The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
| The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | |
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| Directed by | Bill Condon |
| Screenplay by | Melissa Rosenberg |
| Based on | Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer |
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| Cinematography | Guillermo Navarro |
| Edited by | Virginia Katz |
| Music by | Carter Burwell |
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| Distributed by | Summit Entertainment[1] |
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Running time | 117 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $127 million[3][4] |
| Box office | $712.2 million[3] |
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (or simply Breaking Dawn – Part 1) is a 2011 American romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the 2008 novel Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer.[5] It is the sequel to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) and the fourth installment in The Twilight Saga film series. The film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprising their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black, respectively. In the film, Bella and Edward marry and become pregnant with a half-human, half-vampire child, which causes the Cullen family to become a target of Jacob and his Wolf Pack.
Summit Entertainment announced that Breaking Dawn would be adapted into a two-part film on June 10, 2010. Principal photography for both parts began on November 1, 2010, and wrapped on April 22, 2011. The first part was shot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Vancouver, Canada.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 premiered at the Rome Film Festival on October 30, 2011, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 18, by Summit Entertainment.[6] The film received generally negative reviews from critics with criticism aimed at pacing, screenplay and performances, but grossed $712.2 million worldwide, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2011.[7]
A sequel, Breaking Dawn – Part 2, was released in 2012.
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- ^ "Breaking Dawn - Part 1". British Board of Film Classification. October 27, 2011. Archived from the original on September 18, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
- ^ a b "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
- ^ "Breaking Dawn's Budget: $200 Million More Than Eclipse". Vulture. March 10, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ^ Gina McIntyre (January 10, 2010). "'Twilight' producer: 'Breaking Dawn' could begin shooting this fall". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Adam Rosenberg (May 11, 2010). "'Breaking Dawn' Cast Negotiations Hit A Snag On Two-Film Deal". MTV Networks. Archived from the original on May 12, 2010.
- ^ "Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Gets Its PG-13 Rating". ComingSoon.net. September 20, 2011. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2020.