‘Eclipse’ Sets Box Office Record With $68.5M Debut
First Published: July 1, 2010 1:42 PM EDT Credit: FilmMagic
Caption Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner arrive at the premiere of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” during the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in LA on June 24, 2010LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” has broken another box-office record.
The latest chapter in the vampire adventure took in $68.5 million in its first day, the best ever for a movie opening on a Wednesday.
“Eclipse” surpassed the previous Wednesday record of $62 million set last year by “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.”
But the movie fell short of the all-time best opening day, a record held by its predecessor, last November’s “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” which pulled in $72.7 million. “New Moon” opened on a Friday, typically a busier day at theaters than weekdays.
“Eclipse” opened in a record 4,416 theaters and expands to 4,468 cinemas Friday for the Fourth of July weekend, one of the biggest box-office weekends of the year.
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