Thursday Box Office Updates (Theater counts) for “Eclipse”

UPDATE THURSDAY 5:30 PM:

Theater counts have officially been announced for the week of Friday 7/2 to Thursday 7/8 (which includes the 4-day Independence Day holiday weekend of 7/2 -7/5). The Twilight Saga: Eclipse will add 52 theaters to increase from 4,416 to 4,468.

UPDATE THURSDAY 2:45 PM:

Summit has now officially certified that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse took in $68,533,840 on Wednesday. The film opened in 4,416 theaters, the widest opening in history, with a per theater average of $15,519. New Moon’s opening day average was $18,068. However, keep in mind that there’s a big difference between a Wednesday and a Friday opening. A fair comparison of box office returns for Eclipse vs. New Moon really won’t be possible until next week. In addition, the one-night $2,385,237. See 1:00 PM update below for records and more.

UPDATE THURSDAY 1:00 PM:

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has broken the record for a Wednesday opening, taking in an estimated $68.5M from 4,416 locations, the widest opening in history. This tops the $62M brought in by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Included in the total is the $30M reported previously from midnight and 3:00 AM screenings. It also set a new record for the #1 summer day of all time, beating The Dark Knight’s $67.2M.

It was the second highest single day of all time after The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which took in $72.7M from 4,024 theaters on its opening day, setting a new all-time single day box office record. That figure included $26.3M in midnight shows. On Wednesday, June 30, 2004, Spider-Man 2 took in $40.4M ($52M adjusted for inflation). By the end of the Monday holiday it had taken in $180.1M (230M adjusted).

What to watch for: We won’t be able to compare per theater averages for New Moon vs. Eclipse until we know exactly how many showings there were. Those figures should be released soon. Also keep in mind that the Independence Day holiday weekend is tabulated starting Friday, so the 3-day weekend totals will not include Wednesday and Thursday. Therefore, it’s possible that Eclipse may not set a holiday weekend record.

UPDATE THURSDAY 2:00 AM:

Early figures estimate that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse will break the record for a Wednesday opening, taking in $65M. This tops the $62M brought in by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Included in the total is the $30M reported previously from midnight and 3:00 AM screenings. In comparison, The Twilight Saga: New Moon took in $72.7M from 4,024 theaters on its opening day, setting a new all-time single day box office record. Of course, that was a Friday, not a Wednesday.

These numbers are not official and are only estimates based on early reports. However, these preliminary figures are usually fairly close to the final data. Summit Entertainment will officially announce domestic and worldwide numbers later.

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