Eclipse box office up to $187M domestic, $287.2M worldwide

UPDATE WEDNESDAY 3:00 PM:

Box office numbers are in for Tuesday, July 6. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse took in another $10,567,862 from 4,468 locations. This gives the film a cumulative domestic total of $186,950,082 after 7 days in release. It still sits in first place at the top of the charts, ahead of Toy Story 3 and The Last Airbender.

The record for the first 7 days in release is held by The Dark Knight with $238,615,211. The Twilight Saga: New Moon is #6 with $188,077,665. Eclipse finishes close behind at #7 with $186,950,082.

UPDATE TUESDAY, JULY 6:

ACTUALS ARE IN: The final domestic box office numbers for its first weekend show that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse finished in first place with $64,832,191 from 4,468 locations for a per theater average of $14,510 for the 3-day weekend of Friday, July 2 – Sunday, July 4. For the 4-day weekend of Friday, July 2 – Monday, July 5, Eclipse finished in first place with $83,637,242 from 4,468 locations for a per theater average of $18,719.

These figures include newly released official numbers (with percent increase or decrease from the previous day) of $28,153,316 (+16.3%) with a per theater average of $6,301 for Friday, $23,420,629 (-16.8%) with a per theater average of $5,242 for Saturday, $13,258,246 (-43.4%) with a per theater average of $2,967 for Sunday, and $18,805,051 (+41.8%) with a per theater average of $4,209 for Monday. This increases the film’s domestic cumulative total to $176,382,220 through its first 6 days of release. This is the official tally which, including the actual numbers for Thursday-Monday, has been revised upward by $1.1M from the previously announced $175.29M. Adding in partial overseas returns of $100.2M gives Eclipse a current worldwide total $276,582,220.

The all-time record for the Independence Day weekend (Friday to Sunday) is held by Spider-Man 2 with $88,156,227, followed by Transformers with $70,502,384 and War of the Worlds (2005) with $64,878,725. Eclipse finishes fourth with $64,832,191. As I mentioned earlier, the last film that opened on a Wednesday, June 30 on the eve of a 4th of July weekend was Spider-Man 2 in 2004. That film holds the record for the first 6 days in release with $180M. For many, that was the number to beat. New Moon’s first six days brought in $178.9M, placing it in 6th place overall. As it turned out, Eclipse finished in 7th place with $176,382,220.

So far, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has set all-time box office records for Opening Wednesdays, Single Day Wednesday Gross (non-adjusted), and Single Day Wednesday Gross (adjusted for inflation). It is in second place for Opening Day Gross, Single Day Gross, and Non-Opening Thursday Gross. Release records include Widest Releases, Widest Independent Releases, Widest Opening Independent Releases, Widest PG-13 Rated Openings, and Widest PG-13 Rated Releases.

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