If breaking records is all you care about when it comes to box office, then Eclipse isn’t the movie for you. Despite owning three — opening on more screens than any other film in history and breaking the records for midnight screenings and Wednesday gross — the third Twilight film didn’t have enough gas in its tank to surpass Spider-Man 2 over Fourth of July weekend. What a failure! Of course, there is the matter of the millions and millions of dollars that Eclipse has earned thus far, which makes that pedantic record seem kinda moot.
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Final Tally: Eclipse Opening Weekend Just Off New Moon, Spider-Man 2 Pace
