‘Twilight: Eclipse’ makes LA premiere as Advanced Ticket Seller Of Year

(HMG) – The Twilight cast including Rob Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner, gathered for the Hollywood premiere of Eclipse on Thursday night at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Diehard fans have stood in line outside the Nokia Theater since Monday, eagerly awaiting the red-carpet procession for a chance to see the stars.Fellow cast members Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed and Kellen Lutz turned out for the event and were also joined by the likes of Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Will Smith‘s children Willow & Jaden Smith While the third movie in the Twilight saga still has another week of ticket sales before its release date., Eclipse is both Fandango and Movietickets.com’s top advance ticket-seller of the year, according to Deadline Hollywood. Estimates also put Eclipse‘s six-day opening gross at anywhere from $150 million to $179 million on a budget of just $68M, making it a contender for the July 4th holiday record set by Spider-Man 2 at $180 million.