The Twilight Saga is a series of romance fantasy films from Summit Entertainment based on the four Twilight series novels by the American author Stephenie Meyer, starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner. The series has grossed over $1 billion in worldwide receipts and consists, to date (May 2010), of two motion pictures. The first installment Twilight was released on November 21, 2008, and the second installment, The Twilight Saga: New Moon followed on November 20, 2009, breaking box office records as the biggest midnight screening and opening day in history, when it grossed an estimated $72.7 million in its first day of release.
The series was in development since 2004 at Paramount Pictures, during which time a screen adaptation of Twilight which differed significantly from the novel was written.Three years later, Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the film. After Twilight grossed $35.7 million on its opening day, Summit announced they would begin production on New Moon; this after they had acquired the rights to the remaining novels earlier that same month. The third installment, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is scheduled for release on June 30, 2010 and is the first Twilight film scheduled to be released in IMAX. An adaptation of Breaking Dawn is projected to begin shooting late in 2010 with a November 18, 2011 release date; it will be divided into two separate films.
The special edition two disc Twilight DVD cover
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