Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part two eclipses Skyfall with £215m debut

The "Twilight" vampire saga's final chapter debuted which has a massive $341 million (£215 million) throughout global movie ticket gross sales as devoted fans bid farewell to blood-sucking partners Bella and Edward and something of Hollywood's biggest franchises.

"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" earned approximately $141 million in america and Canada over the particular weekend, falling slightly lacking a record for the particular supernatural romance series in regards to human-vampire-werewolf love triangle.

The total, which includes sales from evening Thursday through Sunday, ranked as the 8th biggest US film debut of them all. Late-night Thursday screenings made up $30. 4 million in the $141 million total.


Fan fever for the particular fifth "Twilight" movie raged high world wide. "Breaking Dawn - Part 2" rang up gross sales of $199. 6 million from Thurs to Sunday at theaters in 61 countries for any worldwide total of $341 million, distributor Summit Entertainment explained on Sunday.

The earlier "Twilight" films taken in a combined $2. 5 billion at global box offices on the four-year run. The success lifted very small studio Summit Entertainment in Hollywood's big leagues and paved the best way for its $412 million acquisition in January by means of Lions Gate Entertainment.

The "Twilight" excitement eclipsed all other movies over the end of the week. Last week's winner, James Bond movie "Skyfall" concluded in second place with $41. 5 million at Us theatres.

"Skyfall" is now the particular highest-grossing Bond movie up to now with a global entire of over $669 million, surpassing the $599 million drawn in by "Casino Royale" throughout 2006.