'Breaking Dawn' opening could fetch $140 million

Summit's 'Breaking Dawn' is anticipated to gross between $110 million and $140 million weekend in the domestic B.O.Hollywood is bracing for an additional mad hurry of hardcore "Twilight" fans, as Summit comes the franchise's penultimate offering "Breaking Beginning -- Part 1" in countrywide night time tests Thursday. By Wednesday mid-day, the film's approximate night time count stands at 3,250 locations, before growing Friday to 4,061. While B.O. commentators are predicting "Breaking Beginning" could achieve $140 million through Sunday, Summit has more modest anticipation, varying between $110 million and $125 million. "Breaking Beginning" launches day-and-date using the U.S. in 54 overseas marketplaces. Such as the previous "Twilight" choices, the franchise's second-to-last pic will discover a mostly frontloaded perf by teens and teenagers, though Summit prexy of domestic distribution Richie Fay stated repeat viewings by femmes could still propel grosses. "Sometimes women can come out one screening, simply to purchase a ticket for the following show," Fay stated. Based on online ticketing service Fandango, the film had offered out a lot more than 2,500 showtimes by early now. The website also reported that 47% of ticket purchasers intend to attend the night time tests in formal wedding attire. "Breaking Beginning," allocated for any reported $110 million, accumulates with human-vampire couple Jacob Black and A Vampire Named Edward because they get ready for their wedding. Summit introduced in June 2010 it might split author Stephenie Meyer's final "Twilight" book into two parts, with "Part 2" set to bow this time around the coming year. "Part 1" faces a higher all-time night time record ($43.5 million) set this summer time by "Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows: Part 2." It's difficult to express whether "Breaking Beginning" can break that record, since "Deathly Hallows" achieved positive results from the wider demo of youngsters on holiday. The pic seemed to be the ultimate "Potter" within the series. In either case, "Breaking Beginning" could one-up its forerunners in night time grosses. The franchise's third offering, "Eclipse," kickstarted its Stateside run this past year with $$ 30 million, while "New Moon" gained $26.3 million from late-evening tests. Similar to "Deathly Hallows: Part 2," "Eclipse" achieved positive results from the summer season berth the second pic, which gained $157.six million in the first six days, also bowed in a record quantity of locations -- 4,408. "New Moon," meanwhile, released this same weekend last year for any three-day total of $142.8 million. This is a fair opening benchmark for "Breaking Beginning," based on some commentators. Fay stated group ticket sales for "Breaking Beginning" are simply as robust because the previous two "Twilights," with corporate buyouts (companies buying entire tests for giveaway reasons) improving pre-sales for "Breaking Beginning." Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com