Twilight Box Office

Twilight was a movie that came out in 2008 and is based off of a saga of novels written by Stephenie Meyer. The series is coming out with sequel movies, all based on the books that Meyer authored. Twilight brought in an estimated $70.6 million during its opening weekend in the United States box offices, the highest ever gross for a female director (Catherine Hardwicke) and the second highest ever for an independent film.http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2008/11/24/twilight_is_no_1/

Approximately 2,000 midnight shows of Twilight were sold out across the U.S. Robert Pattinson, who plays the lead male role, commented, "It's a little nuts."http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hJxDQj8Gc9tjjnsSyGhIHqM3x7YgMany theaters added additional show times to meet the demand for tickets and to take advance of box office sales.http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Twilight-Dawns-Tonight-With-Hundreds/story.aspx?guid={6A8EE494-C6B9-4295-AB2E-AD1236B3EAFA}

According to estimates, Twilight made $35 million on its opening day. One-fifth of that total, $7 million, came from midnight screenings.http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.eonline.com/70238- Playing in 3,419 runs, Twilight tied with The Incredibles for the fourth best November run, falling after three Harry Potter films.http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117996354.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

• "We were swamped with Sex and the City, but that was an older crowd.This younger crowd here has been a handful. A lot of screaming and a lot of rushing around to be with their friends."—Ric Valdez, a Dallas theater ownerhttp://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/112108dnmettwimar.1d44c35d2.html

• "We've been waiting for this forever, since like August."—Colleen Hoofard, a teenage fanhttp://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/112108dnmettwimar.1d44c35d2.html

Two weeks prior to its November 21st theatrical debut, Twilight tickets were already selling out. According to Fandango, a popular online ticket broker, almost 100 November 21st showings across the country, from Sacramento, California to Gainesville, Florida, were sold out by November 6, 2008.http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Twilight-Showings-Already-Sold-Out-10791.htmlTwilight ranked seventh in the list of movies with the most sold advanced tickets of all time. It placed right inbetween Hannah Montana 3D in 2008 and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King in 2003. At the time, more than 90% of Fandango's ticket sales were for the first Twilight movie.http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081119/ENTERTAIN/81119029

Twilight is the first novel in the series by Stephenie Meyer, followed by New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. The film chronicles the adventures and the love story of Bella Swan a 17-year-old human and Edward Cullen, a vampire, who both live in Forks, Washington. Swan starts attending a new school when she moves into her father's house. Edward is also a student there, and he notices something different about her. She notices that he is also strange, and when he saves her from getting smashed between two cars with his bare hands, she knows he's not like the other kids at school. This movie depicts their unfolding relationship and starts exploring the vampiric nature and history behind the Cullen family.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1099212/plotsummary

• Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan
• Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen
• Billy Burke as Charlie Swan
• Peter Facinelli as Dr. Carlisle Cullen
• Elizabeth Reaser as Esme Cullen
• Nikki Reed as Rosalie Hale
• Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen
• Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale
• Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen
• Cam Gigandet as James
• Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria
• Edi Gathegi as Laurent
• Anna Kendrick as Jessica Stanley
• Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black