Erik Feig, President of Production at Summit Entertainment, guaranteed a close adaptation to the book. When Summit Entertainment reinvented itself as a full-service studio in April 2007, it acquired the rights, seeking to create a film franchise based on the book and its sequels.

She said later, ''They could have put that movie out, called it something else, and no one would have known it was Twilight!' It was so different that Stephenie Meyer worried that she had made the wrong decision in selling the film rights to her novel. For example, the script transformed Bella into a star athlete. Twilight was in development for about three years at Paramount Pictures's MTV Films, during which time a screen adaptation differing significantly from the novel was written. 5.5 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2.5.4 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1.

4.5 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012).4.4 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011).A two-part adaptation of Breaking Dawn began shooting in November 2010 with release dates of November 18, 2011, and November 16, 2012, respectively. After Twilight grossed $35.7 million on its opening day, Summit Entertainment announced they would begin production on New Moon they had acquired the rights to the remaining novels earlier that same month. Three years later, Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the film.

The series had been in development since 2004 at Paramount Pictures, during which time a screen adaptation of Twilight that differed significantly from the novel was written. The third installment, Eclipse, was released on June 30, 2010, and was the first of the series to be released in IMAX. The second installment, New Moon, followed on November 20, 2009, breaking box office records as the biggest midnight screening and opening day in history, grossing an estimated $72.7 million. The first installment, Twilight, was released on November 21, 2008. The series has grossed over $3.4 billion worldwide. The Twilight Saga is a series of five vampire-themed romance fantasy films from Summit Entertainment based on the four novels published by author Stephenie Meyer. 607 minutes (1–5, combined theatrical cuts)Ħ34 minutes (1–5, combined extended editions)

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