Update! Box Office Mojo - June 17  Domestic: $122,602,000 (Estimate)    49.6% + Foreign: $124,600,000 50.4% = Worldwide: $247,202,000

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Breaking Dawn Box Office Reports.

BoxOfficeMojo Domestic Total as of January 22, 2012 $280,271,000  + Foreign: $421,000,000 = Worldwide: $701,271,000



GossipCopSummit Entertainment has just announced that Breaking Dawn Part 1, the fourth installment in the Twilight Saga, has grossed an estimated $701.3 million globally since the film was released in November.

Breaking Dawn Part 1 , starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, is also on its way to becoming the highest grossing film in the series.

The film is just a few million dollars away from passing New Moon, which took in $709.8 million.

Eclipse and Twilight grossed $698.5 million and $390.4, respectively .

Breaking Dawn Part 1 has yet to be released in several countries, including Japan and China.

The film company’s co-chairmen Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger said in a statement: “The milestone is important on several fronts and illustrates the vitality of the franchise on a global scale even after four films. Stephenie Meyer’s story and characters were brought to the screen this time via the talented hands of Bill Condon along with the cast and crew that has been with the film franchise since its inception. We are very proud of the success the franchise has experienced and anticipate the saga’s conclusion this November.”

Breaking Dawn Part 1 hits theaters on November 16, 2012.

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Updated numbers with this weekend Estimates.
Domestic: $54,404,000 (via BoxOfficeMojo)



Foreign: $50.7 million (via The Hollywood Reporter)
Same distrib’s Water For Elephants, a Depression-era drama costarring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson, grossed $3.1 million from 2,508 situations in 41 territories, lifting its overseas cume to $50.7 million.

Worldwide: 105,104,000

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Domestic: $52,428,000 via BoxOfficeMojo

Foreign: $45.6 million via The Hollywood Reporter

Fourth was Fox’s Water for Elephants, the Depression-era drama costarring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson, which grossed $5.29 million from 3,191 screens in 50 markets. Foreign cume stands at $45.6 million.

Worldwide: $98,028,000

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BoxOfficeMojo- US$85,279.37M Worldwide. (May 16, 2011)

rottentomatoes Now certified Fresh!

Thanks to RockFan and krazyem for the heads up. And RPLife, too.

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I plan to see it again next week with my daughter (2nd time with her) and again ... with some girlfriends. How many times have you seen it? To all Rob fans, please do not miss this opportunity to see Rob as Jacob Jankowski on the big screen, he is simply amazing in this film. Reese and the supporting cast are fantastic as well. Thanks to all you guys, who are supporting the movie. Woot! 

Rotten Tomatoes Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson drew a solid crowd for their romantic drama Water for Elephants which premiered in third place with an estimated $17.5M. Based on the best-selling novel, the PG-13 film averaged $6,212 from 2,817 locations and played heavily to female audiences, lovers of the book, and Twilight fans that follow Pattinson religiously. Critics had mixed feelings but the built-in audiences came out anyway giving Fox the best opening for an adult drama this year so far. Mature-skewing thrillers and comedies have done exceptionally well this year, but regular dramas have seen more modest numbers on the first weekend. An A- CinemaScore suggests a good run ahead as counter-programming to a steady diet of testosterone flicks about to attack multiplexes.

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According to Box Office Mojo Water for Elephants is expected to bring in $20.1 M internationally this weekend.

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GossipCop Rio holds off strong performances by Tyler Perry and Robert Pattinson to win the Easter Weekend box office. The animated bird tale earned $26.5 million for the top spot, followed by Madea’s Big Happy Family, which was a close second with $26.1 million.

Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon’s Water For Elephants came in third with $17.6 million.

Easter bunny film Hop took fourth place with $12 million, while Scream 4 came in a distant fifth with $7.1 million. Rounding out the Top Ten were African Cats ($6.1 million), Soul Surfer ($5.5 million), Insidious ($5.2 million), Hanna ($5 million), and Source Code ($4.8 million).

This was released April 24th 4:15 a.m. I'm pretty sure GC will update BO results later in the day to include Easter Sunday's figure.

Deadline Reports on the Easter Weekend Numbers via  RPLife

1. Rio 3D (Blue Sky Studio/Fox) Week 2 [3,842 Theaters]
Friday $10.7M, Saturday $9.7M, Easter Weekend $26.5M (-32%), Cume $80.9M

2. Madea's Big Happy Family (Tyler Perry/Lionsgate) NEW [2,288 Theaters]
Friday $10.5M, Saturday $9.2M, Easter Weekend $26M

3. Water For Elephants (Fox 2000/Fox) NEW [2,817 Theaters]
Friday $7M, Saturday $6.8M, Easter Weekend $17.5M

Analysis via The Hollywood Reporter

Overperforming in its opening was Fox 2000’s period circus romance Water for Elephants, which debuted to $17.5 million from 2,817 locations. Based on Sara Gruen’s bestselling book and directed by Francis Lawrence, the film stars Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson and Christoph Waltz.

Water for Elephants drew an A- CinemaScore, and played heavily to adult women. Females made up 70% of the audience, while 70% were over the age of 25. The film’s successful opening is a win for Fox’s marketing team, which targeted fans of the book, as well as playing up the love story.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 conjured a lively $24 million in estimated box-office from a record 3,700 theaters in the U.S. and Canada offering midnight-Thursday performances of the action fantasy.
Its midnight box office fell just short of record territory. Last summer’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse rung up $30 million in witching-hour coin as part of its $68.5 million first-day tally on Wednesday, June 30.

But for IMAX...
Midnight receipts for Hallows: Part 1 included $1.4 million from high-grossing Imax specialty venues. That is a record, surpassing Imax’s $1 million midnight contribution by Summit Entertainment’s Eclipse. More at TheHollywoodReporter

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows brought in $24 million across the nation last night, as fans lined up for midnight showings of this blockbuster. While impressive, though, that tally falls short of two Twilight Saga installments.
The record-holder for midnight showing haul is Eclipse, which earned $30 million during the first two hours of its release. That figure topped the previous best: New Moon's $26.3 million. The HollywoodGossip Tnx @tailien

More numbers from Larry Richman of Pronetworks @larry411
"For those who asked: Twilight Fri 36M, New Moon Fri 72.7M, Eclipse Wednesday 68.5M (Opening Numbers)
Opening wknd record holders: #1 Dark Knight 158.4M, #2 Spidey 3 151.1M, #3 New Moon 142.8M, #4 Pirates Chest 135.6M, #5 Iron Man 2 128.1M
Opening day record holders: #1 New Moon 72.7M, #2 Eclipse 68.5M, #3 Dark Knight 67.2M, #4 Trans Fallen 62M, #5 Spidey 3 59.8M"

Healthy competition indeed. Both fans of the  two franchises are awesome!

Box Office Mojo already released the final figures for the The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Closing date - October 21, 2010 after 16 weeks of screening,

Worldwide total  figures will still move up. Japan will open Eclipse this November 6th.

For reference:
Twilight:
Domestic:  $192,769.854.00
Foreign :  $199,846,771.00
Worldwide : $ 392,616,625.00

The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Domestic :  $296,623,634.00
Foreign:  $413,203,828.00
Worldwide:  $709,827,462.00