ART: BREAKING DAWN Teaser Poster!

Does what it says on the tin.  Classy.  Clear.  Evocative.  Oh, yeah, and if you click on the image you can see a larger version.

Eclipse Breaks Record!

Twilight Saga Eclipse takes in an estimate of $68 million on its Wednesday opening, breaking the record held by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen for the largest Wednesday opening ever.  This isn’t surprising.  But welcome news for H’wood which is suffering from a weak summer both critically and financially.

Video: Twilight Saga Eclipse Premiere

They rolled out a black carpet for this premiere.   But nothing mournful about either the stars or fans reaction to the event.  Sample a bit of the madness in these videos:

Video: New TWILGHT SAGA ECLIPSE Featurette!

Here’s a treat for you twihards.  A new video featurette for Eclipse:

New ECLIPSE Banners!

Predators one-sheets didn’t entertain you, well how about these Eclipse banners?

Video: First ECLIPSE TV Spot!

Here’s the first Eclipse TV spot entitled “Destiny”.  It is officially available from iTunes, and here’s a low quality copy of it from iTunes:

We know you Twihards are eating this stuff up.

Photo: First Official Still from Third TWILIGHT film … ECLIPSE

With the second Twilight film, New Moon, still in multiplexes, Summit Entertainment has released the first official still from the next film Eclipse (above.)

Mmmm … flowery.

NEW MOON Continues its Strong Box Office Performance

In its third weekend of release, New Moon expanded its number of screens from last week, and reaped the benefits — pulling in an estimated $15.7 million at the domestic box office.  This made it #2  for the weekend.  It brought the film’s domestic total to $255 .6 million.  The worldwide gross for the film has reached $498.6 million.

New Moon, Twilight Top Search Terms of 2009

The recent box office success of the New Moon wasn’t the only place the Twilight Saga has shined this year.  It’s also been one of the top searches on the Internet this year.

Yahoo has “The Twilight Saga” as the second biggest search term this year.  Google places “New Moon” as number six is fastest rising search terms globally.   However, it didn’t break Bing’s top ten list for the year.

It’s also worth noting that it’s the only movie franchise to be on any of the lists.

NEW MOON Shatters Single Day Record!

According to estimates, New Moon pulled in $72 million on Friday, blasting past the previous single day record of $67 million set by The Dark Knight.  Industry mavens suggest that New Moon is on track for a $125 million weekend.

This all proves that the Twilight Saga is a certifiable phenomenon.   It also shows that the right material, produced at a reasonable budget, can produce blockbuster results.  New Moon’s budget was only $37 million.