2/01/2011

Where will ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn’ rank in ‘Saga’ ticket sales?

Box Office Mojo recently revealed their 2011 movie preview, sequels edition, and of course The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (November 18th, 2011 release date) was included.

A couple of interesting facts about Breaking Dawn that the preview revealed are as follows:

  • Breaking Dawn – Part 1 is one of a record-breaking five 4th-part sequels (others include Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Scream 4, and Spy Kids 4: All The Time In The World) due this year; and
  • Breaking Dawn‘s release date, 17 months after Eclipse‘s, makes its release the “longest wait yet” (unclear whether that is fourth-sequel specific).

BOM also added some commentary about their take on what this means for Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Breaking Dawn – Part 2‘s probable ticket sales:

"Add in a reportedly mixed fan reaction to the novel and how being broken in two didn’t help Deathly Hallows Part 1, and it wouldn’t be surprising if interest ebbs for Breaking Dawn "

What do you think about this? As far as tickets and DVD sales go, here’s how the three films have done so far:

Box Office (via Box Office Mojo):

Twilight: Domestic: $192,769,854; Worldwide: $392,616,625
New Moon: Domestic $296,623,634; Worldwide: $709,827,462
Eclipse: Domestic: $300,531,751; Worldwide: $693,579,566

DVD sales (via The Numbers):

Twilight: 10,737,698 units
New Moon: 7,861,425 units
Eclipse: 7,777,154 units

Twilight and New Moon both had November release dates, but they were only a year (12 months) apart. Meanwhile, Eclipse had a June release date, so it was only a few months past New Moon‘s release. Since Breaking Dawn – Part 1‘s situation is so different than the others, where do you think Part 1 will rank on the Saga ticket sales scale?

source examiner via cullens-news

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