TWILIGHT'S teen vampires proved they had lost none of their appeal when Breaking Dawn Part 1 scored a fangtastic $138million opening weekend in the USA and then added a further $153million from overseas territories.
The USA figure is the fifth highest debut in history, behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 3 and previous Twilight instalment New Moon.
Breaking Dawn's stars have expressed their delight at the massive success of this latest film, which features sex and childbirth and is easily the most graphic of the films so far.
Robert Pattinson has revealed that although he loved filming the gory birth scene, it could easily have turned into "a ridiculous comedy sequence."
R-Patz, who who stars as vampire Edward Cullen, explained: "Breaking Dawn begins with preparations for Bella and Edward's wedding and the chaos that ensues on their honeymoon, and the inevitable downfall that always happens in Twilight movies.
"The wedding scene is a relatively momentous moment for the series. I think Edward's proposed to her about 50 times now, so it's been building up and building up.
"Edward's excited. He's always been obsessed about marriage. It's what he has wanted for a long time. I think it's one of the first points of stability in Edward and Bella's relationship."
Their honeymoon on a beautiful island in Brazil "starts off quite nice and just gets progressively worse", reveals Pattinson.
"It just goes downhill after they have sex. Edward gets to relax - but only for a second. It's like a set-up so he can get punished again for the rest of the movie consistently."
Shooting the love scenes with Stewart, widely believed to be Pattinson's girlfriend, brought some pressure because of fans' expectations for the previously celibate on-screen couple.
Sighing, he says: "It's more an abstract idea of living up to expectations because you don't know what the expectations are. Especially with the h...
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[Source: Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files]
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