Twilight Eclipse News for July 2

“Eclipse” breaks box office record in his first opening night, and was well ahead of New Moon The hysterical obsession with Twilight films was all for to see when a record-setting $30 million in tickets got sold for 12:01 a.m. shows for third part of the Twilight sequel-Eclipse on Wednesday morning.
It has been reported that it broke the record of the industry’s previous midnight record holder, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” which opened to $26.3 million in November.Hollywood.com reported that Eclipse also created an IMAX record for midnight grosses, selling over $1 million and in the process has left behind Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
Even though Summit Entertainment has not revealed its own prediction regarding how Twilight Eclipse will fare at the box office, trade pundits are convinced that this summer caper will leave behind even its predecessors. Link...


Twilight stars to surprise fans at Eclipse screenings this weekend

Twilight fans have more than one reason to go to the movies this weekend. Not only did the third installment of the girl-meets-vampire-meets-werewolf love triangle hit theaters across the country Wednesday, but the stars of the tween-scream inciting film are planning to surprise their fans at theatres across the continent all weekend.
Stars Kristen Stewart (the love-torn Bella) , Robert Pattinson, (the caring vampire Edward), and Taylor Lautner (the ripped werewolf), as well as well as members of the supporting cast, will randomly appear at movie theatres over the weekend. The stars already drew tears, camera flashes and screams from crowds waiting in line to see the film at Los Angeles’ Nokia theatre Thursday. Link...

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – Some crazy facts of the money-spinning vampire love story! Summit Entertainment is back with its most lucrative project. What Stephenie Meyer penned down to entertain the world, made the lives of numerous people attached with the franchise directly and indirectly!
The third installment of the sweet yet sexy romantic tale of the fanged creatures and shape-shifters eyeing one human teen is finally here to amuse all. “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” has hit the theatres on 30th June 2010. The most anticipated movie of 2010 has created much buzz within two days of its release and we are pretty sure that there are lots more to come.
The following are few amusing facts related to Eclipse…Enjoy…

1. Eclipse made the widest opening record by hitting a record setting 4,416 screens. It makes the film the widest domestic release in box-office history beating “Iron Man 2” which was released in 4,380 screens two months back.

2. Eclipse has made a simultaneous record for the highest ever midnight opening in Hollywood movie industry. The film has cashed in $30 million with just the midnight shows on 30th June!

3. To keep up with the demands, few theatres have arranged for morning shows and that includes few show-time at 3AM! Now, that’s something crazy indeed!

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