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Vampires and werewolves ruled at the box office this Fourth of July weekend, with Summit Entertainment’s third installment of “The Twilight Saga” taking in $161.7 million since opening Wednesday. That’s one of the biggest five-day debuts in Hollywood history, previously surpassed by just a handful of films including “The Dark Knight” and last summer’s sequel to “Transformers.” After Monday, “Eclipse” ... Read More »

Summit Entertainment’s “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” has failed to eclipse an opening-day domestic boxoffice record set by franchise predecessor “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.” “Eclipse” rung up $68.5 million in Wednesday coin. That set a new record for first-day boxoffice on a Wednesday, featuring more than $30 million in grosses from 4,416 theaters programming the vampire-romance threequel for midnight Tuesday ... Read More »

It may not eclipse the opening-weekend performance of franchise predecessors, but Summit Entertainment’s vampire-romance threequel “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” is off to a bloody good — and record — start. “Eclipse” fetched more than $30 million in estimated boxoffice from more than 4,000 domestic theaters programming midnight Tuesday performances, an unprecedented midnight tally. The witching-hour coin will be lumped in ... Read More »