Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Eclipse
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has already broken one box-office-related record: number of theaters screening a single film.
Twihards and Twihaters alike may choose from 4,416 venues — including 193 IMAX sites — in North America to cheer/snicker at Kristen Stewart’s human Bella Swan bouncing back and forth between Robert Pattinson’s vampire Edward Cullen and Taylor Lautner’s Jacob Black.
Now, expect huge numbers as this is definitely one instance in which the third installment of a movie franchise will bring in more cash than its predecessors. But how huge will Eclipse’s box-office brilliance be on opening weekend?
Well, here are a few guess-timates:
David Frankel at TheWrap: "conservative forecasts" predict $150m in the first six days (Wed-Mon, a belated 4th of July holiday for US government/most businesses).
Exhibitor Relations’ Jeff Bock as quoted at E! Online: $50m on opening day; another $70m over the three-day weekend.
Rick Porter at zap2it.com: $70m-$75m on opening day; $200m+ by Sunday. (Comparable to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.)
Edward Douglas at comingsoon.net: $100m on Wed/Thu; another $75m or so over the three-day weekend for a grand total of $175m by Sunday.
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