The next Twilight film may cater to a crowd slightly older than the screaming tweeners that helped make the franchise a box office smash. Series star Robert Pattinson has revealed that the follow-up to New Moon could receive an adult rating when it opens in theaters in June 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

Great news, Twi-Hards: The latest installment in the vampired-themed Twilight series has taken a bite out of the box office. The Twilight Saga: New Moon took in $72.7 million in its first day to shatter the single day domestic box office record previously held by Batman’s The Dark Knight, which had a $67.2 million opening day when it hit theaters in 2008.

The Twi-Hards turned out in record numbers to catch the first showings of The Twilight Saga: New Moon early Friday money. The second installment of Bella and Edward’s love story outperformed boy wizard Harry Potter, who previously held the record for midnight box office.

According to box office numbers released by Summit Entertainment Friday afternoon, New Moon pulled in a record-breaking estimated gross of $26.27 million playing in just 3,514 theaters across the nation — that’s an average of $7,476 per theater!

The wildly-successful midnight opening “portends an opening weekend that could be one of the biggest of the year,” says Paul Dergarabedian, a box-office analyst for Hollywood.com.

Teen heartthrob Taylor Lautner talks obsessed fans and bulking up to play a werewolf in the box office blockbuster New Moon.

Edward Cullen’s house is for sale. The West Vancouver home that portayed the home of the Cullen vampire clan in the new movie The Twilight Saga: New Moon is on the market for $3.3 million.

The home plays an important role in the new blockbuster film New Moon, setting the scene for Bella’s ill-fated birthday party. The posting on local realtor Jason Soprovich’s website has received more than 50,000 hits and garnered worldwide attention. So much so that his website almost crashed. Read the rest of this entry »

Earlier projections predict vampire-themed romance The Twilight Saga: New Moon could take a nearly $100 million bite from the box office when it debuts this weekend, scoring one of the biggest openings ever for a non-summer film — but not if the Vatican has anything to say about it.

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From Miley Cyrus to Selena Gomez — those Disney stars just aren’t that into the Twilight craze.

“I don’t watch them,” Gomez, 17, said of the blockbuster films in an interview with Bonnie Hunt that airs Dec. 16. “Sorry, I feel bad… even though I am a teenager.”

Ironically, Selena’s rumored former boyfriend Taylor Lautner stars as werewolf Jacob Black in the franchise.
Not surprisngly, Selena aligns herself with “Team Jacob.”

The Twilight Saga: New Moon opens in theaters Friday.

Twilight fans went wild as actor Robert Pattinson dropped by TODAY to chat with Matt Lauer about his new movie, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the wild reaction he receives from fans across the Globe, and why he almost quit acting.

Plus, find out how many of the infamous Robsten tabloid rumors are true.

New Moon opens this Friday, Nov. 20 @ 12AM.

Hot off the presses, TwiHards. Hollywood producers are plotting a plan to continue cashing in on the unprecedent mega-success of The Twilight Saga film franchise by producing a brand-new spinoff series starring one of music’s most beloved tween sensations — country blondie Taylor Swift!

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The always unassuming Kristen Stewart dropped by TODAY Wednesday to chat about the weekend opening of her hotly-anticipated new movie, The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

Do we have any TwiHards in the house? Will one of you please explain why this girl always looks so bored and shell-shocked? It appears somebody could sure use some additional media training……