Twilight release rivals Harry Potter

For those of you who’ve been waiting for Twilight fever to die down after the debut of the film this weekend, don’t hold your breath. Barely 24 hours after the first film has been released, the sequel has been greenlit because of one bottom line reason: money. And “Twilight” has been raking in a lot of it. Twilight earned an astonishing $35.7M on Friday (that number includes the $7 million from the midnight shows the night before). As expected the film took a hefty drop on Saturday earning approximately $22 million. If these estimates hold look for the film to take in about $72 million for the weekend. That’s the kind of box office territory usually reserved for “Harry Potter” flicks in this season. No wonder we’ll be seeing more of Edward and Bella soon