E News: Will a Twilight Baby Beat Harry Potter’s Box Office Record?

Please tell me that the last two Twilight movies won’t have bigger opening weekends than the last Harry Potter movie.

—Lisa M, via the inbox

Brace yourself, for we just might witness an epic scrum for box office supremacy once Bella and Edward start shagging in November.

If a few factors fall neatly into place, Breaking Dawn, parts I and II, just might earn more blood money than the record-breaking Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2:

So far, the second part of Deathly Hallows—in which Bellatrix is finally Lestranged from her mortal coil, and mischief is, once and for all, managed—has enjoyed the biggest bow in Hollywood history, with $168.6 million in a single weekend.

Might the swooning Twi-hards pay just as much to squirm through the birth of Renesmee? It’s not a given, box office analyst Jeff Bock of Exhibitor Relations tells me. But it could happen, with a little technological help.

“The Twilight saga is the filmic yin to Harry Potter’s yang in terms of rabid fans,” Bock muses, “so it’s not impossible that Breaking Dawn: Part 1 or Part 2 will have the type of opening [Potter] had this weekend, but it’s looking more and more unlikely as the series really hasn’t crossed over to include the male demographic.”

That’s an excellent point. Guys do go to see Twilight films, but not in the numbers that flock to Potter films.

That said, both franchises have huge built-in fan bases, Bock observes, and “that usually translates into massive debuts” regardless.

Also, let’s not forget that New Moon had the fourth-biggest debut ever, for $142 million. Therefore, Bock argues, if Breaking Dawn: Part I can match that number, it’s not so hard to imagine that Part 2 could compete with the final installment of Deathly Hallows.

What might put Breaking Dawn: Part 2 over the top? A more mundane kind of movie magic, Bock tells me.

“The odds are especially good if Summit decides to go through with retrofitting [the final installment] in 3-D,” Bock says. “If that does indeed happen, we may just see Team Twilight toppling Team Potter.

“I think it is a necessary evil that the last chapter of the Twilight saga be in 3-D, as we’re talking about a bump of possibly $15 million to $20 million.”

And even the wealthy Cullens can’t turn away that kind of money

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Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows Part 2 Premiere

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Harry Potter, The Vampire Diaries & Twilight Too Similar?

From source: JSYK
In pop culture today, everyone has heard of the seemingly amazing series, Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer. First being published in 2005, her vampire series has revived the era of vampires and given fresh blood (no pun intended) to the world of fantasy literature. Or has it?

Though Twilight has captured the hearts of even the most unromantic teenage girls, this piece of supposed literature is underdeveloped and hypocritical at best. Though Meyer’s Mormon beliefs can be felt subtly in all four of the books, most teenagers and their parents have not stopped to consider that though it can send great messages, Twilight also promotes finding a “perfect” and deadly man, as well as teenage marriage.

Many people today have called Stephenie Meyer the new J.K. Rowling, paving the way for a new generation of fantasy readers. But, is this acclaim for Meyer fair? Rowling wrote the Harry Potter series for seventeen years, winning numerous awards for her creativity and innovation. She wove together a new world that has enchanted children and adults alike to read more, while showing them life lessons and morals. Meyer, on the other hand, has only been innovative in the location of her vampires. Her world exists in the real world, and her conflict of vampires versus vampires, vampires versus werewolves, and vampires loving humans is not new. Even Robert Pattinson, the beloved Edward in the Twilight movies, was borrowed from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the movie that escalated his acting career and without which he would not be in Twilight today. In fact, many of the “creative” things Meyer has expressed in her books resonate almost exactly in The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith, written about fifteen years before Twilight.

Critics today speak of the new television show, The Vampire Diaries, as if it has stolen the thunder from the popular Twilight. But has it really? The Vampire Diaries is based off of a series by the same name, which tells the story of vampire Stefan Salvatore, his “evil” brother, and the love of Stefan’s life, Elena. While many argue that the fact that the conflict is between two brother vampires, not a vampire and werewolf, the same ideas appear in both Twilight and Vampire Diaries. The human girl fascinated by the mysterious vampire. The vampire who’s lust for her love and lust for her blood causes more complications than at first glance. The other man who tries everything in his power to win the girl’s heart. The similarities between the series are above coincidence.

Some religious groups today banish Harry Potter for its witchcraft and The Vampire Diaries for its evilness. Many teenagers even flock to Twilight for solace. However, this belief that both series are evil is not just wrong, it is hypocritical. Harry Potter tells of the battle between good and evil, in which good triumphs in the end. This same struggle is apparent in The Chronicles of Narnia, which even includes magic, but Narnia is still found in Christian bookstores. If those who ban Harry Potter were to read the series, they may be surprised at its good morals and messages, as well as its indirect link between the struggles in the Bible between Jesus and the Romans and the struggles in the series between Harry and Lord Voldemort. As for The Vampire Diaries, the same struggle of good versus evil leads to the triumph of good. Other questionable content in both series is nonexistent. Not so in Twilight.

In New Moon, Bella tries her hand at extreme sports, risking suicide just to hear Edward’s voice. In later chapters, Edward attempts suicide several times in a special, vampire way, all because he believes Bella died. In Eclipse, Bella tries everything in her power to convince Edward to have sex with her, the only thing her mind focuses on. Edward only refuses to do so because he could hurt her. Instead, his bargain is for her to marry him, something Bella refuses to do or even consider. She only agrees when her becoming a vampire becomes part of the wager. In Breaking Dawn, Bella marries Edward at nineteen, and then becomes pregnant weeks later. This promotes not only teenage marriage, but teenage pregnancy. So much for Twilight being Christian and well-written.

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MSN.com’s Obsessed: Harry Potter vs Twilight featuring Sister Site Letters to Twilight

Dear LTT-ers, and Twilight fans alike,

Last month I was asked to be interviewed as a Twilight “Expert” (ha!) in a web series called Obsessed by comedian Kevin Avery. The series was going to compare the Twilight and Harry Potter fandoms.  I’m sure you can guess that I thought it was going to be a Colbert Report type thing where Twilighters were made fun of they went for the easy jokes instead of really getting to know a bit more about the Twilight fandom. BUUUTTT that was not the case at all, Kevin was awesome and totally got the fun, the crazy and the deep stuff about Twilight. I had a blast letting him in on the inner workings of the Twidom and sharing a little bit of why we love Twilight so much even when it doesn’t make sense! The video also features our good pal AshleyFrag rocking it for all the fans out there against some crazy Harry Potter competition and the gals from the Twilight book club in LA! We both had a ton of fun I don’t know how they edited it all down to only 3 minutes! Let’s start a petition for an outtakes reel!

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TIME:- Harry Potter vs.Twilight vs. Inception: Which Films Made the Most Money in 2010?

Let’s look at the list of top-grossing films released last year in North American theaters, again per Box Office Mojo, with each movie’s MPAA rating:

1. Toy Story 3, rated G, $415 million

 

2. Alice in Wonderland, PG, $334.2 million

3. Iron Man 2, PG-13, $312.4 million

4. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, PG-13, $300.5 million

5. Inception, PG-13, $292.6 million

6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I, PG-13, $287.7 million (still in theaters)

7. Despicable Me, PG, $251.4 million (still in theaters)

8. Shrek Forever After, PG, $238.8 million

9. How to Train Your Dragon, PG, $217.6 million

10. The Karate Kid, PG, $176.6 million

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CelebTV:Emma Watson: Twilight Movies “Sell Sex”

British actress Emma Watson has said Harry Potter is “not selling sex” like the popular vampire film saga Twilight.

The 20-year-old star made the comment while talking about what it was like to film the kiss between her character, Hermione Granger and her co-star Rupert Grint’s character, Ron Weasley.
Watson told Empire magazine: ‘The kiss between Hermione and Ron is highly anticipated, it has been building up for eights years now.’

She added: ‘And Harry Potter, it’s not Twilight, you know; we’re not selling sex, so when there is any hint of that, everybody gets terribly excited.’
Watson then revealed the kissing scene was ‘horribly awkward’ and that she couldn’t stop laughing with 22-year-old Grint.
She said: ‘Before we did it, we turned to each other and were like, ‘God, this is going to be awful isn’t it? But hopefully it will look good.”
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is due out later this year.

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