Box Office: 'Eclipse' has single-day record in its sights after $30 million midnight
'New Moon's first record doesn't stand long
Fans were hungry for the return of Jane in "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse."
Credit: Summit Entertainment
"New Moon," we hardly knew ya. Only eight months after "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" set a midnight record for $23.5 million in ticket sales, the third installment in the "Twilight" phenomenon, "Eclipse," has surpassed that total with an estimated $30 million in sales for Tuesday into Wednesday.
Part of the increase has to be credited to the inclusion of IMAX screens for "Eclipse," but that isn't enough to account for the $7 million jump. What might have assisted in the increase is the fact "Eclipse" has opened in 4,416 theaters, the largest number in history. Summit is still calculating the final total at this time.
In other box office news, "Toy Story 3" continues to play to the masses with another $8.9 million on Monday for a new cume of $235 million. It's expected to quickly relinquish the top spot to the "Eclipse" vampire saga.
"Eclipse" will also face competition from the opening of "The Last Airbender" on Thursday.
Look for continuing box office updates throughout the July 4 holiday weekend on HitFix.
With over a decade of experience in the movie industry, Ellwood survived working for two major studios and has written for Variety, MSN and the LA Times. A co-founder of HitFix, Ellwood spends his time relaxing hitting 3’s on the basketball court and following his beloved Clippers.
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June 30, 2010 at 2:57PM EST Reply to CommentMy God... The giant cannot be killed... I thought it was going to be big, but not this big.
I think we're going to need a bigger theater.
daggor
June 30, 2010 at 3:59PM EST Reply to CommentDo the world a favor and watch "Toy Story 3" this weekend, to let the world know we aren't crazy.
whiterok Oops...too late.
June 30, 2010 at 7:20PM EST