Overview
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| name = The Twilight Saga
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| caption = Official logo
| director = {{Plainlist|
Catherine Hardwicke (1)
Chris Weitz (2)
David Slade (3)
Bill Condon (4–5)
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| screenplay = Melissa Rosenberg
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| distributor = Summit Entertainment
| released = 2008–2012
| runtime = 607 minutes (1–5, combined theatrical editions)634 minutes (1–5, combined extended editions)
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = Total (5 films): $401 million
| gross = Total (5 films): $3.346 billion
}}The Twilight Saga is a series of romance fantasy films based on the book series Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. The series has grossed over $3.4 billion worldwide. The first installment, Twilight, was released on November 21, 2008. The second installment, New Moon, followed on November 20, 2009. The third installment, Eclipse, was released on June 30, 2010. The fourth installment, Breaking Dawn – Part 1, was released on November 18, 2011, while the fifth installment, Breaking Dawn – Part 2, was released on November 16, 2012.
The series had been in development since 2004 at Paramount Pictures' MTV Films, during which time a screen adaptation of Twilight that differed significantly from the novel was written. Three years later, Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the film. After Twilight grossed $35.7 million on its opening day, Summit Entertainment announced they would begin production on New Moon; they had acquired the rights to the remaining novels earlier that same month. The films in the series have received generally negative to mixed reviews from critics.
DevelopmentTwilight was in development for about three years at Paramount Pictures' MTV Films, during which time a film adaptation differing significantly from the novel was written. For example, the script transformed Bella into a star athlete. It was so different that Stephenie Meyer worried that she had made the wrong decision in selling the film rights to her novel.
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