The Twilight Saga is a series of five
fantasy films from
Summit Entertainment based on the four
Twilight series novels by the American author
Stephenie Meyer. The films star
Kristen Stewart,
Robert Pattinson, and
Taylor Lautner. The series has grossed over $2 billion in worldwide receipts and consists, to date, of four motion pictures. The first installment
Twilight was released on November 21, 2008.
The second installment,
New Moon, followed on November 20, 2009, breaking box office records as the biggest midnight screening and opening day in history, grossing an estimated $72.7 million.
The third installment,
Eclipse, was released on June 30, 2010,
was the first
Twilight film to be released in
IMAX.
The series was in development since 2004 at
Paramount Pictures, during which time a
screen adaptation of
Twilight that differed significantly from the novel was written.
Three years later,
Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the film. After
Twilight grossed $35.7 million on its opening day,
Summit Entertainment announced they would begin production on
New Moon; they had acquired the rights to the remaining novels earlier that same month.
[ ] A two-part adaptation of
Breaking Dawn began shooting in November 2010 with November 18, 2011, and November 16, 2012, release dates.
