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2011 • PG-13 • 1h 57m • Adventure, Drama, Fantasy • Summit Entertainment

Forever is just the beginning.

🍅 26% 60%

45

2.73

4.9

CS B+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$138.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$281.80M

Final

Worldwide total

$682.40M

$400.60M international

Domestic legs2.04x

Budget$110M

2011 rank#3

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Cast & crew

Full Condon filmography

Bill Condon

Bill Condon Director

Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart Starring

Robert Pattinson

Robert Pattinson Starring

Taylor Lautner

Taylor Lautner Starring

Peter Facinelli

Peter Facinelli Starring

Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen Starring

ScreenplayMelissa Rosenberg StudioSummit Entertainment SeriesThe Twilight Saga

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 18-20 1 $138.1M — 4,061 $34,011 $138.1M

2 Nov 25-27 1 $41.7M −69.8% 4,066 $10,251 $220.8M

3 Dec 2-4 1 $16.5M −60.3% 4,046 $4,086 $246.9M

4 Dec 9-11 3 $7.8M −52.7% 3,604 $2,169 $259.4M

5 Dec 16-18 6 $4.2M −46.3% 2,958 $1,419 $266.3M

6 Dec 23-25 17 $1.5M −65.1% 1,603 $914 $270.3M

7 Dec 30-Jan 1 14 $2.1M +40.6% 1,411 $1,460 $275.5M

8 Jan 6-8 14 $1.5M −28.6% 1,058 $1,391 $278.4M

9 Jan 13-15 19 $769.3K −47.7% 708 $1,086 $279.6M

10 Jan 20-22 26 $308.7K −59.9% 370 $834 $280.3M

11 Jan 27-29 35 $164.7K −46.6% 191 $862 $280.5M

12 Feb 3-5 30 $279.8K +69.8% 296 $945 $280.9M

13 Feb 10-12 40 $168.3K −39.8% 230 $731 $281.2M

14 Feb 17-19 53 $54.3K −67.7% 148 $367 $281.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Nov 17 $30.3M — $30.3M 3,521 $8,591 -1

Fri Nov 18 #1 $71.6M — $71.6M 4,061 $17,641 1

Sat Nov 19 #1 $40.0M −44% $111.7M 4,061 $9,856 2

Sun Nov 20 #1 $26.5M −34% $138.1M 4,061 $6,513 3

Mon Nov 21 #1 $9.9M −63% $148.0M 4,061 $2,426 4

Tue Nov 22 #1 $11.0M +12% $159.0M 4,061 $2,709 5

Wed Nov 23 #1 $12.4M +13% $171.4M 4,061 $3,062 6

Thu Nov 24 #1 $7.7M −38% $179.1M 4,061 $1,904 7

Fri Nov 25 #1 $16.7M +116% −77% $195.8M 4,066 $4,104 8

Sat Nov 26 #1 $16.4M −2% −59% $212.2M 4,066 $4,024 9

Sun Nov 27 #1 $8.6M −47% −67% $220.8M 4,066 $2,122 10

Mon Nov 28 #1 $2.5M −71% −74% $223.4M 4,066 $621 11

Tue Nov 29 #1 $2.6M +5% −76% $226.0M 4,066 $650 12

Wed Nov 30 #1 $2.2M −19% −83% $228.2M 4,066 $529 13

Thu Dec 1 #1 $2.2M +4% −71% $230.4M 4,066 $550 14

Fri Dec 2 #1 $5.5M +143% −67% $235.8M 4,046 $1,347 15

Sat Dec 3 #1 $7.1M +30% −57% $242.9M 4,046 $1,749 16

Sun Dec 4 #1 $4.0M −43% −54% $246.9M 4,046 $989 17

Mon Dec 5 #1 $1.1M −71% −55% $248.1M 4,046 $283 18

Tue Dec 6 #1 $1.3M +15% −50% $249.4M 4,046 $325 19

Wed Dec 7 #1 $1.1M −19% −50% $250.5M 4,046 $264 20

Thu Dec 8 #1 $1.1M +5% −50% $251.6M 4,046 $278 21

Fri Dec 9 #3 $2.5M +118% −55% $254.0M 3,604 $681 22

Sat Dec 10 #3 $3.4M +38% −52% $257.4M 3,604 $942 23

Sun Dec 11 #5 $2.0M −42% −51% $259.4M 3,604 $545 24

Mon Dec 12 #3 $649.2K −67% −43% $260.1M 3,604 $180 25

Tue Dec 13 #3 $748.3K +15% −43% $260.8M 3,604 $207 26

Wed Dec 14 #3 $651.3K −13% −39% $261.5M 3,604 $180 27

Thu Dec 15 #3 $678.7K +4% −40% $262.1M 3,604 $188 28

Fri Dec 16 #6 $1.3M +88% −48% $263.4M 2,958 $432 29

Sat Dec 17 #6 $1.7M +34% −50% $265.1M 2,958 $579 30

Sun Dec 18 #6 $1.2M −30% −39% $266.3M 2,958 $407 31

Mon Dec 19 #6 $651.4K −46% n/c $267.0M 2,958 $220 32

Tue Dec 20 #8 $698.0K +7% −7% $267.7M 2,958 $235 33

Wed Dec 21 #10 $515.2K −26% −21% $268.2M 1,822 $282 34

Thu Dec 22 #10 $609.4K +18% −10% $268.8M 1,822 $334 35

Fri Dec 23 #11 $671.9K +10% −47% $269.5M 1,603 $419 36

Sat Dec 24 #14 $282.4K −58% −84% $269.8M 1,603 $176 37

Sun Dec 25 #16 $512.1K +81% −58% $270.3M 1,411 $362 38

Mon Dec 26 #14 $914.6K +79% +40% $271.2M 1,411 $648 39

Tue Dec 27 #13 $771.2K −16% +10% $272.0M 1,411 $546 40

Wed Dec 28 #12 $753.3K −2% +46% $272.7M 1,411 $533 41

Thu Dec 29 #12 $762.5K +1% +25% $273.5M 1,411 $540 42

Fri Dec 30 #12 $866.7K +14% +29% $274.3M 1,411 $614 43

Sat Dec 31 #14 $505.5K −42% +79% $274.8M 1,411 $358 44

Sun Jan 1 #15 $688.8K +36% +35% $275.5M 1,411 $488 45

Mon Jan 2 #14 $594.7K −14% −35% $276.1M 1,411 $421 46

Tue Jan 3 $299.4K −50% −61% $276.4M 1,411 $212 47

Wed Jan 4 #12 $250.4K −16% −67% $276.7M 1,411 $177 48

Thu Jan 5 #11 $268.4K +7% −65% $276.9M 1,411 $190 49

Fri Jan 6 $437.6K +63% −50% $277.4M 1,058 $413 50

Sat Jan 7 $665.6K +52% +32% $278.0M 1,058 $629 51

Sun Jan 8 $368.9K −45% −46% $278.4M 1,058 $348 52

Mon Jan 9 $108.1K −71% −82% $278.5M 1,058 $102 53

Tue Jan 10 $125.9K +16% −58% $278.6M 1,058 $119 54

Wed Jan 11 $112.7K −11% −55% $278.8M 1,058 $106 55

Thu Jan 12 $107.3K −5% −60% $278.9M 1,058 $101 56

Fri Jan 13 $201.9K +88% −54% $279.1M 708 $285 57

Sat Jan 14 $328.1K +62% −51% $279.4M 708 $463 58

Sun Jan 15 $239.3K −27% −35% $279.6M 708 $338 59

Mon Jan 16 $156.2K −35% +44% $279.8M 708 $220 60

Tue Jan 17 $51.6K −67% −59% $279.8M 708 $72 61

Wed Jan 18 $50.5K −2% −55% $279.9M 708 $71 62

Thu Jan 19 $56.5K +12% −47% $280.0M 708 $79 63

Fri Jan 20 $83.7K +48% −59% $280.0M 370 $226 64

Sat Jan 21 $148.8K +78% −55% $280.2M 370 $402 65

Sun Jan 22 $76.3K −49% −68% $280.3M 370 $206 66

Mon Jan 23 $26.0K −66% −83% $280.3M 370 $70 67

Tue Jan 24 $26.8K +3% −48% $280.3M 370 $72 68

Wed Jan 25 $27.3K +2% −46% $280.3M 370 $73 69

Thu Jan 26 $28.9K +6% −49% $280.4M 370 $78 70

Fri Jan 27 $46.5K +61% −44% $280.4M 191 $243 71

Sat Jan 28 $75.7K +63% −49% $280.5M 191 $396 72

Sun Jan 29 $42.5K −44% −44% $280.5M 191 $222 73

Mon Jan 30 $13.6K −68% −48% $280.5M 191 $71 74

Tue Jan 31 $15.6K +15% −42% $280.6M 191 $81 75

Wed Feb 1 $14.8K −5% −46% $280.6M 191 $77 76

Thu Feb 2 $16.6K +12% −43% $280.6M 191 $86 77

Fri Feb 3 $83.7K +405% +80% $280.7M 296 $282 78

Sat Feb 4 $137.3K +64% +81% $280.8M 296 $463 79

Sun Feb 5 $58.7K −57% +38% $280.9M 296 $198 80

Mon Feb 6 $27.2K −54% +101% $280.9M 296 $92 81

Tue Feb 7 $31.4K +15% +101% $280.9M 296 $105 82

Wed Feb 8 $26.5K −16% +79% $281.0M 296 $89 83

Thu Feb 9 $28.3K +7% +71% $281.0M 296 $95 84

Fri Feb 10 $52.8K +86% −37% $281.0M 230 $229 85

Sat Feb 11 $74.5K +41% −46% $281.1M 230 $323 86

Sun Feb 12 $41.0K −45% −30% $281.2M 230 $178 87

Mon Feb 13 $12.0K −71% −56% $281.2M 230 $51 88

Tue Feb 14 $20.6K +72% −34% $281.2M 230 $89 89

Wed Feb 15 $10.3K −50% −61% $281.2M 230 $44 90

Thu Feb 16 $12.4K +20% −56% $281.2M 230 $53 91

Fri Feb 17 $15.1K +22% −71% $281.2M 148 $102 92

Sat Feb 18 $22.9K +51% −69% $281.3M 148 $154 93

Sun Feb 19 $16.3K −29% −60% $281.3M 148 $110 94

Mon Feb 20 $8.3K −49% −30% $281.3M 148 $56 95

Tue Feb 21 $4.0K −52% −81% $281.3M 148 $26 96

Wed Feb 22 $3.3K −18% −68% $281.3M 148 $21 97

Thu Feb 23 $3.9K +20% −68% $281.3M 148 $26 98

Sat Nov 1 #11 $504.8K — $281.8M 1,503 $335

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$281.8M

Nov 17Dec 5Dec 23Jan 9Nov 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $308.7K

$138.1M

$41.7M

$16.5M

$7.8M

$4.2M

$1.5M

$2.1M

$1.5M

$769.3K

$308.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,066 → 1,503 −63.0%

3,521 open1,503 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −59.9%

−69.8%

W1→2

−60.3%

W2→3

−52.7%

W3→4

−46.3%

W4→5

−65.1%

W5→6

+40.6%

W6→7

−28.6%

W7→8

−47.7%

W8→9

−59.9%

W9→10

Steepest −69.8%Biggest gain +40.6%

Run milestones

$200M in 9 days

$100M

Day 2

Nov 19

$200M

Day 9

Nov 26

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#7 Biggest November openingsAll-time $138.1M #44 Biggest opening weekendsAll-time $138.1M

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