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Post by ~ ♥ Mariska ♥ ~ on Nov 23, 2008 14:45:04 GMT
OMG, that's so amazing!!!!!
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Post by emma23 on Nov 23, 2008 16:58:26 GMT
OME, even better!! (and this isnt even including all of Sunday!) ;D ;D Twilight makes $72 million out of opening weekend! Summit Entertainment's low cost blockbuster Twilight opened huge as expected because of heavy pre-sales with $35.7M Friday. But early numbers show the front-loaded pic dropped a big but expected 40% to $22M Saturday. (Similarly front loaded Sex And The City also had a big Friday to Saturday fall...)With an estimated $14M Sunday from 3,419 theaters, including $7M worth of Thursday midnight shows, Twilight will end up with $72M for its first North American weekend in release. Fangirls -- or should I say fang-girls -- were buying 5 Twilight tickets per second as of early Friday morning, making it online ticket-seller Fandango's fastest-selling film since The Dark Knight last July. Then the tween and teen females in store bought or homemade Twilight clothes (and even Twilight tattoos) flocked to the first Big Screen version of Stephenie Meyer's bestselling series of Romeo & Juliet-style vampire romance books. Yet the movie adaptation was made by start-up studio Summit for only $37M. This will be the start of a big new franchise since a sequel is already in the works -- New Moon, based on Meyer's second book in the series. The first box office records have already been broken by Twilight's girl power. This is the biggest opening for a female director. Catherine Hardwicke is easily beating Mimi Leder's $41.1M for 1998's Deep Impact. (But with an asterisk since these figures aren't adjusted for inflation, ticket prices, etc.) Twilight will have the 2nd best opening day for a November release behind Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, and the 11th best Friday opening of all time, beating the first Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone, and the 15th best opening day ever. It's a defining moment for Summit's start-up studio that had really struggled on its first few releases. On Saturday morning, Summit officially announced the greenlight for the New Moon sequel (I'm told to contain costs the studio is considering making sequels #2 and #3 back to back like other successful franchises have done), and Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart formally thanked fans for their support of what is now a movie franchise. No. 2 was the new Bond pic Quantum Of Solace which was down 68% from its franchise record opening a week ago to earn $8.5M Friday from 3,458 venues. But its take jumped to $11.6M Saturday for a $27M weekend and new North American cume past $110M (passing $100M Saturday in just 6 days time). Going into Friday, Daniel Craig's 2nd turn as 007 has made $335M worldwide. The actioner opened in Australia and Spain to the biggest Bond openings ever. So MGM/Sony are looking at an overseas weekend in the high $30sM which will put international over $300M for a staggering $415M worldwide through Sunday. Because Twilight played much younger than expected Friday, it took "that extra bite right out of Bolt," according to one studio mogul. As a result, Disney's toon starring the voices of John Travolta and Miley Cyrus debuted Friday with only $7M from 3,651 runs. But Saturday kiddie matinees came through for the pooch pic which gained 62% to earn $11.2M and a $27 million weekend for a close No. 3 even if less than expected. This family fare had the largest digital 3D release ever, opening at approximately 979 Digital 3D locations. Last Saturday, the studio sneaked the pic at around 880 theaters to build word of mouth. DreamWorks Animation's toon sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa distributed by Paramount came in No. 4 with $3.5M Friday and $6.7M Saturday from 4,007 dates for a $14.6M weekend a fresh $136M cume. And Universal's raunchy R-rated comedy Role Models continues to surprise by outperforming: at #5, it took in $1.5M Friday and $2.8 Saturday from 2,733 plays for a $6.8M weekend a new cume of $47.6M. Oscar-touted Slumdog Millionaire expanded into 32 venues for a projected $938K weekend and 11th place. (The Fox Searchlight pic opened last Wednesday on 10 screens and this Wednesday grossed +54% on the same 10 screens. As one insider told me, "That never happens. As a point of reference, even Juno last year didn’t do this.") The pic had the 2nd best per screen average Friday behind only Twilight. Source: Deadline hollywood daily Never would have I thought it would get this much on opening weekend! I predicted about $25 a while back, haha, how wrong I was!! I'm glad!! ;D |
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Post by ~ ♥ Mariska ♥ ~ on Nov 23, 2008 17:50:57 GMT
OMFG, this is much better than anyone expected! 15th best openings day? That's huge!!!
I can't believe this movie has such a big opening! I just am so impressed by it!!!
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Post by Meg on Nov 25, 2008 13:47:20 GMT
Hell Yeah! It was big here. Most theatres were sold out for friday night by wednesday afternoon.
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Post by emma23 on Nov 25, 2008 18:20:46 GMT
Yeah thats where that figures from, from the US, though it turned out that it actually made just off of 70 million, this article has it wrong
Its made a further 8 million from Italy and Mexico but that isnt included on the total yet, its still got a LOT of countries to come out in, it should make loads!
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Post by ~ ♥ Mariska ♥ ~ on Nov 25, 2008 19:29:49 GMT
Yeah, definally!
I hope it's good here too, so we will get more publicity and maybe it will work out better with the books too!!!
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Post by emma23 on Nov 25, 2008 19:34:01 GMT
Yeah, hopefully that will happen for you Anna! Have they released eclipse in the Netherlands yet? I think the film will make a lot of money in places like Australia and Spain, as the books are popular there.. Im hoping the film will be successful here, it has a chance! In the past week all of a sudden theres news articles about it on tv, posters in the book stores, newpaper and magazine articles, and adverts promoting the soundtrack! Im praying it doesnt do bad here, i would want the same thing to happen that happened to the sisterhood movies!  |
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Post by ~ ♥ Mariska ♥ ~ on Nov 25, 2008 19:39:53 GMT
Yeah, hopefully that will happen for you Anna! Have they released eclipse in the Netherlands yet? I think the film will make a lot of money in places like Australia and Spain, as the books are popular there.. Im hoping the film will be successful here, it has a chance! In the past week all of a sudden theres news articles about it on tv, posters in the book stores, newpaper and magazine articles, and adverts promoting the soundtrack! Im praying it doesnt do bad here, i would want the same thing to happen that happened to the sisterhood movies! Yeah, I hope that it will be succesfull there too! Everywhere haha! Yeah, I just checked the website who kept me up to date for the last while and it just said that the place who would publice (I don't really know how to call it) the book, isn't allowed anymore, so they are going to give the rights to an other place, but it isn't announced which place that will be yet, so I think it might take a few months again. darn!!! |
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Post by ~ ♥ Mariska ♥ ~ on Dec 8, 2008 10:19:41 GMT
ALL 4 BOOKS INTO MOVIES BY 2012?
Summit has released an agreement with Showtime about airing Summit's films, including the twilight films.
Los Angeles, CA, December 04, 2008 — Summit Entertainment and Showtime Networks Inc. have entered into an exclusive output agreement in which up to forty-two of Summit's films to be theatrically released between 2008 and 2012 will air on the network. The agreement includes the studio's box office hit Twilight and future installments in the newly-minted franchise.
Keep your fingers crossed for all four films!
Source: hisgoldeneyes.com
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Post by ~ ♥ Mariska ♥ ~ on Dec 9, 2008 8:55:46 GMT
Twilight Gets All Dolled Up Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are now immortalized forever — in the form of dolls! Tonner Doll Company has begun making the dolls for the blockbuster movie that hit theaters on November 21st. Their characters, Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, are the first of the series to be made and are now available for pre-order! To feed your Twilight addictions, pre-order your very own Edward and Bella dolls at TonnerDirect.com. Source: JJJ
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Post by emma23 on Dec 10, 2008 11:44:51 GMT
Is ‘Golden Compass’ Director Chris Weitz Being Handed the Keys to ‘Twilight’?Ever since the news broke that “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke wasn’t going to return for “New Moon” and the other sequels, the hit movie’s rabid fanbase has been frantically tossing out names to replace her. Just yesterday, we examined a few possible candidates, including some very real possibilities and others who are more hopeful longshots. Now, Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that “About a Boy” filmmaker Chris Weitz has been offered the keys to the franchise. The 39-year-old filmmaker got his big break producing all those “American Pie” movies, and is perhaps best respected for his 2002 Hugh Grant flick “About a Boy.” The move is fascinating if true for many reasons, the main one being that Weitz’s last film was perceived by many as dropping the ball on a potential franchise. The writer/director’s problems with what would become “The Golden Compass” have been well-documented, and his Nicole Kidman/Daniel Craig flick has gone down in history as one of 2007’s biggest disappointments, if not the film that killed New Line Cinema. Nevertheless, Weitz may soon get a second chance, this time with Edward, Bella and the Cullens at his beck and call. He might also get a third chance, as word is emerging that the series’ new director might make “New Moon” and “Eclipse” back-to-back, as we first reported all those many months ago. Source: MTV movies blog I dont know what i think of this, a lot of people are unhappy because apparently he did an awful job with the Golden compass... but i wouldnt know as ive never seen it. I have however seen another of his movies- about a boy, and i really really liked it, but that wasnt anything like twilight..
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Post by ~ ♥ Mariska ♥ ~ on Dec 10, 2008 11:54:51 GMT
Yeah, I don't know what I think about this either!
I haven't seen The Golden Compass, so I don't know what a bad job he did with it, nor have I seen About a Boy or the American Pie movies, but I do know that they are really funny and I don't want New Moon or Eclipse to turn out in some kind of comedy thing!
I think that the most important for the new director is that he is someone who loves the books and who will make the movie about the book and not change the whole story! They did that with Twilight and I think they owe it to the fans that New Moon and Eclipse are just as great as Twilight! Otherwise it won't work and the other movies won't be such a big success as Twilight is!
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