Breaking Dawn's Big Opening Brings Twilight and Harry Potter Together!

finished in the opening-day record books just behind New Moon, and just ahead of Eclipse with a $72 million estimated Friday box-office take.

Twilight is now only the second movie series to place at least three installments in Hollywood's Top 10 for biggest-ever single-day debuts.

And you don't even get two guesses as to what the first movie series is.
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Of course, it has to be Harry Potter.

The boy wizard's concluding chapter, Deathly Hallows Part 2, remains at the top of the opening-day all-timers, with a hard-to-beat $91.1 million. Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Half-Blood Prince are the franchise's other Top 10 openers.

Breaking Dawn: Part 1 lands in third place on the list, giving Twilight a near-lock on the top five.

The new film, which barely edged Eclipse's midnight box office, ended up improving on its sibling's overall opening day by about $3.5 million.

Here's a complete rundown of the all-time biggest opening days, per rankings compiled by Box Office Mojo:

harry potter and the deathly hallows Part 2, $91.1 million

The Twilight Saga: New Moon, $72.7 million

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1, $72 million

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, $68.5 million

The Dark Knight, $67.2 million

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, $62 million

harry potter and the deathly hallows Part 1, $61.7 million

spider-man 3, $60 million

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, $58.2 million

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, $55.8 million

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