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'Breaking Dawn' To Be Two Movies, Sources Say

Studio wants 'New Moon' director Chris Weitz to helm two-part adaptation, Variety reports.

Last month, MTV News asked "New Moon" star Kristen Stewart who would be her dream director for "Breaking Dawn," the yet-unannounced adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's final novel in the "Twilight" vampire series.

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"I think Chris Weitz should do it," she said. "I had such a good experience with him on 'New Moon.' He was so considerate and there and passionate and compassionate. One of the nicest guys I've ever met in my life."

Summit Entertainment might have been listening — that or they're thrilled with the impressive box-office take of "New Moon" in its first two weeks. According to a report in Variety, the "Breaking Dawn" gig is Weitz's if he wants it, though no official offer has been made. What's more, it might actually turn out to be two gigs. As has long been rumored, sources told Variety that Summit plans to split the final book into two separate movies, to be shot back to back.

Both films would likely be scripted by Melissa Rosenberg, who has penned the first three adaptations in the franchise. Meyer must first approve the two-movie decision.

One of the key impediments in making two "Breaking Dawn" flicks is that Summit would have to reopen negotiations with Stewart and co-stars Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, who are signed up for only four films. Following the two-week, $231 million domestic haul of "New Moon," the stars could command payment in the eight-figure range, according to Variety.

The prospect of two "Breaking Dawn" films also raises the question of whether or not Weitz would willingly sign up for the work and publicity load such a commitment would entail. Weitz has said that his next project will be "The Gardener," though Summit has not yet signed a deal to make the film. Last week he told Entertainment Weekly that while he is interested in directing another "Twilight" film, the idea of another globe-trotting PR tour left him saying, "I just think I would die."

Stewart isn't the only "Twilight" star who has a high opinion of Weitz. "He's very calm and he's very, very focused," Pattinson said. "You never feel pressure, but the ball's always rolling. Nothing ever feels held up. It's been a real pleasure working with him."

"Chris is amazing," Lautner seconded. "Flawless. He's so relaxed, and he really cares about our opinions, and he truly cares about this project. He cares about the books, he cares about the series."

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'New Moon' Breaks International Records

NEW MOON grossed $118.1 million from 6,681 prints in 25 markets in its first 5 days of release. That brought its worldwide gross to $258.8 million so far. A number of markets are still to report:

ARGENTINA
Argentina launched at No. 1 with 1,23M pesos (325K USD) capturing 82% of the audience with 85K admissions. It is the second best opening of the year, behind Harry Potter 6, and the 10th best opening ever in Argentina, outperforming the opening of Harry Potter 1-5. Market cume is $1,6M.

AUSTRALIA
NEW MOON grossed $15M AUD ($13.33M) from the 4-day weekend. It was the biggest industry opening, beating Harry Potter 6 which grossed $14.33M AUD. Opening day was the 3rd highest of all time. Midnight results were the highest since Star Wars: Episode 3 that garnered A$1,260M ($1.2M USD) in May 2005. NEW MOON played on 466 screens and grossed A$1.7M AUD ($1.6M). Market cume is $13.3M.

BRAZIL
The opening day grossed an estimated 3.7M Reals. Market cume is $7.4M.

BELGIUM
NEW MOON opened at No. 1. It is the second Opening day of all time, right after Harry Potter 5 (which was released on a Wednesday but during the summer) and outperformed Harry Potter 1-4.
Market cume is $2.6M.

CROATIA
NEW MOON had a record opening in Croatia, No. 1 with $225K from 15 screens. Its 3-day opening weekend is No. 1 for 2009, No. 1 opening 3-day weekend for all time.

FRANCE
NEW MOON launched at No. 1 with an estimated $17.04M from 1.9M admissions. It opened with 488K admissions on its first day from 751 prints, for a whopping $4.36M on Day One. In comparison, Twilight did 141K admissions and grossed $1.15M. NEW MOON was competing with a qualifying game by the national team to enter the next Football World Cup. Market cume is $17M.

GREECE
A No. 1 opening on Thursday, NEW MOON tallied €287,135 ($428K) from 96 screens making it the 3rd highest opening day of all time for that territory. The result is more than twice Twilight’s opening day, and significantly higher than Harry Potter 6 and Quantum Of Solace. Market cume is $1.2M.

HOLLAND
Another No. 1 for NEW MOON. The first day grossed €135,454 from 73 prints. NEW MOON's opening is 4 times that of Twilight’s at €33,000. Market cume is $1M.

ITALY
NEW MOON grossed €1.83M (USD $2.7) from 625 screens, with more still to report. It's the 3rd highest Wednesday opening ever in Italy and the best Saturday ever, with 2.9M Euros from 770 screens. Market cume is $13M.

MEXICO
Launched on Thursday to 20.2M Pesos ($1.55M USD) so far, including midnight screenings, The opening is on par with Iron Man and way ahead of 2012 (15.6M Pesos). Market cume is $7.4M.

NEW ZEALAND
With NZ$2.615M ($1.9M USD), it's the biggest Industry opening, ousting local favorite Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings 3 which did NZ$2.609M. On its opening day, NEW MOON grossed 902,122 NZD ($672K) from 54 screens, the 2nd biggest industry opening day in New Zealand, right behind Lord Of The Rings: Return of the King. Market cume is $1.9M.

POLAND
Market cume is $1.4M.

HUNGARY
NEW MOON opened with 37.653 admissions and HUF 41.3M (USD 230k). This is the 4th best opening day of all time after Harry Potter 5 & 6 and Star Wars 3. Market cume is $750K

THE PHILIPPINES
According to early results, NEW MOON is set to be the largest opening weekend in the history of The Philippines. Its opening day was the biggest of 2009, outperforming Transformers 2 opening day comps. Market cume is $2.1M

RUSSIA
Market cume is $6M.

SPAIN
NEW MOON opened with €1,475M (USD $2.2) from 652 screens on its first day. It's the 3rd best Wednesday opening day ever, just behind two Harry Potter installments, and finally surpassing Lord Of The Rings 3. Market cume is $13.7M.

SWITZERLAND
After two days NEW MOON brought in a total $203K off 29 prints in the French and Italian regions. Currently, it’s poised to be No.1 in both regions for the weekend. (The German region releases with Germany next week). Market cume is $767K.

UK
The highest grossing international market, NEW MOON made 4.6M GBP on its opening day. It was the No. 2 opening film of all time, right behind Quantum Of Solace which opened with 4.9 GBP. Market cume is $18.7M.

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'New Moon' shines at box office

'Twilight' sequel nabs $140.7 million
By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK


Marking the third best weekend opening of all time, Summit Entertainment's female-driven sequel 'New Moon' grossed an estimated $140.7 million.

'The Blind Side'

Sandra Bullock starrer 'The Blind Side' hit no. 2 over the weekend, providing another example of the strength of older women at the box office.

Biting off the third best weekend opening of all time with $140.7 million from 4,024 theaters, Summit Entertainment's female-fueled "New Moon" explodes the myth that you need an all-audience film to do that level of biz, or that fanboys hold all the power.

At the international B.O., the vampire romancer bowed to $118.1 million from 6,681 prints in 26 territories for a sparkling worldwide opening total of $258.8 million.

The power of femmes also astounded with the overperformance of Warner Bros.' Sandra Bullock sports drama "The Blind Side," which debuted domestically to an estimated $34.5 million from 3,110 theaters. Together, "New Moon" and "Blind Side" led the second-best weekend ever in terms of total ticket receipts. (The "New Moon" aud was approximately 80% female, "Blind Side's," 59%.)

Domestic B.O. revs for the weekend are estimated around $250 million; the only weekend to do more was "The Dark Knight" open-ing frame. That July 2008 sesh saw roughly $260 million in ticket sales.

Distributors were exuberant over the results, particularly as it occurred outside summer. They are hoping it portends a lucrative Thanksgiving, which brings a crop of new films.

The third new wide release of the frame was Sony's kiddie toon "Planet 51." Pic, distributed on behalf of Spain's Ilion Animation, debuted to $12.6 million from 3,035 theaters, coming in No. 4. It was easily beat out for No. 3 by Sony's own "2012," which declined 59% in its second frame to an estimated $26.5 million for a cume of $108.2 million.

Overseas, "2012" grossed $100.5 million from 107 markets for a cume of $341.1 million and a stupendous worldwide total of $449.3 million in its first 10 days.

The specialty B.O. continued to see strong results for Lionsgate's "Precious." Drama grossed $11 million as it expanded to a total of 629 theaters domestically for a per-location average of $17,500 and cume of $21.4 million in its third sesh. Film came in No. 6 overall.

Among specialty openers, Pedro Almodovar's "Broken Embraces" opened to $107,597 from two theaters in New York for a location average of $53,798. Sony Pictures Classics is distributing.

First Look saw a soft debut for Werner Herzog's Nicolas Cage topliner "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans." Pic grossed an estimated $257,267 from 27 theaters for a location average of $9,528.

Twentieth Century Fox's animated "Fantastic Mr. Fox" held well in its second frame, grossing an estimated $199,142 from four locations for a foxy theater average of $49,786 and cume of $557,678. Voiced by George Clooney and Meryl Streep, the Wes Anderson-directed family/prestige film expands nationwide on Wednesday.

After "Embraces" and "Mr. Fox," "New Moon" grabbed the third-best location average of the weekend at $34,965.

"New Moon" -- grossing nearly double "Twilight's" $69.6 million debut a year ago -- began breaking records not long after it unspooled at 12:01 a.m. Friday, securing itself a spot in the pantheon of hit franchise pics and marking a huge victory for Summit.

Sequel grossed $26.3 million in midnight runs, besting record-holder "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" ($22.2 million).

Full Friday number clocked in at $72.7 million -- including midnight grosses -- the best opening day in history and beating the $67.2 million earned by "Dark Knight" on its first Friday.

Heading into the weekend, rival studios believed "New Moon" would have trouble going north of $110 million, since it is driven by only two out of four quadrants of the moviegoing audience: Females under 25, and those over. Even Summit execs might have agreed.

But the ferocious appetite for the franchise among girls and younger women proved those predictions wrong. Of the females turning out, a full 50% were under 21.

"This blew away a lot of preconceived notions about who you should play to, and how you get to a certain group," Summit prexy of distribution Richie Fay said.

Despite Friday's huge numbers, "New Moon" declined only about 41% on Saturday, the same drop "Twilight" had sen. That indicates that the fanbase has grown, since "New Moon" did so much more for the weekend.

For years, studios have relied on fanboy-driven films or families for big opening grosses. Thanks to long lives, female properties can ultimately see big grosses; they just haven't opened so big.

"Twilight" cumed $192.8 million domestically and $192.2 million at the foreign B.O. for a worldwide total of $385 million. All eyes will be on "New Moon" to see by how much it might eclipse that total.

For the last year, Summit has carried out a well-orchestrated marketing campaign for the sequel, directed by Chris Weitz and returning Kristen Stewart and teen heartthrobs Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner in the lead roles.

Sales of Stephenie Meyers' four-book "Twilight" series also have continued to climb. Two years ago, 1 million copies had sold worldwide. Today, that figure stands at 85 million.

As in the U.S., "New Moon" is shining overseas, outgunning or matching franchises "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings." It scored the top opening of all time in Australia ($13.3 million), New Zealand ($2.6 million) and the Philippines ($2.1 million). "New Moon" generated enormous business in Europe, led by the U.K. ($18.7 million), France ($17 million), Spain ($13.7 million) and Italy ($13 million). It also generated plenty of interest in Latin America. Summit owns worldwide rights to the film, but it is being released via local distribs overseas.

Summit releases the next title in the franchise, "Eclipse," on June 30, 2010. Just as "New Moon" worked with femme fans, so did "Blind Side." Film received an A+ from CinemaScore.

Warners prexy of domestic distribution Dan Fellman said that 75% of the audience was over age 25, meaning it got older women not so distracted by "New Moon."

"Blind Side" delivered Bullock the top opening of her career, besting the $33.6 million opening of Disney's "The Proposal" in June. Film is based on the real-life story of Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Michael Oher, played by Quinton Aaron.

Also starring Tim McGraw, "Blind Side" was financed and produced by Alcon Entertainment. Opening was Alcon's best to date.

"The movie did well in all markets, but we saw outstanding results in small towns and middle-sized markets," Fellman said. "And I think younger people will start to gravitate to us. I think they were busy this weekend.

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More New Moon Movie Reviews

(Here are two of the latest reviews on the movie.)

The Twilight Saga: New Moon Movie Review

It's here. The Twilight Saga: New Moon is finally upon us, ready for Twilighters the world over to sink their teeth into for every longing glance, romantic beat, killer transformation, and shirtless hunk. Our review in a nutshell: New Moon is a vast improvement over Twilight, but that's far from high praise, as the first film -- with its lame visual effects, dull pacing, some stiff acting, etc. -- set the bar very, very low.

But first, the story: Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Bella (Kristen Stewart) are back, and there's trouble in the air. Edward, being a vampire and all, knows that he shouldn't be with the mortal teen Bella, and, as much as he loves her, as much as it pains him, he dumps her -- cold and hard -- and leaves Forks. Unbeknownst to Bella, of course, Edward would die for her. He loves her too much to not be with her and, believing her to be dead, sets off to Italy to find those vampires, the Volturi, that can finally kill him and put him out of his misery. Meanwhile, Bella falls into a funk that's only lifted fleetingly when she hangs out with her old friend, the now gorgeous, buff and initially upbeat Jacob (Taylor Lautner), who practically howls at the moon over Bella. And that makes sense, actually, since he's a werewolf, though he, too, soon ditches Bella in order to keep her safe from harm.

Now, the love triangle should generate some serious heat, but it doesn't. Actually, it almost can't. Edward's gone, and on view for a good portion of New Moon only as a figment of Bella's imagination when she tempts death by thrill seeking; it's one of the unavoidable pitfalls of adhering to the plot of the Stephenie Meyer novel. While there's still plenty of chemistry between Stewart and Pattinson, there's not enough of it on the screen, and the absence is only compounded by the lack of romantic spark between Stewart and Lautner. Though, in fairness to both of them, their early buddy-buddy scenes provide a fair chunk of the minimal humor in the whole she-bang. Any other laughs are of the unintended variety, as when Edward mopes interminably or a character actually utters the awful pun, "I guess the wolf's out of the bag," or when, after turning up in scene after scene without a shirt, we get a glimpse of Jacob in bed... fully clothed.

So then, what makes New Moon better than Twilight? It's better shot, for starters. Director Chris Weitz keeps the camera out of everyone's faces, allowing more than one actor -- or one part of an actor -- in a shot at a time, and he even makes room to include some of what's in the background, like trees and water and sunsets. The visual effects are far superior this go-round, giving oomph to the big wolf-vampire battles. And the pivotal set piece in Italy, involving the Volturi in their ancient digs, delivers the goods, with Michael Sheen perfectly smarmy as Aro, Dakota Fanning serving up the heeby-jeebies as the pint-sized mind controller, Jane, and both Stewart (in hero mode) and Pattinson (in victim mode) coming through with a measure of palpable passion when it counts most. On the other hand, getting to that scene is pure silliness, with Bella and the oh-so-fashionably dressed Alice (Ashley Greene) racing through hills and crowds in a super-hot sports car. And though many of the familiar faces from the first film receive little screen time in the sequel, Edi Gathegi scores in his too-brief, menacing bit as Laurent, Peter Facinelli has a memorable scene as good-guy Dr. Cullen, Billy Burke nicely plays Bella's concerned father, and Greene is extremely entertaining.

At the end of the day, though, much of what's wrong with New Moon is what was wrong with Twilight. It's lightweight, PG-13, teen angst with a vampire twist. There's no sex, which is OK, but no lust, either, which isn't OK. There's just desire, and that gets boring to watch. And then, no insult to Stewart intended, but it's a total mystery as to what's so remarkably special about the relentlessly gloomy, bloodless Bella that both Edward and Jacob would go to the ends of the Earth for her. Oh well, there's always Eclipse... and Breaking Dawn.


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Movie Review: “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
DateFriday, November 20, 2009 at 11:37PM | By AuthorFranck Tabouring

Seen on: November 20, 2009

The players: Director: Chris Weitz, Writer: Melissa Rosenberg, Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Michael Sheen, Dakota Fanning

Facts of interest: To be honest, I can't think of any.

The plot: Bella is devastated when Edward leaves her.

Our thoughts: Bella, Edward and Jacob are back in action in Chris Weitz’s anticipated sequel “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” but sadly enough, they’re all still as boring as in the first film. Okay, “Moon” is a slight improvement on “Twilight,” but as far as I’m concerned, it’s still as cheesy and lifeless. In fact, it’s quite a boring ride, actually.

First, let me point out that I haven’t read and certainly never will read Stephenie Meyer’s books. I understand her novels attracted a worldwide following, but this whole vampire romance hysteria just isn’t my thing. Maybe that’s the reason I simply can’t warm up to the big-screen adaptations. Or maybe the films are just too slow-moving and bland for my taste.

Anyway, “New Moon” is a messy film that never really takes off and doesn’t really have much to offer except a couple of mediocre action sequences. The rest is all endless talking, none of which is particularly intriguing or enlightening. It’s a pedestrian show from start to finish, and I still don’t understand what’s so special about it.

In this sequel, Edward (Robert Pattinson) pretty much messes up Bella’s existence when he shows up and tells her he will leave and never come back. Bella just knows too much about his family, and he simply can’t run the risk of letting something happen to her. He quickly hugs her goodbye and disappears into the woods. Ouch!

As it turns out, Bella has trouble coping with this dramatic break-up, and during the next couple of months, she’s haunted by brutal nightmares. The only one capable of pulling her out of her dark hole is the shirtless Jacob (Taylor Lautner), who boasts some fancy abs and knows exactly how to take her mind off all the bad things.

As it turns out, however, Bella can’t quite forget about her vampire sweetie, and before she knows it, she’s on her way around the world trying to stop him from making a fatal mistake. I know all this sounds incredibly dramatic and intense, but on screen, most of it either lacks intensity or just sounds and looks a little too ridiculous for my taste.

Bella’s struggle with the departure of Edward and her sudden feelings for Jacob are obviously at the center of the film, and although Kristen Stewart does a better job playing her confused character, I still found myself unable to connect with any of these figures. Maybe I should leave that to the 14-year-olds who can’t help but scream every time Pattinson or Lautner show up in a scene.

As I mentioned before, “New Moon” lacks decent pacing, even though the plot seems incredibly rushed at times. A couple of unimpressive action moments here and there serve as attempts to boost the film’s entertainment value, but I admit they didn’t really work for me in the end. Neither did the mostly corny, weird dialogue.

I have to say this though: as a comedy, “New Moon” works much better. Luckily, the film doesn’t always take itself too seriously, and most of its comic moments really made me laugh. I also enjoyed Weitz’s direction, a superior soundtrack, and undoubtedly improved visual effects. Too bad the film tanks in the story department.

Pattinson still looks pale and stiff, and his acting is hardly impressive. Lautner is much better this time around, and so is Stewart. Bella is the kid with the biggest troubles in this film, and she manages to pull off at least a few lines without sounding like a total weirdo. Dakota Fanning’s cameo is memorable, but her screen time is way too limited.

Freaky quote: "I love you. You're my only reason to stay alive... if that's what I am." - Robert Pattinson

The final word: Here’s the deal: many Twilighters out there will adore “New Moon,” and that’s fine with me. What I wrote here is my personal opinion, and I’m definitely not sorry to say this sequel disappointed me almost as much as the original “Twilight.” I can only hope they’ll take it up a notch in “Eclipse” and “Breaking Down.” Two down, and two more to go...

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Kristen Stewart on The Jimmy Fallon Show

New Moon Makes History Despite Bad Reviews

Well, it's official—last night's midnight screenings of New Moon raked in $26.27M and beat the record held by the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for most advance sales of any film ever!

Fans may be loving the on-screen chemistry between Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart (or Taylor Lautner, if thats your thing), but critics are not so keen on the Vampire flick.

Roger Ebert claims that the film's characters "charisma is by Madame Tussaud."

The Boston Globe remarks "Sorry, girls: The thrill is gone," adding that "where the first film’s director, Catherine Hardwicke, plugged into [author Stephenie] Meyer’s vision of supernatural teenage lust with abandon, Chris Weitz is stuck with a sequel that’s a morning-after mope-fest."

And Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times says Lautner and Kristen Stewart lack any sort of chemistry. "The connection between these two is so self-evidently non-romantic that it turns out not to be much of a diversion."

The movie is expected to make $100 million over the weekend.

Have you seen New Moon yet? Do you agree with the critics?

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LEAKED: New Moon Auditions from Take180.com

This was hysterical! :D

Watch Final 'Twilight: New Moon' TV Spot

From 'No Good TV':Twilight Saga New Moon Cast Funny & Uncensored!!

I love how Rob says Fuck and fucking. Yum, two of my favorite words...

Rob on Ellen Degeneres Friday

Be sure and catch Rob on Ellen Friday. Time in my area is 3pm CDT on CBS. BTW Kellen Lutz is on tomorrow.

Kristen Stewart denies Twilight love

People News
Nov 17, 2009, 12:04 GMT

Kristen Stewart insists she isn't dating her 'Twilight' co-star Robert Pattinson.

The 19-year-old actress - who plays Robert's character's lover in the first movie in the series - understands why fans would want them to date in real-life but a there is a difference between fiction and reality.

She said of her handsome 23-year-old co-star: "I get why fans want to know more about the cast as real people and they want us to be together and all of that.

"I just have to sort of not think about that. People have a hard time separating us from our characters."

Kristen also confessed she is a control freak and used to worry about how she publicly came across, but now claims she doesn't care what people think of her.

She told Parade magazine: "As soon as I stopped trying to control everything that came out of my mouth and every picture of me that came out, that's when I became so much happier.

"It wasn't like some big turning point, I've just grown into being able not to care as much. I realise that I'm not going to be able to influence the way everybody perceives me."

Rumours of Kirsten and Robert dating circulated again last week after their 'Twilight Saga: New Moon' co-star Peter Facinelli linked a photo of them holding hands at a Paris airport to his Twitter page.

He wrote: "Co-stars caught holding hands. Guess this picture proves everything."

'Twilight' director Catherine Hardwicke also recently claimed the pair were in a relationship, saying: "I didn't have a camera in the hotel room. I cannot say. In terms of what Kristen told me directly, it didn't happen on the first movie. Nothing crossed the line while on the first film.

"I think it took a long time for Kristen to realise, 'OK, I've got to give this a go and really try to be with this person.' "

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