Box office

Box office

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse set a new record for biggest midnight opening in domestic (United States and Canada) in box office history, grossing an estimated $30 million in over 4,000 theaters.[12] The record was formerly held by the previous film, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, with $26.3 million in 3,514 theaters.[12] The movie has also surpassed Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in total grosses for a midnight screening in IMAX. Eclipse garnered more than $1 million at 192 theaters, while Revenge of the Fallen earned $959,000.[66] The film grossed $68.5 million on its opening day domestically, becoming the biggest single-day Wednesday opening over Revenge of the Fallen's $62 million,[67] and the second biggest single-day opening ever behind New Moon's $72.3 million.[13]

The film opened overseas with $16.2 million, beating records set by New Moon in Russia with an estimated $3.9 million, in Italy, with an estimated $3.1 million, in the Philippines, grossing $1.2 million, and in Belgium, where it grossed an estimated $1.1 million. It is the third-best opening day ever in Italy; in the Philippines, Eclipse topped Spider-Man 3 for best opening day ever, and was the highest opening day ever in Belgium.[68] In three days, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse topped the box office with $121.3 million.[69] After six days, the film finished the weekend with a total of $176.3 million, and has earned a total of $276 million worldwide as of July 6.[70]