The third installment in the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn Part I has already topped the box office charts. Released on November 18, 2011 Breaking Dawn posted an earnings of approximately $148 million dollars domestically and $153 foreign, well over its production budget of $110 million just three days later, on November 21, 2011.
In this third installment, Bella, played by Kristen Stewart, and Edward, played by Robert Pattison, decide to finally tie the knot, undoubtedly to Jacob—and team Jacob’s chagrin. However, during the making of said plans for marriage, Edward discovers that Bella would like to do as humans do and have a traditional honeymoon. Horrified because of the belief that his passion could kill her, he is obviously reluctant to do so. In the end, Bella wins and the honeymoon goes on as planned. Shortly after however, Bella finds herself pregnant—and tempting prey for the werewolves. Jacob, in spite of or perhaps because of, his love for Bella, makes a vow to protect her.
Despite its box office success, Breaking Dawn has met with mixed critical review. Rotten tomatoes called it “slow and joyless” and indicated that it was only for Twilight faithfuls. Variety magazine called it disappointing and Screen International thought it melodramatic. Still, these reviews are akin to those received by Twilight predecessor New Moon, which also performed extremely well at the box office. Suffice it to say that poor reviews alone, will not keep fans of Stephanie Meyer’s away.