The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
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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] The sequel to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), it is 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.
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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] |
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 Rome Film Festival on October 30, 2011, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 18, by Summit Entertainment.[6] Despite receiving mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, the film grossed $712.2 million worldwide, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2011.[7]
A sequel, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, was released in 2012.