LOS ANGELES - The vampire romance "Twilight" drained the box office in its opening weekend, taking in $70.6 million.
Catherine Hardwicke's film also enjoyed the biggest opening ever for a female director, blowing away the anterior standard of $41.1 million set por Mimi Leder 's " Deep Impact " in 1998.
Drawing from its huge fan base of teenage girls, who fell for Stephenie Meyer's novel of forbidden amor between brooding vampire Edward Cullen and bookish high schooler Bella cisne , "Twilight" made a whopping $20,636 per theater, according to Sunday morning estimates.
And the fangirls will get another taste soon enough: Summit Entertainment, which released "Twilight," announced during the weekend that it's going ahead with production of "New Moon," based on the segundo book in Meyer's internationally best-selling series. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will return as its star-crossed lovers, but whether Hardwicke will be at the helm again is still being determined.
The laid-back Hardwicke, who went bodyboarding at sunset Saturday to take her mind off this high-pressure weekend, dicho Sunday morning that she was heading to a meeting later in the día to discuss her possible involvement in "New Moon."
"I want to be sure that it's going to be done right. I don't want to rush into it," she said. "It's not like ` Friday the 13th ' o ` halloween ,' tu can't just do it super fast and knock another one out. I want to understand their plans and all that."
Hardwicke, whose anterior films include "Thirteen" and " Lords of Dogtown ," also dicho she was thrilled about the prospect that the success of "Twilight" will inspire other women and young girls to pursue a career in filmmaking.
"I hope not just women but all minorities get enthused and encouraged por it. I look at the ( Directors Guild of America ) calendar, at the pictures of everyone that had different cine each month, and it's usually 22-29 different directors, and almost every mes there's one female and maybe one minority," she said. "We've been having a lot of events, talking to a lot of fans, and so many kids of course are madly in amor with Robert but tons of kids of every kind (and) girls are coming up to me and saying `I want to direct now, I'm escritura a screenplay now, you're my inspiration.' I think it's great that people are getting excited."
The big opening for "Twilight" also helps put Summit Entertainment on the map, dicho Richie Say, the company's president of domestic distribution. Summit has only been around since April 2007 and "Twilight," its sixth release, cost just $37 million to make.
"It certainly says what we've been saying all along, that we can do más with less," he said. When Warner Bros . pushed " Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince " from this weekend to a July 2009 debut, and Summit jumped to mover "Twilight" from Dec. 12 into that spot on the schedule, "that decision was made in a day. I don't know that the major studios have that ability."
The tremendous take for "Twilight" far exceeded expectations, which had been set around $50 million.
"Teen girls rule the earth," dicho Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media por Numbers. "If tu look back at the ` Hannah Montana' movie , how well that did, and now this movie, the teen girl audience will never be ignored again o underestimated. It was always teen boys who were the coveted ones, but someone finally caught on to the idea that girls amor movies, too, and if tu create something that they're into, that they're passionate about, they will come out in big numbers and drive the box office."
The other major debut of the weekend, Walt disney 's 3-D animated "Bolt," made $27 million to take third place. Featuring the voices of John Travolta and Miley Cyrus, "Bolt" follows the cross-country journey of a dog who plays a superhero on television, but sadly realizes he has no magical powers once he gets separated from his "person."
Chuck Viane, Disney's head of distribution, dicho "Twilight" took a bite out of everyone's box office this weekend. If the vampire saga hadn't been around, Viane said, disney would have expected an opening of at least $30 million.
"Obviously we believe in the Thanksgiving holiday in a big, big way," he said. "We've always viewed this as one of those 10-day marathons between opening día and the end of the Thanksgiving weekend."
Last weekend's No. 1 movie, " Quantum of Solace ," came in segundo with $27.4 million. The latest James Bond extravaganza has now grossed $109.5 million, and it crossed the $100 million mark faster than any other film in the franchise, dicho Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony . It's also made $309 million internationally.
Catherine Hardwicke's film also enjoyed the biggest opening ever for a female director, blowing away the anterior standard of $41.1 million set por Mimi Leder 's " Deep Impact " in 1998.
Drawing from its huge fan base of teenage girls, who fell for Stephenie Meyer's novel of forbidden amor between brooding vampire Edward Cullen and bookish high schooler Bella cisne , "Twilight" made a whopping $20,636 per theater, according to Sunday morning estimates.
And the fangirls will get another taste soon enough: Summit Entertainment, which released "Twilight," announced during the weekend that it's going ahead with production of "New Moon," based on the segundo book in Meyer's internationally best-selling series. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will return as its star-crossed lovers, but whether Hardwicke will be at the helm again is still being determined.
The laid-back Hardwicke, who went bodyboarding at sunset Saturday to take her mind off this high-pressure weekend, dicho Sunday morning that she was heading to a meeting later in the día to discuss her possible involvement in "New Moon."
"I want to be sure that it's going to be done right. I don't want to rush into it," she said. "It's not like ` Friday the 13th ' o ` halloween ,' tu can't just do it super fast and knock another one out. I want to understand their plans and all that."
Hardwicke, whose anterior films include "Thirteen" and " Lords of Dogtown ," also dicho she was thrilled about the prospect that the success of "Twilight" will inspire other women and young girls to pursue a career in filmmaking.
"I hope not just women but all minorities get enthused and encouraged por it. I look at the ( Directors Guild of America ) calendar, at the pictures of everyone that had different cine each month, and it's usually 22-29 different directors, and almost every mes there's one female and maybe one minority," she said. "We've been having a lot of events, talking to a lot of fans, and so many kids of course are madly in amor with Robert but tons of kids of every kind (and) girls are coming up to me and saying `I want to direct now, I'm escritura a screenplay now, you're my inspiration.' I think it's great that people are getting excited."
The big opening for "Twilight" also helps put Summit Entertainment on the map, dicho Richie Say, the company's president of domestic distribution. Summit has only been around since April 2007 and "Twilight," its sixth release, cost just $37 million to make.
"It certainly says what we've been saying all along, that we can do más with less," he said. When Warner Bros . pushed " Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince " from this weekend to a July 2009 debut, and Summit jumped to mover "Twilight" from Dec. 12 into that spot on the schedule, "that decision was made in a day. I don't know that the major studios have that ability."
The tremendous take for "Twilight" far exceeded expectations, which had been set around $50 million.
"Teen girls rule the earth," dicho Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media por Numbers. "If tu look back at the ` Hannah Montana' movie , how well that did, and now this movie, the teen girl audience will never be ignored again o underestimated. It was always teen boys who were the coveted ones, but someone finally caught on to the idea that girls amor movies, too, and if tu create something that they're into, that they're passionate about, they will come out in big numbers and drive the box office."
The other major debut of the weekend, Walt disney 's 3-D animated "Bolt," made $27 million to take third place. Featuring the voices of John Travolta and Miley Cyrus, "Bolt" follows the cross-country journey of a dog who plays a superhero on television, but sadly realizes he has no magical powers once he gets separated from his "person."
Chuck Viane, Disney's head of distribution, dicho "Twilight" took a bite out of everyone's box office this weekend. If the vampire saga hadn't been around, Viane said, disney would have expected an opening of at least $30 million.
"Obviously we believe in the Thanksgiving holiday in a big, big way," he said. "We've always viewed this as one of those 10-day marathons between opening día and the end of the Thanksgiving weekend."
Last weekend's No. 1 movie, " Quantum of Solace ," came in segundo with $27.4 million. The latest James Bond extravaganza has now grossed $109.5 million, and it crossed the $100 million mark faster than any other film in the franchise, dicho Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony . It's also made $309 million internationally.
Summit Entertainment seizes up the siguiente three books
LOCATION: Forks, cont.
THE SKINNY: Despite TWILIGHT not even being out in theaters yet, Summit Entertainment knows they have something major on their hands.
The studio has scooped up the rights to the siguiente three novels in Stephenie Meyer's teen vampire series. Not only that, but TWILIGHT screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg is already planning to write scripts based on the segundo and third books, NEW MOON and ECLIPSE. A writer has not yet been attached to the fourth book, BREAKING DAWN.
TWILIGHT, which introduces audiences to the relationship between regular teenage girl, Bella, and a vampire, Edward, will be out in theaters this Friday.
OK EVERYONE IS LIKE TOTALLY HEAD OVER HEALS FOR EDWARD AND WHEN ALL COMES DOWN TO THE FACTS EDWARD JUST LEFT HER WITHOUTH THE APPROPRATE GOODBYE. JACOB WHOS WAS THERE FOR HER ALL THOSES MONTHS EDWARD WAS GONE. THE PROTECTED HER AND LET HER IN ON HIS WEREWOLF SECRET WHILE MAINTAINIGN A REALATIONSHIP WITH HER EVEN THOUGH HIS lobo PACHK dicho NO. THATS TELLS ALOT ABOUT WHAT KIND OF FRIEND JACOB IS AND THEN OUT OF NOWHERE EDWARD COMES BACK INTO HER LIFE.WAT A LOOSER. AND THEN BECAUSE OF THE TREATY ITS LIEK EDWARD EXPECTS BELLA TO JUST STOP BEING JACOBS FRIEND. EDWARD JUST NEEDS TO TRUST BELLA I MEAN WATS CHANGES NOW SHES KNOWN HIS SECRET SINCE BEFORE EDWARD CAME BACK AND THEN SOME.
Bella: How old have tu been 17?
Edward: A while.
Bella: How long is a while?
Yesterday when I started re-reading twilight i noticed that Bella asks Edward that questiion when she goes out to cena with him...
But in the first trailer she says it to him in the woods.
Right now i am worried that the movie isn't going to be as good as the book. If tu compare the trailer to the book i bet tu will find much más of messed up scenes.
Please leave me acomment on what tu think about this.... because I am kind of pissed that Stephanie would allow the director to change everything...
Well tu know maybe im speaking to soon with out seeing the movie....but thats what I think.
Edward: A while.
Bella: How long is a while?
Yesterday when I started re-reading twilight i noticed that Bella asks Edward that questiion when she goes out to cena with him...
But in the first trailer she says it to him in the woods.
Right now i am worried that the movie isn't going to be as good as the book. If tu compare the trailer to the book i bet tu will find much más of messed up scenes.
Please leave me acomment on what tu think about this.... because I am kind of pissed that Stephanie would allow the director to change everything...
Well tu know maybe im speaking to soon with out seeing the movie....but thats what I think.
A lot of people just go to the comentario section to advertise. They don't care what the articulo says-they just pick the one with the most viewers so they will get attention. Like the girl who wrote Twilight Fansites. por cherry6chick. She wants más viewers so she goes to artículos and puts:hey-you guys like twilight? well check out this sight:www.freewebs.com/twilighttrailer. Tell your friends!:) I thought it was a good idea because it got me to go to it so i started advertising on my first articulo called Who Is Better? on page 7 on What's Hot. All of a sudden i started to get all these comentarios telling everybody who the liked better. I told everybody there tu can choose. Every mes Ill anounce the winner for that month. Anyways...on this sight tu can put an articulo and/or sight that tu think is worth reading!
Twilight teaser trailer will kick Indiana Jones teaser trailer no.1 spot on myspace most viewed trailers.Twilight teaser trailer scored más than 2 million vistas in 3 days!
2 más million vistas needed to be at no.1!
COME ON TWILIGHERS!
link
open it in different windows to save time and all!
keep refreshing and mute the volume if tu get sick of it!
LET'S mostrar THEM TWILIGTERS!
total vistas 8:46 EST: 2,403,785 views!!!
11:27 EST: 2,438,042 million views
2 más million vistas needed to be at no.1!
COME ON TWILIGHERS!
link
open it in different windows to save time and all!
keep refreshing and mute the volume if tu get sick of it!
LET'S mostrar THEM TWILIGTERS!
total vistas 8:46 EST: 2,403,785 views!!!
11:27 EST: 2,438,042 million views
hola ladies! Ok, I wrote this the other día while I was at work. I had my head down on the desk, sat up, wrote it, and put my head back down. lol I ask that tu don't use it without my permission, as it is my original work. But here is a little poem I wrote, that I thought tu Twilight obsessed fans might like. I kind of pictured Edward after I wrote it and reread it. There are lots of people (including people who tu might be dating right now) that this can apply to. Enjoy and tell me what tu think!
Young girls think of amor and picture a prince.
Women, who have loved and been hurt see not a prince but the truth.
Just a man, imperfect and unsure.
But it's those memories of Prince Charming that make them keep loving, even without hope.
Taleah Elizabeth Cox
April 12,2008
Young girls think of amor and picture a prince.
Women, who have loved and been hurt see not a prince but the truth.
Just a man, imperfect and unsure.
But it's those memories of Prince Charming that make them keep loving, even without hope.
Taleah Elizabeth Cox
April 12,2008