'Breaking Dawn' Box Office: Fifth Biggest Debut Of All Time

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[url="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1674730/breaking-dawn-debut-opening-weekend.jhtml"][b]FROM MTV MOVIES:[/b][/url] "Twilight" fans raced to theaters faster than Jacob running to stop Bella and Edward's wedding and gave "[url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/454504/moviemain.jhtml"]Breaking Dawn - Part 1[/url]" the fifth-biggest opening weekend of all time.

The fourth film in the romantic vampires-and-werewolves phenomenon collected $139.5 million domestically (more than $30 million of which was from [url="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1674670/breaking-dawn-midnight-screenings-earnings.jhtml"]midnight showings[/url] early Friday) for an estimated $283.5 million worldwide haul.

"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" stands behind only "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" ($169.2 million), "The Dark Knight" ($158.4 million), "Spider-Man 3" ($151.1 million) and 2009's "New Moon" ($169.2 million) on the all-time opening-weekend scorecard. It's worth noting that the "Twilight" grosses haven't relied on pricier 3-D or IMAX tickets like "Potter" or "Dark Knight." The new movie's numbers were within roughly 2 percent of the "New Moon" franchise best and helped propel the series' overall numbers past $2 billion worldwide.

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