Whether your care about the franchise or not, its power and fanbase cannot be denied. “Twilight: Eclipse” opened last night at midnight and proceeded to break the record set by its previous installment “Twilight: New Moon” by taking in $30 million from midnight and 3 AM screenings around the country. We’re guessing a lot of people called in sick this morning.
The haul surpasses the $26.3 million taken in by ‘New Moon’ last fall and now the question remains just how much scratch the film will take in over the long, Independence Day weekend. The last time July 4th fell on a Sunday was in 2004 and the big movie that weekend was “Spiderman 2.” At the time, that film brought in $180 million after six days just to give you an idea of the kind of numbers Summit are looking at.
Given the reviews that are coming in, M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Last Airbender” probably won’t be too much of a threat to ‘Eclipse’ which will undoubtedly land the top spot in the weekend box office. Anyway, expect this record to stand until at least “Breaking Dawn Part 1” comes out….
