There is so much excitement in the commercially most successful film of the five! Box office gross: $301 million “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1” (2011)īella and Edward wed. Seattle is being ravaged by a string of mysterious killings, Bella is approaching her high school graduation, Bella must choose between Edward and Jacob, and Victoria continues her quest to avenge the death of her vampire lover, James. Box office gross: $297 million “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” (2010) This film also is an opportunity to see the taller and much paler Edward shirtless and shining bright like diamonds in the sun. She also becomes closer to Jacob, who is in love with Bella, and Jacob’s presence is now mostly shirtless, tan and in – gasp! – jean shorts. box office gross (estimated per ): $193 million “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” (2009)Įdward leaves Bella after two intense experiences, and Bella falls into a deep depression. Fun fact: At the time, the $70 million weekend opening was the largest ever for a female director (Catherine Hardwicke). Remember making plans to travel to Forks, Washington, the setting of “Twilight”? Many Twihards did, of course. Stewart and Pattinson would become a couple in real life. The cinematic world is introduced to one of the supernatural world’s greatest love triangles: outsider teenager and Arizona transplant Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Spoiler alert: Stop reading if you have not watched the 8- to 12-year-old films yet and do not want anything revealed. The rise, er, publication, of “Midnight Sun” is the perfect opportunity to revisit the five successful “Twilight” films created by Meyer’s four books, so the movies were watched again for this feature, not that arms were twisted, and they were great time-sucking diversions during the current coronavirus pandemic.įull disclosure: This story is entirely about the five films, not Meyer’s novels, impressively released in order from 2008 to 2012.
Tuesday was a big day for Twihards, Twilighters and Fanpires everywhere, as author Stephenie Meyer released “Midnight Sun,” a companion novel to the 2005 book “Twilight.” “Midnight Sun” retells the story of “Twilight” from the point-of-view of heartthrob vampire Edward Cullen instead of the previous narrating character, Isabella “Bella” Swan.