I. Loved. Twilight. How fierce was this movie? I would watch Twilight again and I rarely say that about any movie. I can’t wait for the sequels!!
A female-dominated audience drove Twilight’s opening weekend to among the biggest in Hollywood history: a $70.6 million Friday-Sunday gross, per studio estimate.
“This is a game-changer. This is an industry-changing performance,” Exhibitor Relations analyst Jeff Bock said today.
“…With the success of Sex and the City, and Mamma Mia!, we’ve awoken a sleeping giant at the box office.”
Exit polling showed 75 percent of Twilight’s audience was female. Box-office stats show the movie is the biggest opener for a movie directed by a woman (Catherine Hardwicke).
- Going into the weekend, Twilight was expected to make, at best, a big $60 million. Where did the extra $10 million come from? Word of mouth, said Summit Entertainment distribution president Richie Fay, who talked of teen girls catching the Friday midnight screenings, and then deciding they had to see the movie again—and again. “It turned out they really liked the movie,” Fay said.
- Of the top 30 openers of all-time, of which Twilight is now one, only seven cost less than $100 million to produce. And only one, The Passion of the Christ, cost less than the $35 million Twilight.
- Twilight didn’t just sell tickets; it sold tickets fast. At one point Friday, Fandango reported selling five Twilight tickets per second.
- So, when’s the sequel opening? Fay said he guessed an official announcement, detailing a release date and principle players, could come this week.
1. Twilight, $70.6 million
2. Quantum of Solace, $27.4 milliion
3. Bolt, $27 million
4. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, $16 million
5. Role Models, $7.2 million
6. Changeling, $2.6 million
7. High School Musical 3: Senior Year, $2 million
8. Zack and Miri Make a Porno, $1.7 million
9. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, $1.67 million
10. The Secret Life of Bees, $1.3 million
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Arizona State University student Alex Botsios is not to be fucked with. The law student was sleeping at home when intruder Gabriel Saucedo (pictured above) entered Alex’s apartment through an open window. Gabriel was armed with a baseball bat. When Alex woke up, Gabriel thought he was all bad ass, so he cut to the chase and told Alex, “I’m going to smash your head in.”
Alex allowed him to take his wallet and guitars, but when Gabriel wanted to steal Alex’s laptop, he turned the intruder into a punching bag.
Alex had four months of work on his laptop and he warned the robber it wasn’t such a good idea.
According to Botsios, he said “Dude, no — please, no! I have all my case notes…that’s four months of work!”
Saucedo, obviously underestimating the fury of an overstressed, overworked first-year, was unsympathetic. That’s when Botsios could take no more.
Wrestling Saucdeo to the floor, Botsios separated the bat from the thief and repeatedly punched him in the face. When it was all over, police had to get Saucedo stitched up before charging him with armed robbery and kidnapping, while Botsios only suffered some scrapes and a bruised knuckle.
Alex’s laptop remained unharmed and he said, “It’s my baby, don’t mess with my computer.” Now this is what I call a happy ending!
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