"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" earned about $82.5 million during the four-day U.S. Independence Day holiday weekend, taking its total to $175.3 million since it opened on Wednesday. If the latest estimates hold when final data are issued on Tuesday, "Eclipse" will trail "New Moon" by about $4 million. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" earned $179 million in its first six days in November, without the benefit of a summer holiday. Personally, after having watched "Eclipse" a second time and then watching "Twilight" again, I still hold that "Twilight" is my favorite film of the three so far, but "Eclipse" is a very, very close second. I hope it continues to do well at the box office.
You may or may not have noticed that both Robert Pattinson (Edward) and Kristen Stewart (Bella) have recently cut their hair for new films. Kristen has also dyed her hair a blond color. Since "Breaking Dawn" begins filming in just a couple of months, does this mean we will have to put up with wigs again -- this time for both actors? Kristen Stewart was recently on George Lopez's talk show and reassured fans her hair will be dyed back and longer again for "Breaking Dawn," and she too mentioned how much she hated the wig in "Eclipse." However, Robert Pattinson told reporters at the "Eclipse" press conference that he'd never even thought about how cutting his hair would affect filming "Breaking Dawn" and then joked (I hope) that he's going to push for Edward to have a shaved head in "Breaking Dawn." RPatz, don't make me and millions of Twi-hards come after you. Grrrr.
Onto another thing that has irked me: the new Spider-Man movie. I'm still sore over the fact that Tobey Maguire and company won't be reprising their roles and that the franchise is being rebooted unnecessarily. But a new Spider-Man/Peter Parker has been cast. British actor Andrew Garfield has landed the role. I wish Mr. Garfield well, but I'm just not optimistic about this movie. *Sigh*. I thought by going younger, they would cast someone who looked like he was in high school. To me, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire look similar in age, even if they aren't. Oh well.
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