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news.fantasymoguls.com - 11/22/2008

EARLY FRIDAY & 3-DAY ESTIMATES: 'Twilight' goes for throat with $33M Friday & a possible $70.5M opening!; 'Bolt' disappoints with only $7M to start the 3-day, but could still edge 'Quantum of Solace' for #2 with $27.6M!

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Steve Mason is now on Facebook and also on Twitter (For immediate box office updates, "follow" me). FRIDAY 9:30 p.m. (Pacific): Vampire Edward Cullen and Bella Swan, the leading characters in the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight, may be models for abstinence and chastity, but the ...

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suntimes.com - 11/25/2008

Squeezing more blood :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Bill Zwecker

— suntimes.com — Now that 'Twilight' is a smash, its young stars will get huge raises for the sequel --... and the sequel after that There's one rule in Hollywood that's rarely broken: Pull in big bucks at the box office and a sequel -- or three -- is virtually ... (more) Squeezing more blood :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Bill Zwecker

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rogerebert.suntimes.com - 11/19/2008

Twilight :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews

— rogerebert.suntimes.com — / / / November 19, 2008 By Roger Ebert If you're a vampire, it's all about you.... Why is Edward Cullen obsessed to the point of erotomania by Bella Swan? Because she smells so yummy, but he doesn't want to kill her. Here's what he tells her: He must not ... (more) Twilight :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews

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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/18/2008

How the big studios missed the boat on 'Twilight'

— latimesblogs.latimes.com — Up until now, Summit Entertainment hasn't exactly set the movie world on fire. Run by veteran sales... agent Patrick Wachsberger and former Paramount vice chairman Rob Friedman, the new indie distributor and finance company has struggled to prove that it... (more) How the big studios missed the boat on 'Twilight'

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'Twilight' Finishes Friday with $33 Million with 'Bolt' and Bond Battling for Second
RopeofSilicon.com — ... Steve Mason has updated his Fantasy Moguls early Friday estimates and after Twilight's reported $7.5 million take thanks to midnight screenings the estimate for the teen-vamp flick bumped to $33 million, and impressive opening to be sure, but how big will the drop be from Friday to Saturday? No matter how you look at it, should the $33 million stick and not drop too far it will actually mean Twilight will move ever so slightly ahead of current 16th place opening record holder Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ($32.3 million). ...

Twilight Flush
Hollywood Elsewhere — ... that the weekend gross "could exceed $50 million." Then a friend at Thursday's Revolutionary Road screening predicted $70 million and I said, "You think so? With just girls?" Turns out she was right. Fantasy Moguls ' Steve Mason is reporting a $33 million Friday haul (including Thursday's midnight showings) and a projected $70 million haul by Sunday evening. "The smart money follows the 3-day Sex & the City formula," Mason writes, "with $22.1 million Saturday, down about 33% Friday-to-Saturday, followed by a 30% Saturday-to-Sunday dip to a possible $15.4 ...

Newsbites: The box-office trivia edition!
FilmChat — ... The pundits are predicting that the teen vampire romance Twilight could gross as much as $70 million in its first weekend. If it comes anywhere close to that, then it will automatically have outgrossed all three of director Catherine Hardwicke's previous movies combined. Thirteen grossed $4,601,043 in 2003, Lords of Dogtown grossed $11,273,517 in 2005, and The Nativity Story grossed $37,629,831 in 2006. -- Fantasy Moguls 2. Quantum of Solace grossed $67.5 million ...