Vampires Beat Bond, James Bond

Dec 29th, 2008 | By | Category: Featured Articles, Movie News

Rotten Tomatoes is reporting that Twilight has surpassed the domestic box office totals of Quantum of Solice, for a grand total of $167.1 million to date! The film has made $237 million world wide!

“Also notable below the top ten was the vampire blockbuster Twilight surpassing the total gross of fellow November hit Quantum of Solace. Just a month ago, nobody would have guessed that the modestly-budgeted $37M teen saga would go on to outgun the latest James Bond film and its $200M+ budget. Twilight grossed an estimated $4.5M this weekend, down only 13%, for a $167.1M domestic total while Quantum fell 29% to an estimated $1.5M pushing its cume to $164.3M. Overseas, of course, is another story with the 007 actioner having a $300M advantage, but Stephanie Meyer fans have given the film industry something that is rare nowadays – a hit with legs. For the year, Twilight ranks as the eighth biggest blockbuster of 2008.”

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