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THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1 Passes $700 Million Globally
Summit Entertainment, a LIONSGATE® company, announced today that the fourth installment in the blockbuster TWILIGHT SAGA franchise – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 has grossed an estimated $701.3 million in global box office receipts since the film’s release on November 18, 2011. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 is on its way to becoming the highest grossing film in the series to date looking to surpass the worldwide box office gross of The Twilight Saga: New Moon which tallied $709.8 million. The two other two films in the franchise The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Twilight have each grossed $698.5 million and $390.4 respectively and the franchise continues to break records. Upcoming releases of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 internationally include Japan and China.
Over 5000 Memories Uploaded to Summit Entertainment’s Twilight Time Capsule in One Month
The Twilight Time Capsule, an official community where fans can commemorate and share content with each other, has had more than 5000 uploads since its launch last month. Through the capsule, fans can upload their own photos, videos and comments, which will reside next to all of the official trailers, posters and other content from the entire Twilight Saga series of films.
Twilight New Moon Trailer Sets New Record Online!
The movie trailer for Summit Entertainment‘s “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” received 10.6 million online views in its first week from the trailer’s domestic launch partners, MySpace and MTV. The trailer views on MySpace set a new record for the site with a total of 4.2 million online views within the first 24 hours and a total of 7.8 million within the first seven days.
NEW MOON Script Found in Trash
Casey Ray, a beauty salon owner from St. Louis found a copy of the “New Moon” script along with another script for a film entitled “Memoirs” in a waste paper bin, reports The AP.
And rather than leak the film’s plot to fans of the “Twilight” series, Ray has been praised by the film’s studio Summit Entertainment for her honesty after she came forward with the scripts.
It is still unclear how the two scripts could end up in the trash on the first place although it is reported that Anna Kendrick, who plays Jessica in the “Twilight” series, is filming a movie “Up in the Air” in St. Louis, and the two scripts were found outside the hotel where “Air” star George Clooney and other actors are staying. In Kendrick’s defense, her rep insisted that the actress would never leave the script laying around, nor would she dump them in the trash.
David Slade Will Direct Twilight Eclipse
Summit Entertainment announced today that David Slade has been hired to direct “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” the third installment of the series based on the best-selling teenage supernatural romance novels by Stephenie Meyer. The announcement was made by Erik Feig, Summit’s President of Production. Slade’s credits include “Hard Candy” and “30 Days of Night.”
Twilight Fourth Novel “Breaking Dawn” To Break Down?
On Monday, it has been announced that “Breaking Dawn,” the fourth film based on Stephenie Meyer‘s “Twilight” novels, has been given an early green light for production. Over the past two days, rumors have flown about whether a film based on the final book is already in some stage of pre-production and that work will begin on “Breaking Dawn” in the late spring of 2010.
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New Astro Boy Poster and Teaser Trailer
MTV Splash Page has debuted a new poster and Summit Entertainment has debuted second teaser trailer for the upcoming CG-animated film Astro Boy, which is set for release on October 28.
Astro Boy follows the adventures of a young-yet-powerful robot who, in the hopes of winning his inventor-father’s heart, sets off on a quest to rid the world of evil. However, he soon discovers that his home, Metro City, stands on the brink of destruction, and it is up to him to save the day as well as his friends and family.
Twilight Sells Over 3million DVDs With Saturday Release
Summit Entertainment announced today that the home entertainment release of the studio’s action-packed, modern day vampire love story “Twilight” sold over 3 million DVD units in its first day of release. The DVD launch commenced this past Saturday morning at midnight with nationwide events during which time Summit and its retail partners provided “Twilight” fans with the chance to celebrate the DVD release of the film. “Twilight at Midnight” allowed participating retailers the opportunity to stay open late as fans lined up in impressive numbers to purchase the DVD of the epic romance at midnight parties.
Juan Antonio Bayona to direct Twilight: Eclipse?
Word going around last week was that Drew Barrymore, James Mangold and Paul Weitz were al in consideration to direct Eclipse. Now that may turn out to be false as well.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Guillermo del Toro protege Juan Antonio Bayona, director of the acclaimed Spanish-lanague horror film “The Orphanage“, is one of the finalists for the gig.
Summit Entertainment declined to comment about Bayona directing the film, with a rep adding that the studio is still looking at several candidates to helm the project.
