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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

2011 PG-13 1h 57m Adventure, Drama, Fantasy Summit Entertainment

Forever is just the beginning.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$138M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$281M
Final
Worldwide Total
$712M
$431M international
Domestic Legs2.04x
Budget$110M
2011 Rank#3
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 18-20 1 $138.1M $138.1M 4,061 $34K 1
Nov 25-27 1 $41.7M -69.8% $220.8M 4,066 $10K 2
Dec 2-4 1 $16.5M -60.3% $246.9M 4,046 $4K 3
Dec 9-11 3 $7.8M -52.7% $259.4M 3,604 $2K 4
Dec 16-18 6 $4.2M -46.3% $266.3M 2,958 $1K 5
Dec 23-25 17 $1.5M -65.1% $270.3M 1,603 $914 6
Dec 30-Jan 1 14 $2.1M +40.6% $275.5M 1,411 $1K 7
Jan 6-8 14 $1.5M -28.6% $278.4M 1,058 $1K 8
Jan 13-15 19 $769K -47.7% $279.6M 708 $1K 9
Jan 20-22 26 $309K -59.9% $280.3M 370 $834 10
Jan 27-29 35 $165K -46.6% $280.5M 191 $862 11
Feb 3-5 30 $280K +69.8% $280.9M 296 $945 12
Feb 10-12 40 $168K -39.8% $281.2M 230 $731 13
Feb 17-19 53 $54K -67.7% $281.3M 148 $367 14

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBill Condon
ScreenplayMelissa Rosenberg
StarringKristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Michael Sheen
StudioSummit Entertainment