“Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2” conquers worldwide box office with $341 mln

PanARMENIAN.Net - The steamy young vampires of “Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2” conquered the box office world this weekend, taking a $141 million bite domestically and another $200 million overseas. That's $341 million worldwide in five days of release, TheWrap said.

The U.S. opening tops the $138 million debut of last year’s “Breaking Dawn - Part 1" and, when the final figures on Sunday, November 18 attendance come in, could surpass the domestic debut of 2009’s “The Twilight Saga: New Moon," which at $142 million was the previous best bow in the series.

The busy box office weekend was running 15 percent ahead of last year when "Breaking Dawn 1" led the way. Last week's No. 1 film "Skyfall" was No. 2 with $41.5 million and in the process became the biggest-grossing James Bond film of all time. Oscar contender "Lincoln" was third with a surprisingly strong $21 million in its nationwide debut.

Summit Entertainment's "Breaking Dawn 2" played to form in the U.S., with 79 percent of the audience female and 50 percent under 25. The crowds loved it, giving it an "A" CinemaScore.

That overseas grosses outstripped the domestic haul isn't a surprise. This will be the biggest “Twilight” movie ever at the box office and the foreign grosses will be the driving force, according to BoxOffice.com editor-in-chief Phil Contrino, who sees “Breaking Dawn 2” passing the billion-dollar mark globally.