11/23/08

WHAT A WEEKEND!!

This weekend has been AWESOME!! Our Thursday night party could not of been better, the party we went to on Friday was fun too. The Utes are undefeated and I saw Twilight 3 times. Life doesn't get much better than this.

As promised, new updates on how well Twilight did in general and up against Bond, James Bond. (see post from November 17th for more information about these two films).

Friday Sales (yes, just Friday)
Twilight - $35.7 Million - 14th best first-day gross of all time
7 of that $35.7 million is just from Midnight showings
Bond - $8.8 Million

Saturday Sales
Twilight
- $21.1 million
Bond - $10-13 Million

Sunday Sales
Twilight - ??
Bond - ??

According to EW.com, Twilight will gross an estimated $70.6 million opening weekend. Not as much as I would of liked, but more than Bond. Sorry Kevin. This is an estimate, so keep checking back for the actual.

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/11/twilight-friday.html
http://www.ew.com/ew/news/charts/movies/boxoffice/0,,,00.html
http://www.the-numbers.com/charts/weekly/2008/20081121.php

New Moon News
It is official, New moon is a go! Summit Entertainment has wasted no time announcing they will start production on New Moon. Read about it on their website. Channy and I are planning a party for New Moon, so mark your calendars.

11/21/08

November 21

Twilight Party and Movie
After months of anticipation, we were finally rewarded. We have been to one of the funniest parties ever and we saw Twilight.

The day could not come fast enough. I didn't sleep well the night prior, I am sure it was because of all the excitement about the movie and the Twilight Party Channy and I were throwing. I would dare say, yesterday was better than Christmas. The party we threw was great! I don't think it could of gone any better. I believe we had about 50 people total. The decorations, food and games came together wonderfully.

Thank you again to all those who did attend. I know many traveled from out of state to come. I hope we didn't let you down. Channy and I enjoyed putting this together and having others share our love of the books. We missed those who were not able to make it, but don't worry, we have three others party's we are planning on hosting.

The movie was wonderful. I like it a lot. The did follow the book well. They even used a lot of the same lines from the book for the movie. In addition to the romance, there were several funny parts. I was entertained the entire two hours.

I googled "Twilight reviews" and over 1300 articles came up. These reviews range from 5 star to 2.5 (this was by the Salt Lake Tribe, guy hasn't even read the books.) My review has nothing but praise. Of course there were a few things I would of like to see, but then I have read the book 6 times. I do not think this movie is a waste of your $8.00.

I plan on seeing it again tonight! Let's hope Twilight makes more than Bond does. I would hate for Channy to lose a bet.

Check back later this weekend to see the total sales for Twilight's opening weekend and pictures from the party.

11/17/08

November 17

Twilight vs. James Bond Quantum of Solace (Opening Weekend)
My cousin Channy has told her brother Kevin, that Twilight will beat the opening numbers for the new James Bond movie Quantum of Solace. Here is what I know of so far.

Bond
Number of theatres showing film opening weekend - 5,900
Opening weekend gross - $70.4 million dollars
Percentage of ticket purchased in advance - 44%
Midnight Showings - Couldn't find info, but I am sure it wasn't 500.
Cost to make film - $200 million

Twilight
Number of theatres showing film opening weekend - 5,500
Opening weekend gross - ????
SOLD OUT Midnight Showings - 500 theatres
Percentage of ticket purchased in advance - 51%

Cost to make film - $37 million

So what needs to happen to make it so Twilight does do better than Bond? ALL the theaters need to sell out! Having 400 less theatres will hurt us, but I am going twice, maybe three times. If you are passionate about this, help us out and go as many times as you can! :)

11/15/08

November 15

In Style Magazine
In Style Magazine has exclusive images from their recent photo shoot with the cast from the movie. You can see more photos in the December issue and outtakes here.
TWILIGHT: the lost script
Ok, this is pretty funny. If you have some time, read these little scripts people at msn.com made up. Really, they are funny. Click here.
MOVIE SCENE - SPOILER
MTV has posted a blog about their Spoilers show featuring Twilight. There is also an exclusive Minivan Rescue scene below. Clearly this would be a SPOILER. So only watch if you want to see the scene.

11/13/08

November 13

Enterainment Weekly
Stephenie has been chosen by Entertainment Weekly as one of their Entertainers of the Year! This issue will hit newsstands on Friday and you can read about it here.

USA Weekend Magazine
USA Weekend Magazine has given us the exclusive first look at their Twilight cover for this weekend (its November 14-16 issue). USA WEEKEND will also feature an exclusive Twilight poster inside. Click here to see which local paper in your area carries USA Weekend.

11/9/08

November 9

My husband had read ALL 4 books!! Way to go Stu!

Movie Update - FOR NEW MOON and ECLIPSE
REELZCHANNEL had the opportunity to spend an entire day with the cast of Twilight. Here is some of the information they were able to get:

Stewart and Twilight Vamps All Signed for Three Movies

ReelzChannel was the envy of young girls across the nation this weekend spending an entire Saturday with the cast of Twilight.

Summit Entertainment, which made Twilight, is thrilled with the early hype around the November 21st release, but they are being cautious not to count their chickens before they hatch. Most industry insiders already consider an adaptation of the second book, New Moon, a foregone conclusion, but thus far Summit has only admitted to preproduction (insert scream here) work on the script.

During the course of the marathon junket, we had the chance to confirm that each and every character from the book series is signed on to three Twilight movies.

What about Breaking Dawn? Since the book wasn’t out when the contracts were drawn up, it was not part of the deal. Translation? If this series gets all the way to part four, Summit is either recasting or Stewart, Pattinson, Lautner, and crew can look forward to a nice fat raise.

Twilight DVD
Director Catherine Hardwicke says there are 12 deleted scenes on the TWILIGHT DVD! Check out her interview. Can you believe it, they are already working on the DVD. 12 deleted scenes? That is like 30 more minutes of the movie!

Bella's Lullaby - Edward Style
You may or may not have known, but Bella's lullaby was originally done by Edward, but was cut at the last minute. My friend Lisa found Edward's version on You Tube. Check it out!
It makes me wish I never stopped playing the piano, but don't tell my mom that.

Magazine Update
Entertainment Weekly will be having three Twilight covers hitting newsstands this weekend. Click here to see Rob Pattinson's solo cover and read the article.
Film Fantasy’s Twilight issue will be hitting newsstands, bookstores and department stores like Wal-Mart beginning on Monday November 10th. The issue – a 100 page special — features interviews with Stephenie Meyer, Catherine Hardwicke, Melissa Rosenberg, Robert Pattinson and a number of different actors from the film. Plus there’s a profile of Kristen Stewart, a who’s who guide to Twilight, a behind the scenes photo-filled look at the film through the eyes of one its extras, a guide to vampire romance (looking at everything from Twilight to True Blood, Buffy/Angel, Moonlight and Dark Shadows), interviews with several Young Adult vampire authors and much more.

Stephenie Meyer Interview - MUST READ!!
There is a wonderful interview on EW.com with Stephenie. She talks about many different things. If you have a moment, I would read it.

VOTE 2008 Results
Novel Novice has announced their election results in their Twilight inspired voter awareness drive. team Edward won. Like there was ever a doubt?

Ellen Show
Set your TIVO’s, DVR’s or even tune in live to Ellen on November 21st when Robert Pattinson will be on. Let's hope he gets more than the 3 1/2 minutes Stephenie got.


Site of the Month
This month the honor must go to Twilight Lexicon! This is the website where I find a lot of my information. So, if I haven't updated the blog in a few days, check out Twilight Lexicon to get your fix! Their link is under Twilight links on this blog.

11/3/08

November 3

Twilight Soundtrack
The "official" song for the Twilight Movie, now has a music video (Decode). The video with Linkin Park is not a video, but it is on the sound track. In case you have forgotten, the soundtrack goes on sale tomorrow 11.04.08! (make sure you push pause on this websites play list).

Edward vs. Jacob - 2008


Novel Novice is wrapping up their voter awareness project.
Election Day is here!

Once again, we here at Novel Novice Twilight would like to ask the rest of the Twilight community to remind registered U.S. voters to cast their ballots by tomorrow in the U.S. Nat’l election.

As a Twilight site focused on education, we’ve compiled information about the U.S. electoral system and the major candidates in the race for president, which can be found here:
http://twilightnovelnovice.com/2008/11/03/election-day-news/

To continue our educational look at elections – and to have a bit of fun with elections – we are also running our Team Edward vs. Team Jacob political campaign.

Launched earlier this year, the campaign has been a way for Team Edward and Team Jacob fans to show their pride and support their “candidate” in words, artwork and video. Now the time has come to decide.


Who will you choose – Team Edward or Team Jacob?

Starting tomorrow, the polls will be open for Twilighters to cast their vote for either Team Edward or Team Jacob. The voting will be open through Friday. All the details (including mock political ads created by the NNT staff!) can be found here:
http://twilightnovelnovice.com/contests-projects/novelnoviceprojects/team-edward-v-team-jacob/

Twilight Moive News
TWILIGHT TALENT TOURTWILIGHT Cast members are coming to city near you! More information to follow.

Robert Pattinson
November 10th - San Francisco
November 11th - Dallas
November 12th - Chicago
November 13th - Philadelphia
November 14th - Boston

Edi Gathegi/Rachelle Lefevre/Taylor Lautner
November 10th - Seattle November 11th - Denver
November 12th - Phoenix November 13th - Houston
November 14th - Minneapolis
November 15th - Miami

Kristen Stewart
November 13th - DC
November 14th - New Jersey