Twilight's going to keep a lot of people up all night.
Across the country, more than 1,100 midnight Friday screenings were reported sold out. In Los Angeles, pairs of tickets were hawked for upwards of $50 on Craigslist. On Facebook, members were planning their opening-night wardrobe.
Suffice to say, Team Edward T-shirts—and the fans wearing them—will be out in force.
"I think the opening day is going to be huge," says Bruce Nash of the box-office data site, the Numbers.
But how huge? That's a trickier answer.
"There are certain movies that are hard to gauge," says box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian of Media by Numbers. "This is a weird one."
While there's no shortage of buzz about the stars, led by the lion-maned Robert Pattinson, and no shortage of book sales for the Stephenie Meyer series on which the film's based, there's also no box-office precedent for a gothic vampire flick aimed at teenage girls.
"We haven't seen a movie for this specific demographic ever," says Jeff Bock of the tracking firm Exhibitor Relations.
Projections, accordingly, vary. On the plus side for Summit Entertainment, the indie studio looking for its breakthrough blockbuster, they're varying on the high side. Especially for a movie made for a Hollywood-modest $37 million.
Dergarabedian thinks a $30-40 million Friday-Sunday debut is possible. Bock wouldn't be surprised by an opening of $30 million—or $70 million. Nash sits in the middle, calling for a $60 million-ish debut.
None of this means Bolt won't reassert the talking-dog movie's dominance, and open No. 1. None of this means Twilight will make like High School Musical 3: Senior Year, and keep filling seats after this weekend.
All this means is nobody knows anything for sure, except for maybe this: Twilight's highlight is going to come early.
Nearly 600 Friday midnight screenings were reported sold out as of Wednesday by the ticket service Fandango. Just under 550 were reported cleaned out as of today by MovieTickets.com. (Fandango and E! Online are both owned by Comcast.)
Overall, box-office watchers say some 2,000 opening-day screenings are already booked.
Nash isn't expecting Twilight to pull a Dark Knight, which bolted out of the gate with a record-smashing $67.2 million opening day in July, but he's not ruling out a debut along the hemlines of Sex and the City, which opened eyes with a $26.7 million Friday in May.
"I think there's a core audience that wants to see the new movie no matter what," says Nash.
And movie reviews, which haven't been overwhelmingly kind to Twilight, won't matter, says Dergabedian.
"You tell me one teen girl who's going to care a lick about a bad review," he says.
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Across the country, more than 1,100 midnight Friday screenings were reported sold out. In Los Angeles, pairs of tickets were hawked for upwards of $50 on Craigslist. On Facebook, members were planning their opening-night wardrobe.
Suffice to say, Team Edward T-shirts—and the fans wearing them—will be out in force.
"I think the opening day is going to be huge," says Bruce Nash of the box-office data site, the Numbers.
But how huge? That's a trickier answer.
"There are certain movies that are hard to gauge," says box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian of Media by Numbers. "This is a weird one."
While there's no shortage of buzz about the stars, led by the lion-maned Robert Pattinson, and no shortage of book sales for the Stephenie Meyer series on which the film's based, there's also no box-office precedent for a gothic vampire flick aimed at teenage girls.
"We haven't seen a movie for this specific demographic ever," says Jeff Bock of the tracking firm Exhibitor Relations.
Projections, accordingly, vary. On the plus side for Summit Entertainment, the indie studio looking for its breakthrough blockbuster, they're varying on the high side. Especially for a movie made for a Hollywood-modest $37 million.
Dergarabedian thinks a $30-40 million Friday-Sunday debut is possible. Bock wouldn't be surprised by an opening of $30 million—or $70 million. Nash sits in the middle, calling for a $60 million-ish debut.
None of this means Bolt won't reassert the talking-dog movie's dominance, and open No. 1. None of this means Twilight will make like High School Musical 3: Senior Year, and keep filling seats after this weekend.
All this means is nobody knows anything for sure, except for maybe this: Twilight's highlight is going to come early.
Nearly 600 Friday midnight screenings were reported sold out as of Wednesday by the ticket service Fandango. Just under 550 were reported cleaned out as of today by MovieTickets.com. (Fandango and E! Online are both owned by Comcast.)
Overall, box-office watchers say some 2,000 opening-day screenings are already booked.
Nash isn't expecting Twilight to pull a Dark Knight, which bolted out of the gate with a record-smashing $67.2 million opening day in July, but he's not ruling out a debut along the hemlines of Sex and the City, which opened eyes with a $26.7 million Friday in May.
"I think there's a core audience that wants to see the new movie no matter what," says Nash.
And movie reviews, which haven't been overwhelmingly kind to Twilight, won't matter, says Dergabedian.
"You tell me one teen girl who's going to care a lick about a bad review," he says.
Sneak a peek at the Twilight phenomenon in our updated gallery!
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-Rosalie-
It didn't really bother me that a werewolf imprinted on Renesmee, it irritated the hell out of me that a werewolf imprinted on Renesmee.
Bella told me, on precisely 274 occasions, that, Jacob loves her, she loves him, be a good sport for their sake, etcetera. So I started ignoring the canine when it become "official" that we would be related soon.
By "official", I mean, they were getting hitched, I could no longer believe my own lie. (that someday, I would "La Push" Jacob of a cliff. Best fantasy EVER.)
Jacob was one of those irritating things in life, like, the fact that there was absolutely NO plug outlet for my hairdryer whenever we went on "camping" trips for long periods of time.
But, imagine that irritating crisis multiplied by 864. That's how much I resented the whole "Renesmee is going to marry a werewolf" idea.
In some ways, I didn't mind the dog. I knew he'd never hurt her, but that was the extent of my compassinon for werewolves.
It didn't really bother me that a werewolf imprinted on Renesmee, it irritated the hell out of me that a werewolf imprinted on Renesmee.
Bella told me, on precisely 274 occasions, that, Jacob loves her, she loves him, be a good sport for their sake, etcetera. So I started ignoring the canine when it become "official" that we would be related soon.
By "official", I mean, they were getting hitched, I could no longer believe my own lie. (that someday, I would "La Push" Jacob of a cliff. Best fantasy EVER.)
Jacob was one of those irritating things in life, like, the fact that there was absolutely NO plug outlet for my hairdryer whenever we went on "camping" trips for long periods of time.
But, imagine that irritating crisis multiplied by 864. That's how much I resented the whole "Renesmee is going to marry a werewolf" idea.
In some ways, I didn't mind the dog. I knew he'd never hurt her, but that was the extent of my compassinon for werewolves.
This takes place after Edward and the rest of the Cullens leaves Bella in New Moon.Here are the characters.They have a lot of different names.Some of the names i mixed up.There are some vampires.Some names are my friends and family but that is the person's real name in the story.You can use these people as you or people you know.
Bella Swan a.k.a Demi Lovato,Alex Russo,and Alana Azel
Nicknames:Aly,Dems and some more
Bella is half vampire and half wizard.
Ashley Tisdale a.k.a Sharpay Russo
Ashley is a wizard.
Kevin Jonas is a vampire along with his three brothers.His brothers are Joe,Nick,and Frankie.
Selena Gomez a.k.a Emily Russo
Selena is a wizard.
Sonny Monroe is Demi Lovato in real life.
Sonny is a wizard.
There are going to be a few more parts.
Bella Swan a.k.a Demi Lovato,Alex Russo,and Alana Azel
Nicknames:Aly,Dems and some more
Bella is half vampire and half wizard.
Ashley Tisdale a.k.a Sharpay Russo
Ashley is a wizard.
Kevin Jonas is a vampire along with his three brothers.His brothers are Joe,Nick,and Frankie.
Selena Gomez a.k.a Emily Russo
Selena is a wizard.
Sonny Monroe is Demi Lovato in real life.
Sonny is a wizard.
There are going to be a few more parts.
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this is her most of the time on the floor crying