Breaking Dawn Smashes Box Office: Tops Twilight, Eclipse, Pirates with Four New Records

We knew Breaking Dawn Part 1 would do well at the box office- just not this well! Here are the achievements so far.
The 3-day weekend gross was over $138M, making it the 5th-highest ever. The 2nd-highest last weekend was Happy Feet 2, which made $21M during the same period.
Breaking Dawn Joins 3-Day Weekend Hall of Fame
Breaking Dawn Part 1 replaced Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest on the list of the Top 5 highest-grossing movies ever for 3-day domestic weekend totals. Here’s the new Top 5-

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II with $169,189,427 on 4,375 screens ($38,672 screen average) – Released July 15, 2011, $125M Production Budget
2. The Dark Knight with $158,411,483 on 4,366 screens ($36,283 screen average) – Released July 18, 2008, $185M Production Budget
3. Spider-Man 3 with $151,116,516 on 4,252 screens ($35,540 screen average) – Released May 4, 2007, $258M Production Budget
4. New Moon with $142,839,137 on 4,024 screens ($35,497 screen average) – Released November 20, 2009, $50M Production Budget
5. Breaking Dawn: Part 1 with $138,122,261 on 4,061 screens ($34,012 screen average) – Released November 18, 2011, $127.5M Production Budget
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest with $135,634,554 on 4,133 screens ($32,817 screen average) -Released July 7, 2006, $225M Production Budget

For comparison, Eclipse made $120,898,294 and Twilight made $69,637,740 during the first 3 days of release. But that’s not all!

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