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Summary The 'Twilight' vampires broke UK box office records over the weekend.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 grossed 13.9 million pounds ($21.8 million) on its 3-day weekend, according to UK and Irish distributor Entertainment One. That made it the biggest-ever opening for an American film in the UK, fifth behind the British Harry Potter and James Bond series.The fourth film in the Twilight series also had the best-ever UK 2D opening day Friday, surpassing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 by grossing 6.35 million pounds ($9.9 million) to Potters 5.9 million pounds ($9.2 million).Breaking Dawn Part 1 now has the biggest opening for a film in the U.K. in 2011.Directed by Bill Condon, its stars Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart.
