Twi-Hard For UK Box Office Success

The latest film in the Twilight series opens in the UK on Friday, preview figures from last Saturday and Sunday alone totalled £6.3M. In the US and Canada, the film opened last Wednesday and immediately broke the record set by its predecessor taking $30m (£20.1m) from midnight screenings alone, on its opening night.

Never in her wildest dreams could author Stephanie Meyer have predicted the global explosion of her tale of Bella and Edward. As the takings continue to rise for the franchise, currently grossing just under $1billion worldwide, Twilight is enjoying mass hysteria experienced by only a small handful of elite film franchises.