Eclipse blev den näst mäst tjänade film under första dagen (hoppas ni fattar...) På första plats var vad annars än New Moon. Själv tycker jag Eclipse var bättre men den enda anledningen var tdligen att Eclipse hade premiär på en onsdag och New Moon hade det på en fredag.

A record-setting midnight can’t be wrong: Eclipse made a whole lot of money yesterday.

The third Twilight film grossed an estimated $68.5 million, besting the opening-day mark of every movie ever released—except New Moon.

To one box office analyst, there’s no mystery in why Eclipse was unable to eclipse its elder sibling.

“Honestly,” Exhibitor Relations’ Jeff Bock said today, “the only reason is that [Eclipse] opened on a Wednesday instead of a Friday [like New Moon].”

The quirks of the calendar did not prevent Eclipse from setting a couple of new records: The movie is now the biggest Wednesday grosser ever, topping Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, and, more impressive, the biggest single summer-day grosser ever, beating the box office’s still-ultimate summer movie, The Dark Knight.