With a total revenue of over three billion dollars, the Twilight saga box office numbers are truly impressive. Based on Stephanie Meyer’s series of fantasy romance novels, the Twilight saga consisted of five movies released annually between 2008 and 2012. Despite generally mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, each movie in the Twilight saga did outstandingly well with audiences and helped launch several similar Young Adult novel adaptations. Although many of the films made in its mold at the time failed commercially, Twilight itself remains an excellent example of the subgenre’s capability for financial success.
Throughout its five movies, the Twilight saga details the relationship between human teenager Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson). However, the Twilight saga wasn’t initially supposed to last for that many entries. Twilight’s original book sequel, Forever Dawn, would have seen the series come to a close after only two novels. If this had come to pass, the most financially successful vampire film franchise ever would have never had the chance to blossom as it did. Here’s how much money each of the five Twilight movies made at the box office.
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The first entry in the Twilight saga grossed over $407 million at the worldwide box office during its theatrical release, against a production budget of only $37 million. A sequel to Twilight was announced after it nearly made back its entire production budget on its opening day. Twilight grossed just shy of $70 million domestically on its opening weekend, culminating in a total domestic box office take of nearly $193 million. Twilight became the 12th highest-grossing film of 2008, outperforming blockbuster action movies such as Edward Norton’s The Incredible Hulk and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
