35 million in one day: This movie was a huge hit right after its release, even though no one wanted it!

After saying that Robert Pattinson was looked down upon by the studio to the extent that he almost didn’t play Edward, the Twilight – Chapter 1 director admitted that no one in Hollywood wanted the film. Even worse: he was promised total failure!

on the podcast microphone watchComing from Happy Sad Confused, Catherine Hardwicke recalled the period when the saga was being adapted Twilight Written by Stephenie Meyer, nobody said anything:

“All studios in the city refused. MTV and Paramount put it on their shelves. (…) Even when I started working on it, they told me: “You know, Four Girls and Jeans was a very popular book for young girls. And he earned $29 million. That’s probably all this movie has going for it.”

Therefore, it was a period of great uncertainty for the director, who knew that both the fans and the profession were waiting for him, who predicted that the film would be a failure. Except Bella and Edward fans didn’t hear it this way:

Obviously, we did 69 million in the first weekend and 400 million in total. To everyone’s surprise!

Indeed, the film was a colossal success on American soil alone, with a total of $35 million in one day and $192 million by the end of its release, for a worldwide total of $408 million. First things first, success will be confirmed as Twilight Tentation (2nd) will be 709.8 million, Eclipse (3rd) 698.4 million and the last two 712.2, then 829.7 million.

Not bad for the saga that predictions are doomed to fail!