Eclipse Is the Second Most Profitable Movie of 2010

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There are other movies who brought in big box office dollars, but because they cost so much more to make. In other words they flopped or barely broke even. A lot of small budget movies raked in megaprofit when they landed in the top 100 films of the year. Two examples were from Summit Entertainment: Letters to Juliet and Remember Me. 

What’s interesting is to look at the box office totals for the above movies. Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story 3 are the only two that came in ahead of Eclipse. Harry Potter’s box office run has not yet closed out; however given it’s rate of intake it’s not likely to overtake Eclipse. 

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Eclipse Closes Its Box Office Run at $300,531,751 Domestic

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According to Box Office Mojo, Eclipse has finally ended its run in theaters with a total of $300,531,751 in the domestic market. International sales still continue, and there are some countries where it has not even opened yet!

Eclipse was the first women-driven film to hit the elusive 300K mark since Titanic back in 1997. It’s a mark that very few films ever hit, let alone a film that is predominantly driven by female dollars.

The $300,531,751 will easily put Eclipse into the top 10 films of the year, and in all likelihood it will stay in the top five.  right now it is in fourth position behind Toy Story 3, Alice in Wonderland, and Iron Man 2. The only film that opens between now and the end of the year that is likely to overtake the Eclipse tally is the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

The summer release was an interesting experiment since the other films opened at Thanksgiving time.  Eclipse certainly benefited by a summer of lackluster films that had lots of PR, but in the end didn’t live up to the hype. In short it lucked out by not having lots of competing films. Rather than see a movie that got panned, people went back and saw Eclipse again. Granted, folks tended to see it more than once anyway, but the movie choices or lack thereof this summer certainly helped.

To summarize the previous films box office totals:

Twilight: number 7 film of the year in 2008    $192,769,854

New Moon: number 4 film of the year in 2009 $296,623,634

One day release of back-to-back Twilight and New Moon: number 131 of the year $2,385,237

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Eclipse Officially Passes New Moon, May Hit $300M Within a Month

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Box office numbers are in for Thursday, August 19 and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has now officially surpassed the domestic total of New Moon. The film took in another $190,143 from 1,212 locations for a per theater average of $157 representing a decrease of 0.7% from Wednesday. This adds up to a cumulative domestic total of $296,649,934 after 51 days in release. Adding in overseas returns of $380.6M gives Eclipse a current worldwide total of $677,249,934.

For those comparing the films in The Twilight Saga, at this point in its release history (after 51 days) New Moon had taken in $290,277,863. Eclipse is now at $296,649,934. Both films hit the $250M mark on the 16th day. The total domestic gross for New Moon was $296,623,634 (after 132 days). Eclipse has now broken that total by $26,600 (after 51 days). The film is now within striking distance of the elusive $300M mark. It needs about $3.35M to get to that number. It took New Moon 21 more days to earn an additional $3.35M after its 51st day, and Eclipse is clearly doing better. On the other hand, New Moon was still in 1,167 theaters after 51 days while Eclipse drops to 557 tomorrow. Still, even after New Moon's theater count had dropped to 444 (after 63 days) it still went on to take in another $3.8M. Therefore, it should take no more than one more month for Eclipse to earn another $3.35M and pass $300M.

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Remember Me Total International Box Office so far is $27 Million

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Opening France (No. 6 in Paris and environs) and other European markets was Summit Entertainment’s “Remember Me,” the romantic drama starring Robert Pattinson. Overall weekend take was $4.7 million from 2,302 screens in 36 territories for a foreign cume of $27 million.

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I saw on boxofficemojo today that Remember Me opened in Russia with USD1.8 million (290 screens). As of Monday, after 2 weeks, we finally cracked AUD1,000,163 (USD916,941 at today’s conversion / 174 screens) according to Urban Cinefile. I understand that Russia has a population of 144.8 million compared to our 22.1 million - well Moscow alone has a population of 10 million. but it’s still slightly embarassing right? Yes, well sorry I didn’t mean this to turn out to be a geography lesson, but I think my point is - are there really only that many of us out there that want to see Rob? I’m a little perplexed.

I mean I know Twihards spent $16 million on opening weekend for New Moon in Australia (Urban Cinefile archive) - could they really not handle seeing Rob as someone other than Edward? Well then to all the people who ask us time and time again “when is Rob coming” ”please get Rob to come for an Eclipse premiere”, “can you please do a petition for Rob to come to Australia” and the classic I love “make Rob come to Australia” (yep sure because I have so much control over him) - I think you now have your answers as to why maybe we haven’t seen him here - just saying. Oh and Vertigo you are right - at least we won’t get trampled if and when he ever ventures downunder.

Seriously if you haven’t seen Remember Me and have reservations about seeing Rob in another role - do yourselves an enormous favour and go see him in his best performance to date because believe me - Edward is on the road to retirement and there is so much more to Rob than that role.

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Who's The Bigger Box Office Draw: Rob Pattinson or Kristen Stewart?

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For all the money the Twilight franchise is making, how much of it actually has to do with Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson?

This March, exactly one week apart, both Stewart and Pattinson will be releasing a pair of movies that are arguably the biggest since they've been wrapped up in all things Twilight. Prior to this, Stewart watched Adventureland gross a measly $16 million, while Pattinson's Little Ashes didn't even cross the $500,000 mark.

But that was back in 2008, and one would think the heat on these two has grown since then -- especially with the release of a second Twilight film, New Moon, which went on to break records in 2009. Now the two actors are back for another round of solo efforts, with Pattinson debuting Remember Me on March 12th and Stewart rockin' out in The Runaways on March 19th (I'm not counting The Yellow Handkerchief because it's way too small to do any sort of damage). To be fair, Remember Me comes from Summit Entertainment and, as such, is fortunate enough to be carrying the first trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. The Runaways, meanwhile, has a handful of mediocre Sundance reviews and a much talked-about make-out scene between Stewart and Dakota Fanning. As far as gimmicks go, I'm scoring this one as Pattinson: 1 Stewart: 0.

Even with all that, I still can't see these two films making a ton of money (Remember Me has the better shot, in my opinion). And if they don't, should we begin to re-evaluate just how popular K-Stew and R-Patz are? If neither of these two can step away from Twilight and help a movie earn at the box office, then what's the point? Why the obsession? How can they be superstars and not be superstars at the same time? It just doesn't make sense.

Who do you think is the bigger box office draw when it comes to solo efforts? Do they need each other to succeed, or do they simply need better material to work with?

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Is 'New Moon' Poised To Join Highest-Grossing Films Of All Time?

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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in "New Moon"

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We compare the 'Twilight' sequel's second-week numbers to other blockbusters.

Last Monday, the movie world was abuzz with talk of the "New Moon" box-office haul: $142.8 million domestically, when the final numbers came in — giving the "Twilight" sequel the third-biggest opening weekend ever

Did that huge number presage box-office immortality for "New Moon"? Would the vampires and werewolves have enough staying power to rise to the level of the highest-grossing films in history, like "Titanic" and "The Dark Knight"? Last week, we suggested that the key to answering these questions would come after the second weekend. Now the numbers are in: $42.5 million from Friday through Sunday and $66 million when you factor in the entire five-day Thanksgiving holiday. What have we learned? With the indispensible help of BoxOfficeMojo.com, let's take a look.

"New Moon" vs. "Twilight"

Sometime last Friday, after barely a week in theaters, "New Moon" passed the $192.8 million total gross of "Twilight," the first film in the franchise, which stayed in theaters for 21 weeks. Needless to say, that's a staggering improvement. Yet "Twilight" beat out "New Moon" by one integral metric: total percentage drop from first week to second week. "Twilight" dropped 62 percent after its first week. "New Moon" dropped 70 percent. That 10 percent difference is noteworthy. While "New Moon" out-grossed "Twilight" by $73 million over the first week, the sequel outdid the original by only $16 million over the second weekend.

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'New Moon' Weekend Two Projections, And What That Means For 'Eclipse' And Beyond

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by Adam Rosenberg 

Earlier this week, I considered the absence of female-oriented blockbuster fare in today's Hollywood. The staggering weekend success of "New Moon" and the "Twilight" phenomenon overall both point to the value in catering event films to a wider market of viewers. It's a point driven home by the fact that James Cameron's "Titanic" still owns the number one spot on the list of top-grossing domestic box office performers now, more than 12 years after its release.

Clearly, a mix of action and romance works wonders for building a crossover audience. The first "Twilight" film was more than a modest success with its $70 million opening weekend, but "New Moon" doubled that figure. It leaves me wondering what we can expect for the franchise moving forward, and how "New Moon"'s second week numbers might inform our understanding of the possibilities. Not content to wait, I got in touch with Jeff Bock, box office analyst for Exhibitor Relations, to gather some insight from an expert.

"With such a strong opening [like 'New Moon'] you're guaranteed a 50-60% drop [in attendance]," Bock explained. "If we look at what the original 'Twilight' did over the exact same year -- so we have a pretty good comparison -- it dropped 62% [from week one to week two]." Even if "New Moon" attendance drops by half, it will still earn in its second weekend as much as "Twilight" did in its first.

"It's doubtful that ['New Moon'] will be able to [hang onto half of last weekend's viewers]. I think something... along the lines of $50 million is probably more likely," he said. "That is a steep drop, but still, any film that would gross $50 million in its first weekend would be considered a success, much less the second weekend."

No matter how safe or reckless you are with your predictions, it's pretty clear that "New Moon" is in for another impressive weekend performance. If more than 60-65% of viewers are shed, that too is something worth discussing. But looking at the "Twilight" craze, it seems more likely we'll be seeing the opposite, a better-than-expected second weekend.

"You have to look at it in terms of, this is one of the top-tier franchises in Hollywood right now," Bock explained. "And it does have the buzz behind it that studios crave, and obviously ['Twilight'] is outside the studio system. We're still talking about 'New Moon' being leaps and bounds above what 'Twilight' was able to do [in domestic box office performance], which was $200 million."

Bock also points out that domestic figures are just part of the puzzle. "Twilight" seems to have a global appeal, after all. "We're talking about a worldwide phenomenon now, where grosses can get up to $700 million."

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