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Sunday, January 31, 2010

'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' predicted not to fare as well as 'New Moon' in the box office


'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' - Summit Ent.
A lot of people in the film industry have quite famously opined that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has a better chance of blowing up the 2010 box office by sheer temporal positioning than did The Twilight Saga: New Moon in 2009.
That is in part due to the fact that New Moon was the only one of the top ten biggest box office openings which did not debut during the summer.
So, for the most part, many have taken it as a given that Eclipse will probably outperform New Moon in this year's box office, but at least one source feels otherwise.
Here's what Box Office Mojo has to say on the issue:
Odds are that Eclipse won't reach the heights of New Moon, given the history of closely-timed, serialized sequels. The Matrix Revolutions, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and even Back to the Future Part III all grossed significantly less than their predecessors. When a second movie is hotly-anticipated after the first movie's success, it's highly unlikely that the next picture will even maintain the momentum (The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter being notable exceptions), and signs from New Moon's run suggest that The Twilight Saga will follow the pattern. New Moon had one of the biggest openings of all time, was extremely front-loaded and probably wasn't as well-liked as the first Twilight: Box Office Mojo readers gave it a "C+," compared to the first movie's "B." Also, the vampire fad could show fatigue by the summer, given the flood of vampire-themed TV shows, movies and paraphernalia in the market.
This is actually a really interesting matter (and not necessarily just because of the issues concerning The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn).
Twilight series fans have certainly proven their staying power over the past few years. The books started coming out roughly five years ago, and the buzz surrounding the series only grows deeper and more defined as time progresses.
BOM has made a good point here that New Moon's box office intakes were "front loaded," meaning a lot of Twilight fans went and saw it first thing and early on in the release, but didn't continue to see it as many over-and-over times as they might've with Twilight. That might not, however, be as crushing of a statistic as this opinion makes it out to be.
Perhaps, instead, you could point to the fact that the first film drew in a lot of the fanbase and that many of Twilight's viewers were newcomers to the series (who maybe went and saw it as a result of its grand opening numbers or the film's initial chatter). In that case, it wouldn't be very surprising that the New Moon viewership came out in a more timely manner.
Even with a front-loaded release, New Moon proved to be a big player in the box office game for 2009. So, the question is: will Eclipse bring in the same latitude of moviegoers as did New Moon?
With the variables pointed to by Box Office Mojo, there are certainly some sequel-related obstacles to consider, but do the historical figures associated with three-quels really apply to this series? Perhaps not. Perhaps the Twilight series likens more to LOTR and Harry Potter than Matrix.
There's at least one obvious similarity which would beckon such an opinion: the fact that they are all based upon book series which have a built-in and long-standing fanbase as opposed to being off-the-cuff continuances of a popular film series. So, yeah, maybe Eclipse follows upon New Moon rather closely in time - and this is not something that most films see success in doing - but there's hardly any chance that Twilight fans will take a rain check in seeing Eclipse in theaters, will they?
Another point to consider, and this is more against BOM's analysis than anything else, is the fact that a large amount of Twilight's audience consists of young adults. A summer release for this demographic would be helpful to them seeing the film (given that school wouldn't be in session).
While BOM certainly goes against the grain and raises some interesting points, it's not altogether convincing that Eclipse will not fare as well in the box office as New Moon.

'Twilight' series boosting sci-fi/fantasy sales in the U.K.


'Twilight' by Stephenie Meyer - Hatchette Books
Millions have read Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series books. That's a fact which has escaped the attention of no one . . . especially not within the publishing world.
According to the U.K.'s Telegraph, the Twilight series has been not only a boost to book sales at large but also to the particular genre of sci-fi/fantasy.
Researchers at Mintel found that almost one in three older children and teenagers enjoy sci-fi/fantasy books, up from 18 per cent in 2005. Overall, over one in ten readers go on to read a title after seeing the film or TV version.
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"Britain's love of sci fi, in particular Twilight has contributed to a massive boom in sales of the sci fi literature, which is great news for the industry as it is encouraging the all important demographic of young readers back in to reading."
Of course, critics of the series who have suggested that the Twilight series does not have the effect of putting books back in the unlikely reader's hands would eat a little crow upon hearing this news, wouldn't they?
One would imagine (thanks to the use of common sense) that with all of the testimonies offered by Twilight fans as to how reading the series reinvigorated (or perhaps even began) their love of books and reading, that the series would inspire fans to explore other, similar literature. This information certainly serves to bolster that perception. . . . Go Twilight!

Swedish Special edition of the New Moon DVD called New Moon: Bellas Box


 Swedish Special edition of the New Moon DVD called New Moon: Bellas Box. Get more information on the DVD here.
It’s a special 3 disc edition.

New Moon Series 2 Figures

New Moon Series 2 figures are available at Amazon. Series 2 includes a new sculpt of Edward Cullen, a sparkling Edward, Jasper Hale, and a shirtless Jacob Black. Check them all out here.

New Moon DVD 3 Disc Deluxe Edition with Film Cell

Target has an exclusive New Moon Deluxe Edition DVD. It includes everything that is included in the Special Edition plus a 3rd disc with never before seen content (don’t know what exactly) and a film cell. The bonus collectible film cells are limited. Check it out here.

DVD Features:
Feature Length Commentary with Chris Weitz and Editor Peter Lambert
The Journey Continues: A six part documentary on the making of New Moon (60 minutes)
Rehearsal Footage with Muse and Music Videos with Death Cab for Cutie, Anya Marina, and Mute Math

Anna Photo Outtakes

Below are some outtakes from Anna Kendrick’s photo shoot with Venice Magazine.
Check out more pics of Anna here.




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ET Video – Kristen Stewart Vanity Fair Shoot

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