As Edward and Bella's story draws to a close, the franchise that captivated a generation of fans has landed one more entry in the top 10 list of all-time box office openings. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" took in an estimated $141.3 million in North American theaters over the weekend, which was the eighth-largest domestic opening of all time.
"Breaking Dawn - Part 2" managed to beat the $138.1 million opening of last year's "Part 1," 'though it fell slightly behind 2009's franchise best, "New Moon," which kicked off with $142.8 million. Overseas, "Breaking Dawn - Part 2" took in $199.6 million, pointing to a future that will likely be consistent with the $700 million-ish worldwide grosses of most "Twilight" films.
All the dust from the Team Edward/ Team Jacob battle has settled, Bella's vampire transformation is complete and the most favored fictitious werewolf of the supernatural-romance generation even developed (spoiler alert!) eyes for someone else. Even as rumors swirled about a possible reboot, interest remained impressively high for the book-based series that launched the careers of Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner with the 2008 adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's first nove
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