, it’s an intoxicating blend of vampires, werewolves and romance.  The Blu-ray Special Features explore a quality film production, in more depth than has been marketed.  The more time I spend with the Blu-ray, the more I like it.  Find out why after the jump:

Director David Slade Exclusive Interview for THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE DVD/Blu-ray; Plus an Update on Future Projects

by Christina Radish    Posted: November 30th, 2010 at 3:31 pm

On December 4^th, and just in time for the holiday season, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse will be released on DVD, Blu-Ray and combo pack. Much to the satisfaction of all the loyally dedicated fans, the two-disc special edition of the third installment in the wildly popular, $2 billion franchise features a six-part behind the scenes documentary, along with deleted and extended scenes, a photo gallery, music videos, and audio commentary from Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart and Stephenie Meyer & Wyck Godfrey.

Earlier today, Collider had the opportunity to do an exclusive interview with director David Slade, in which he talked about all of the special features and extras that even the most hardcore fans are sure to enjoy, how every aspect of making the film was daunting, that one of his favorite scenes was the kitchen scene between Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Charlie (Billy Burke), and how he doesn’t judge a film by it’s financial or critical success, but rather how closely it achieves his original vision. He also said that he’s currently narrowing down what he’s going to be working on next, and that all of his choices are very different from his previous work. Check out what he had to say after the jump:

Collider is Looking for a TWILIGHT Superfan to Review THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE on Blu-ray

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: November 18th, 2010 at 12:23 pm

This is either going to be the best or worst decision I’ve made this month.

While we have a lot of great writers on Collider, I’ve decided to try and find a Twilight super fan to review our copy of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse on Blu-ray.  Now I’m not looking for someone who thinks it’s the greatest movie ever made, and I’m not looking for someone who hates it either.  I’m going to try and locate someone who loves the books and the films and can do an impartial review, while also writing about all the special features, commentaries, and the extra things on the Blu-ray.

If you think you’ve got what it takes, hit the jump:

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE DVD and Blu-ray Info; Available December 4

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: October 28th, 2010 at 3:06 pm

Summit Entertainment has announced the DVD/Blu-ray details for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse DVD/Blu-ray. Scheduled for release on December 4 (perfectly timed for the holidays), the studio is shipping multiple versions including a Two-Disc Special Edition DVD, Single Disc Blu-ray, Single Disc DVD, and Blu-ray/DVD Combo.  Get all that?

While getting the movie is great, most fans just want to know what are the extras.  Summit has announced two different audio commentaries with Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, and author Stephanie Meyer and producer Wyck Godfrey; a 6-part “Making Of” documentary that takes you behind the scenes; deleted and extended scenes; a comprehensive photo gallery; music videos and more.  No idea what “more” means but I do know the fans will be very happy with the audio commentaries as Pattinson didn’t record one for the last movie.

Hit the jump for the press release as well as the cover art.

Exclusive Interview: Eric Leven Visual Effects Supervisor on THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: July 20th, 2010 at 2:11 pm

While speaking to actors about the movie they’re promoting is always great, if you really want to find out why certain decisions were made behind the scenes, you’ve got to talk to the filmmakers and the crew that worked on the movie.  And that’s why I think fans of the Twilight movie franchise are going to enjoy my interview with Eric Leven from Tippett Studios.  Because during our extended conversation, Leven (who was the visual effects supervisor on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) discussed why the wolf effects were done a certain way, the difference between Chris Weitz and David Slade on the look of New Moon and Eclipse, is Tippett Studios working on Breaking Dawn, and we also talked about 3D and other projects like Priest and Immortals.

While the entire interview is really interesting as Leven is completely honest about why the wolves looked a certain way, the thing most fans are going to love is the very end of the interview.  That’s because he talks about the very limited Twilight collectibles that were made for the New Moon and the Eclipse crew.  If you’re a Twilight collector, I’m pretty sure you don’t have these.  Hit the jump to watch the interview.  It’s time indexed so you can watch the parts you’re interested in.

[Update: Tippett Studios has provided high-res images of the collectibles; check them out after the jump]

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