As of today, July 8th, 2010, according to ProNetworks Independent Film Analysis, box office numbers are in for Wednesday, July 7 and it’s BIG. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has now surpassed $300 million worldwide. It took in another $8,781,208 from 4,468 domestic locations for a per theater average of $1,965. This gives the film a cumulative domestic total of $195,731,290 after 8 days in release. It still sits in first place at the top of the charts, ahead of Toy Story 3 and The Last Airbender. Updated foreign box office of $104.6M gives Eclipse a worldwide cumulative total of $300,331,290.
The record for the first 8 days in release is held by The Dark Knight with $261,847,503. The Twilight Saga: New Moon is #4 with $205,788,929. Eclipse finishes at #8 with $195,731,290. 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.
The total theater counts for the week of Friday, July 9 – Thursday, July 15 reflect no change for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse with 4,468 locations. The film will still have the widest release ahead of Toy Story 3 with 3,753 locations, a decline of 275. In third place is this week’s widest opener, Despicable Me with 3,474 locations.
Meanwhile, there’s been some confusion over why Eclipse’s first two days didn’t count towards its first weekend. The last movie that opened on a Wednesday, June 30 on the eve of a 4th of July weekend, was Spider-Man 2 in 2004. Its first two days in release, Wednesday, June 30 and Thursday, July 1, weren’t counted in the weekend numbers. There are two listings: the 3-day weekend of Friday-Sunday and the 4-day weekend of Friday-Monday (the Independence Day holiday). So they don’t count the first two days it was in release as part of the weekend although, as you can see, they are included in the film’s cumulative total and they are counted towards record-keeping. If there is any movie that Summit (and the media and public) should be comparing Eclipse to, it should be Spider-Man 2, not New Moon.
In my estimation, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has just begun and will continue to gross millions worldwide. If you haven’t seen it, then what are you waiting for? It’s simply the BEST of all the Twilight movies so far.
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