‘Twilight’ eclipses record with $68.5M debut
Fans are literally ‘over the moon’ for “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” which pulled in $68.5 million in its first day to set a new record for a movie debuting on Wednesday.
The third installment in the popular vampire romance surpassed the previous Wednesday record of $62 million set last year by “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”
But “Eclipse” fell short of the all-time best opening day, a record held by its predecessor, last November’s “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” which took in $72.7 million. “New Moon” opened on a Friday, typically a busier day at theaters than weekdays.
“Eclipse” opened in a record 4,416 theaters and expands to 4,468 cinemas Friday for the Fourth of July weekend, one of the biggest box-office weekends of the year.
With so much money already in the bank and a long holiday weekend ahead, distributor Summit Entertainment hopes “Eclipse” can top the $200 million haul for “Revenge of the Fallen” in its first five days, a record for a movie opening on Wednesday.
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