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The Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 & 2 movies are the epic conclusion of the TwilightSaga. Spread over two films, and coming in at almost five hours, the movies follow Bella and Edward as they get hitched and start a family together – however, of course, there are some pretty huge complications that get in the way of their domestic bliss.

Stephenie Meyers’ original novel clocks in at over 750 pages, as Edward and Bella’s romance reaches its finale. Producers wisely – or cynically – decided to split the final book into two movies. Financially, the decision paid off: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 chomped down on a $138 million opening weekend at the U.S. box office when it was released in 2011. Its follow up, and the final instalment on the franchise, Breaking Dawn – Part 2, did even better, scoring a mammoth $141 million during its opening weekend the following year.

Incredibly, the movies stick close to the original novel. Loyal viewers are rewarded with Edward and Bella’s wedding, a honeymoon in Brazil, and Renesmee's birth, which had to be carefully negotiated in order for the film to get the all-important PG-13 rating. Fans were also given a seriously turbo charged battle scene that was absent from the books – even if it just turned out to be one of Alice’s vision.

We delve behind the scenes to reveal what Kristen Stewart’s last day on set was really like, how some of the epic CGI was achieved, and Robert Pattinson’s eye-watering pay packet. With the cast and crew spending five years together to bring us the Twilight movies, you can bet there must have been some emotional moments on set.

Here are the 20 Details Behind The Making Of Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 & 2.

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20 Robert Pattinson crashed a boat

Robert Pattinson comes across as a smooth, suave, and an altogether sensible actor. He has a serious look throughout the Twilight films - one that says he knows exactly what he is doing. However, everyone makes mistakes. At Comic-Con 2012, Pattinson reminisced about shooting the final movies in the series, mentioning what he liked and what he didn’t like, which included a problematic episode at sea.

While on location in Brazil to film Bella and Edward’s wedding, Pattinson found himself behind the wheel of a boat, which he crashed in front of '5000' people.

The crash was, of course, an accident. How embarrassing.

19 Kristen Stewart’s last day was 'ridiculous'

After playing Bella Swan for five movies, you would think that Kristen Stewart’s last day on set would have been an emotional roller coaster involving countless tears and hugs. Instead, her last day involved an unpleasant surprise.

'The very last thing I did was step on a rusty nail, before a big promotional tour, running barefoot through fake woods,' Stewart told MTV News, describing the last day as 'ridiculous.' It's not the most glamorous last day at the job. Thankfully, Stewart's foot survived the experience. However, it must've only added to the hectic day.

18 Stephenie Meyer attended Edward and Bella’s wedding

In a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 viewers can catch Twilight author Stephenie Meyer at Bella and Edward’s wedding. She appears on the left in a red dress. However, this isn’t the first time Meyer has made a cameo appearance in the franchise. She first popped up as a restaurant customer in the first movie. However, Meyer acted as executive producer and co-scriptwriter for Breaking Dawn, so she was more than entitled to her spot on the pew.

The author sat next to her co-screenwriter Melissa Rosenburg. Apparently, the two even made up a back story for their characters, with Rosenburg telling MTV News: 'Stephenie was married to Wyck, and I was [Bella's mom] Renee's friend from California.'

17 An intimate scene was cut

Getting a teen-friendly PG-13 is a goal for any YA movie franchise. Failure to do so would have locked out a large number of Twilight’s fan base from seeing the movie. The original book deals with some adult themes, including the first time that Edward and Bella consummate their marriage.

However, in the movie, the feather-strewn intimate scene had to be recut in order for it to get past censors and avoid an R-rating.

In the UK, the movie seemed like it was going to receive a 15 rating, and not the desired 12A rating. The reason? According toDigital Spy, some shots of Edward during the scene had to be cut to get the lower rating. Director Bill Condon made the necessary adjustments to ensure that the film received the desired rating.

16 There was a swear jar on set

Having 12-year-old Mackenzie Foy play Renesme in Breaking Dawn: Part 2 meant that the other actors had to watch their language around the young actor. One solution was to put in place a swear jar on set for anyone who swore. When asked about who contributed most to the swear jar, Foy was admirably tight-lipped, telling MTV News: 'Everybody cussed a little bit, but I'm not going to say who said the most, because I don't want anybody's mommy to hear, because I know if me or my brother says something, we get in trouble.'

Though it seems like not every member of the crew and cast held their tongue on set, the idea of placing a swear jar on set was a sweet one. It just goes to show you how close the crew and cast were by the end of the series.

15 CGI and prosthetics were used for Bella’s rapid weight loss

Breaking Dawn – Part 1 sees Bella go through several life changing events. There’s the marriage to vampire-beau Edward Cullen, her pregnancy, and the birth of Renesmee. Robert Pattinson described the latter scene to Los Angeles Daily Newsas “perhaps the ickiest birth scene ever filmed.”

Being pregnant with a vampire-human hybrid takes, apparently, a heavy toll on ones body. Bella suffered from rapid weight loss, which made her look incredibly ill. To achieve this look without Kristen Stewart going on a Christian Bale-style The Machinist diet, special effects experts used a combination of prosthetics and post-production CGI. “We ended [up] referencing thin fashion and runway models with very defined jaws and cheekbones,” Breaking Dawn's visual effects guru Edson Williams explained to Hollywood Life.

14 The book’s cover made a cameo

Edward and Bella escape for a romantic getaway in Brazil, where they enjoy beautiful views of the sea and occasionally play a few games of chess. Fans of the book might notice that the chess set that the lovers use to play their flirtatious game has the traditional white pieces alongside some not-so-traditional red pieces.

This is a nod to the cover of the Breaking Dawn novel, which depicts a white queen piece in the foreground with a red pawn behind it.

The pawn and the queen both represent Bella. Chess buffs will know that once a pawn gets to the other end of the board – or, in this case, the end of five movies – it turns into a queen.

13 Robert Pattinson wore a wig for reshoots

Twilight is known for its many dubious wigs, or, at least, hair that looks like a wig. Kristen Stewart wore one for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, as she'd already cut her hair to shoot The Runaways. Taylor Lautner also sported a wig in the original movie before he was able to chop his locks and hit the gym for his New Moon look.

Incredibly, Breaking Dawn – Part 2 includedRobert Pattinson to the list of Twilight actors who were forced to wear wigs. During reshoots for the movie, the actor had to don a wig. He described the experience as 'being like Frankenstein’s monster.' The actor went on to describe the toupee at a Comic Con panel: 'I couldn’t believe my last two days on Twilight they put this orange wig on my hair.'

12 Stephenie Meyers collaborated on the twist ending

Unlike other authors, Twilight creator and Breaking Dawn scriptwriter Stephenie Meyer doesn’t seem overly concerned about changes to the source material. When mulling over what to do with the ending in a Vancouver steakhouse, Meyer and fellow writer Melissa Rosenburg wrestled over how to translate the novel’s finale into something better suited for a Hollywood blockbuster.

They came up with snowbound battle sequence that saw, in an unexpected twist, two members of the Cullen clan lose their lives. However, everything turned out to be fine, as this would just be one of Alice's visions. “So both of us were trying to figure out how do we make that cinematic? It's just that back and forth, and the idea hits — wait a second, it's all happening in Alice's mind. It's actually referred to in the book, we just don't see it in the book. So the beauty of film, you get to see it,' Rosenburg explained to MTV News.

11 Stephenie Meyer chose the wedding dress designer

While Edward looks pretty suave in his tuxedo, it’s Bella’s wedding dress that is the real head-turner when the two tie the knot in Breaking Dawn – Part 1. The gown was designed by Carolina Herrera, who was personally chosen by Stephenie Meyer to produce the gown. Costing $35,000, the gown isn't exactly affordable and, considering that Bella’s family doesn't have much money, it must have taken them a while to save up.

The gown is made from crepe satin and Chantilly lace and has 152 buttons along the back.

Meanwhile, Edward's tuxedo was fitted for his character. Costume designer Michael Wilkinson toldMTV Newsthat Edward’s tux reflects the vampire’s age. “No off-the-rack! Never. I drew up my ideal ideas for all the tuxedos. We wanted them to have a vintage feel, that sort of Edwardian turn-of-the-century vibe,” he said.

10 The Pulp Fiction shot earned the movie an R-rating

Breaking Dawn’s traumatic birth scene pushes at the limits of what is acceptable for a PG-13 movie. Bella almost doesn’t make it through the scene and we see Edward's reaction to her worsening condition. At one point, we would've seen him plunge a syringe filled with vampire venom into Bella’s heart to stop her passing away in a moment reminiscent of Pulp Fiction, when John Travolta’s Vincent takes extreme measures to revive Uma Thurman's Mia. While this scene was filmed, it didn’t make it into the final film, although it was one of the crew’s favourites scenes.

Visual effects supervisor John Bruno explained to Flickering Myththat “when the film went out for ratings, Bill called me and said, ‘We’ve got an R rating.’ I went, ‘Oh that means I’ve got to lose my favourite scene.’”

9 Elizabeth Reaser’s contact lenses were 'excruciating' to wear

Playing a vampire in Twilight isn’t without its drawbacks. Not only are you caked in make-up to make you look as pale as possible, but you also have to wear coloured contact lenses all of the time. Elizabeth Reaser, who played Esme Cullen, had some strong views on her lenses. She told Vanity Fair: “Oh my God, they were beyond annoying. They are excruciating.”

It turns out that some days were worse than others, particularly the final battle scene, which involved big chunks of snow, which was made out of paper, getting lodged under the contact lenses. It sounds painful. In the same interview, Peter Facinelli recalls Reaser waking up with swollen eyelids. It was then that he realized that, though he plays a doctor, he wasn’t able to be much help.

8 Sofia Coppola and Gus Van Sant were in line to direct

While the Twilight franchise might have received a drubbing from the critics – and it really did, with Breaking Dawn – Part 1 sitting at 24% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes – it always had decent directors behind it, who helped to put Stephenie Meyer’s tween fantasy onto the silver screen. The original movie was directed by Catherine Hardwicke, who was responsible for Thirteen. After that, Chris Weitz helmed New Moon and Eclipse saw David Slade take the director's chair.

While Bill Condon, who directed Gods and Monsters, took on Breaking Dawn, it’s interesting to note that Sofia Coppola and Gus Van Sant were also in the running to direct.

What they would have done with the final two entries in the saga would have made for fascinating viewing.

7 There were more wolf shots than any other Twilight movie

Breaking Dawn - Parts 1 & 2 have more wolf shots in them than all of the other Twilight films combined - and they all look really good. According to the visual effects supervisors, the transition from human to massive wolf is directly inspired from Stephanie Meyer’s novels. In the books, there isn’t any big transformation scene. Instead, it’s a choreographed shift in form, which usually happens when the person becoming a wolf is annoyed.

Phil Tippett, who’s VFX company had been handling Twilight’s CGI lupines since New Moon told Flickering Myth: “They transform very quickly and that was a magician’s slight of hand trick. It’s not like An American Werewolf in London (1981) or The Wolfman (2010), where it was all about the scene of transformation. This is not the same kind of deal. You’ve got a 150 pound kid and he has to turn into a 1500 pound wolf really fast so there’s no time to think about it.”

6 Michael Sheen’s daughter wasn’t happy with his casting

Michael Sheen thought that his 13-year old daughter would be happy when he landed the part as big bad Aro in the Breaking Dawn movies. However, it turns out that this wasn’t the case. “I thought she was going to be really excited, when I said that I was going to be [Aro], but in fact, she was really annoyed,” the actor told Collider.

Sheen’s daughter didn't think that her dad was right for the role, telling him that Aro is completely bald – a look that the actor doesn’t go with in the movie. In the end, she changed her tune and was excited for her dad. It's a good thing, too, as Sheen is terrific as Aro, giving the vampire a comedic lightness, which makes his evil turns all the more menacing and surprising.

5 Complex CGI was used to age 10-year-old Mackenzie Foy

Producers chose 10-year old actress Mackenzie Foy to play Edward Cullen and Bella Swan’s daughter, Renesmee - a character who appears as both a child and as teenager in Breaking Dawn – Part 2.

Instead of casting different actors in the role, the filmmakers stuck with Foy for the two movies and used a complicated mix of CGI and techniques used to predict what missing children will look like in the future.

Edson Williams, who movie's visual effects head, explained the process to Flickering Myth: “To accomplish this task, we shot an 18-year-old model running through a park, and then captured Mackenzie’s performance in the Lola Projection Rig. Using Flame software, we modified Mackenzie [Foy]’s facial features to look much older, and then modified a CyberScan of Mackenzie to match the older proportions created in the Flame.”

4 There was a dance off before the final battle

What better way to ease the tension before a big battle than with a dance off? When the Cullens and werewolves square off against the Voltauri at the end of Breaking Dawn – Part 2, an epic battle takes place. However, there’s also a version of the scene where the Cullens break into a choreographed dance routine, much to the surprise of the opposing vampire hordes.

Mia Maestro, who plays Carmen, organized the throw down to '80s Eurythmics’ thumper 'Sweet Dreams'. One reason for the Cullens to break out some sweet moves was that the cast had been filming against a green screen for six straight weeks and needed something to cheer them up. 'We needed the morale boost, I think, to unite us all in vampirehood and joy,' Maggie Grace told MTV News.

3 Peter Facinelli might have taken Carlisle’s ring

In Hollywood, it seems to only be customary for actors to take home some of their wardrobe – whether it’s a favourite piece of clothing, an item of costume jewellery, or some other keepsake to remind them of their time on set. Peter Facinelli, who played Dr. Carlisle Cullen, was personally attached to Carlisle’s ring.

The actor had already tried to take the ring home with him after New Moon had wrapped. However, producers reminded him that there as only one ring so they’d need it back for subsequent movies in the series. However, all bets were off with the final instalment. “When we did Breaking Dawn—Part 2, [the ring] might have or it might not have been left on my finger when I got home,” the actor told Vanity Fair.

2 Kellan Lutz worked out for 7 months for the movie

Actors do a lot of waiting around on set while complex scenes are set up, lit, and every member of the crew is placed where they are meant to be. This is the reason why actors, or at least highly-paid A-listers, have tricked-out trailers to hide in between shots. Kellen Lutz, who played vampire Emmett, did something a bit different, though. He filled his time by working out.

“I got really big. Seven months of working out? That’s double the time we had for the other movies. I just was eating and working out, because I had a lot of downtime,” Lutz revealed to Vanity Fair.

The results are definitely obvious during Emmett's arm wrestling match against Bella, where Lutz's bicep looks like it's ready to pop.

1 Robert Pattinson got a huge paycheque for Breaking Dawn

The chemistry between Kwisten Stewart and Robert Pattinson brought a lot to the original Twilight – both on and off the screen – and was therefore a huge part of the movie's success. Considering that the film grossed $351 million worldwide, the actors felt like they should have received a bigger paycheck for their efforts.

When it came to negotiating paycheques for New Moon, the leads knew their value – after all, it would be complicated to have to recast the role of Edward or Bella just after the franchise had started. According to TMZ, producers agreed to pay the pair a $2.5 million bonus for Twilight. However, that’s nothing compared to the reported $25 million that Robert Pattinson took home for his work on Breaking Dawn – Part 1 & 2.

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (commonly referred to as Breaking Dawn: Part 2) is a 2012 American romanticdramafantasy film directed by Bill Condon and based on the novel Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. Constituting the second of a two-part adaptation of the novel, the film is the fifth and final installment in The Twilight Saga film series, following 2011's Breaking Dawn: Part 1. All three main cast members, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprise their roles, with Mackenzie Foy portraying Renesmee Cullen. Alongside Pattinson, Lautner, Stewart, and Foy, the film also stars an ensemble cast including Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Ashley Greene, Michael Sheen, and Dakota Fanning.

Part 2 was released on November 16, 2012.^[5] The film, despite mixed critical reception, was a box office success, grossing nearly $830 million worldwide against production budget of $136 million, becoming the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2012 and the highest-grossing film of The Twilight Saga series.

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Bella, who has just given birth, awakens from her human-to-vampire transformation and is introduced to her daughter Renesmee. The rest of the Cullens and Jacob stay nearby, and when Jacob acts possessively towards Renesmee, Bella learns he has imprinted on her, making her furious until Jacob explains what imprinting is. Meanwhile, Bella's father, Charlie, has been trying to contact the Cullens for updates on Bella's health. Carlisle comes to believe that they have to leave Forks, Washington to protect their identities - especially because of Charlie. Jacob, desperate not to lose Renesmee, visits Charlie and tell him that Bella is alive and well, but had to change in order to get better. Jacob also tells Charlie he doesn't live in the world he thinks he lives in, but says nothing about vampires. He then phases into his wolf form. Charlie then visits the Cullen house and meets Renesmee, believing she is a niece of Edward's whom Bella and Edward adopted. Afterward, the Cullens are able to stay in Forks.

Several months pass with Carlisle monitoring Renesmee's rapid growth. On an outing in the woods, a bitter Irina sees Renesmee from a distance and assumes she's an immortal child without asking any questions. Immortal children were vampires who were changed in childhood, and because they could not be trained nor restrained, they destroyed entire villages. They were eventually executed, as were the parents who created them, and the creation of such children outlawed. Irina goes to the Volturi to report what she has seen. Alice sees the Volturi and Irina coming to kill the Cullens, and instructs the others to gather as many witnesses as they can to testify that Renesmee is not an immortal child. The Cullens begin to summon witnesses, such as the Denali family. One of the Denali, Eleazar, later discovers that Bella has a special ability: a powerful mental shield which had protected her from Edward's mind reading even when she was human, and which she is taught to extend to protect others from vampire powers.

As some of their potential witnesses are attacked and prevented from supporting the Cullens, Carlisle and Edward realize they may have to fight the Volturi. Their witnesses ultimately agree to stand with them in battle, having realized the Volturi increased their Guard by falsely accusing covens of crimes, destroying them and then recruiting the vampires with gifts. The Volturi arrive prepared for battle, led by Aro, who is eager to obtain the gifted members of the Cullen coven as part of his Guard. Aro is allowed to touch Renesmee, and is convinced that she is not an immortal child. Irina is brought forth and takes full responsibility for her mistake, leading to her immediate death. Aro still insists that Renesmee may pose a risk in the future, validating his claim that battle is necessary. Before any violence, Alice shares with Aro her vision of the battle that is to come, during which both sides sustain heavy casualties, including Aro, who would also die. Aro believes her, giving Alice and Jasper an opportunity to reveal their witness, Nahuel (a half-mortal half-vampire just like Renesmee). The witness proves that he is not a threat, supporting the notion that Renesmee is not a threat. The Volturi unhappily leave, explaining that there will be no battle today.

Back at the Cullen home, Alice glimpses the future, seeing Edward and Bella together with Jacob and a fully matured Renesmee also together. Edward reads Alice's mind and feels relieved that Renesmee has Jacob to protect her. Alone in the meadow, Bella pushes her mental shield away and finally allows Edward to see into her mind, showing him every moment she and Edward shared together and the two share a kiss after Bella telling Edward, 'Nobody has ever loved anybody as much as I love you', and both Edward and Bella say they will love each other and be together forever.

Cast[edit]

• Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan
• Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen
• Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black
• Mackenzie Foy as Renesmee Cullen
• Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen
• Peter Facinelli as Carlisle Cullen
• Elizabeth Reaser as Esme Cullen
• Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen
• Nikki Reed as Rosalie Hale
• Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale
• Maggie Grace as Irina
• Michael Sheen as Aro
• Jamie Campbell Bower as Caius
• Dakota Fanning as Jane
• Christopher Heyerdahl as Marcus
• Billy Burke as Charlie Swan
• Casey LaBow as Kate
• MyAnna Buring as Tanya
• Lee Pace as Garrett
• Christian Camargo as Eleazar
• Mía Maestro as Carmen
• Noel Fisher as Vladimir
• Joe Anderson as Alistair
• Cameron Bright as Alec
• Angela Sarafyan as Tia
• Rami Malek as Benjamin
• Booboo Stewart as Seth Clearwater
• Daniel Cudmore as Felix
• Ty Olsson as Phil
• Alex Meraz as Paul
• Judith Shekoni as Zafrina
• Charlie Bewley as Demetri
• Titus Welliver as FBI Agent marcus
• J. D. Pardo as Nahuel
• Wendell Pierce as J. Jenks
• Julia Jones as Leah Clearwater
• Lateef Crowder as Santiago
• Andrea Powell as Sasha
• Toni Trucks as Mary
• Andrea Gabriel as Kebi
• Austin Naulty as Werewolf
• Kiowa Gordon as Embry Call
• Chaske Spencer as Sam Uley
• Bronson Pelletier as Jared
• Marisa Quinn as Huilen
• Omar Metwally as Amun
• Valorie Curry as Charlotte
• Tracey Heggins as Senna
• Marlane Barnes as Maggie
• Guri Weinberg as Stefan
• Erik Odom as Peter
• Tyson Houseman as Quil Ateara
• Gil Birmingham as Billy Black
• Lisa Howard as Siobhan
• Bill Tangradi as Randall
• Patrick Brennan as Liam
• Amadou Ly as Henri
• Janelle Froehlich as Yvette
• Masami Kosaka as Toshiro

Cam Gigandet (James), Rachelle Lefevre, and Bryce Dallas Howard (Victoria), Edi Gathegi (Laurent), Jodelle Ferland (Bree Tanner), and various other actors from the previous films make cameos during the ending credits.^[6]

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

After confirming one film, Summit Entertainment had been keeping their eye on a fifth installment.^{[clarification needed]} In May 2010, Billy Burke and Peter Facinelli were the only cast actors who were confirmed for both parts of Breaking Dawn, while other cast members such as Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz were still in negotiations for a second part. If the actors holding Summit back from making an official announcement did not reach an agreement with them, the studio would not have minded recasting their roles, as was done in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse with Bryce Dallas Howard's character, Victoria. However, in June 2010, Summit officially confirmed that a two-part adaptation of the fourth book would start production and it was made clear that all major actors, including the three lead roles, the Cullen family, and Charlie Swan, would return for both parts.

Pre-production[edit]

By August 2009, Rosenberg said that the scripts for Part 1 and 2 were 75 to 85 percent completed. She found the greatest challenge in writing the scripts to be the final sequence of Part 2: 'The final battle sequence is a big challenge because it lasts 25 pages', she said. 'It's almost an entire three-act story in and of itself. You have to track [keep it all in one setting] hundreds of characters. It's an enormous challenge to choreograph on the page and for Bill [Condon] to choreograph on the stage.' She had written various drafts of the scene but, at that, hadn't revised or discussed them with Condon yet. She said, 'That's the next big hurdle to sit down with the stunt coordinator and create the ballet. It's a lot of work. I'm exhausted, but we're intent on making them the best scripts yet.' Godfrey called Part 2 'an action film in terms of life-and-death stakes' and said that in Part 1 'there are the pangs of newlywed tension that occur that are relatable even in a fantasy film. Marriage is not quite the experience that they thought it was.' Condon thought of Part 1 'as a real companion piece to Catherine Hardwicke's movie'. Condon explains, 'Like, everything that got set up there gets resolved here. I think you'll find that there are stylistic and other nods to that film.'

Godfrey considered releasing the second film in 3D to differentiate between the time before and after Bella becomes a vampire, an idea originally proposed for Eclipse, but said that the decision is up to Condon. However, he said that if the second film were to be released in 3D, he would like to shoot it with the proper equipment in 'real' 3D as was done with Avatar (2009), not convert it into 3D in post-production as was done with Clash of the Titans (2010).^[7] On February 12, 2012 it was confirmed that Part 2 would not be filmed in 3D.^[8]

Filming[edit]

Filming started on November 1, 2010 and wrapped, for most of the cast, on April 15, 2011, ending the franchise's three years of production since March 2008. Filming was shot on location in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana; Vancouver, British Columbia; and New York City, New York. Filming also occurred at Raleigh Studios in Baton Rouge.

On the subject of the final day and her final moment as Bella, Stewart stated, 'After that scene, my true final scene, I felt like I could shoot up into the night sky and every pore of my body would shoot light. I felt lighter than I've ever felt in my life.'^[9] Pattinson thought the day was 'amazing' and commented, 'I then asked myself why we didn't do this in those four years. Every difficult moment just vanished.'

In April 2012, the crew and cast, including Pattinson and Stewart, returned for reshoots to pick up some additional shots for technical work with some of the cast and stunt actors. These re-shoots did not include any new scenes or dialogue.^[10]

Special effects[edit]

Tippett Studio first began working on the CGI (computer-generated imagery) wolves in February 2009 for The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and the look of the creatures has evolved, becoming more photo real over the course of the saga, with the input of three different directors. 'It's a subtle balance of just how anthropomorphic these wolves are,' says Eric Leven. 'Bill (Condon) wanted to make sure that we had a sense of the human or the shape shifter in there. Finding that balance of how much of a human performance versus an animal performance was important for Bill.'

Leven adds, 'Bill has always treated the wolves as characters and never as computer generated things, and directs them in the same way he'd direct any actor. He would always give us direction like Sam should be angrier. It's the best way to work. His treating these creatures as characters, instead of just computer bits, was really great.'

'Because we've been working on this franchise for such a prolonged period of time, we've been able to improve the look from show to show,' comments Phil Tippett. 'Wolves generally are pretty darn clean and since Bill wanted the wolves rangier, that means a lot more fur matting and clumping, like they've lived out in the woods. We edged towards something a bit more feral.'

'However, there is also a balance between look and technology,' adds Tippett. 'The body count of the wolves escalates and because we're adding a great deal more hair to get the right texture, that fur really ups the rendering time. We've gone from four wolves to eight to twelve, to sixteen in Part 2. So we have to be very careful about that balance, because it takes hundreds of hours to render each wolf.'^[11]

Music[edit]

It was revealed in January 2012 that the soundtrack for Part 2 had already started production.^[12] Confirmed for the soundtrack in advance were 'Heart of Stone' by Iko, which plays when Edward and Bella are talking in the cottage after finding Alice's note and 'Where I Come From' by Passion Pit, which will play when Bella wakes up from her transformation.^[13] The lead single from the soundtrack is 'The Forgotten', performed by the American rock band Green Day. 'A Thousand Years, Pt. 2' by the American singer Christina Perri is also featured on the soundtrack album.

Carter Burwell, the composer of Twilight and Breaking Dawn: Part 1, returned to score the final installment of the series. In later announcements, Burwell confirmed that the score for the film was complete. 'The movie basically upholds the final installment with a score that has the same jungle-music feeling The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 brought us,' Burwell affirmed. 'The music pieces that take place in the catalytic final battle will be very much like the nineteenth song in the previous movie's score, 'It's Renesmee' and the twenty-fourth, 'You Kill Her You Kill Me', which were, if not the most, one of the boldest pieces in my career. I will tease anything but I recommend for the fans to listen to 'A Kick in the Head', 'Exacueret Nostri Dentes in Filia' and 'Aro's End' if you want to have goosebumps for the rest of your life.'^{[citation needed]}

Release[edit]

Box office[edit]

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 has earned $292,324,737 in North America and $537,360,640 in other territories for a worldwide total of $829,685,377.^[3] The film is now the 46th-highest-grossing film of all time, the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2012, and the highest-grossing film of the Twilight series. It had a $340.9 million worldwide opening, which was the eighth-largest ever, the largest for the Twilight franchise, and the largest for a film released outside the summer period.^[14]

In North America, the film grossed $30.4 million in Thursday night and midnight showings, achieving the third-highest midnight gross^[15][16] and the highest midnight gross of the franchise.^[17][18]Breaking Dawn – Part 2 made an $71.2 million on its opening day, which is the sixth-highest opening- and single-day gross as well as the third-highest of the franchise.^[19] For its opening weekend, the movie earned $141.1 million,^[20] which is the 13th-highest-grossing opening weekend of all time,^[21][22] the second-highest-grossing of the franchise,^[23] the third-largest November opening,^[24] and the fourth-largest opening of 2012.^[25] It retained first place in its second weekend by dropping 69.1% with a gross of $43.6 million over the three-day weekend and made a total of $64.4 million over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend.^[26] In its third weekend, Breaking Dawn Part – 2 held onto the No. 1 spot again by dropping 60.1% and grossing $17.4 million.^[27] It became the third-highest-grossing film of the franchise behind Eclipse and New Moon.^[28]

Outside North America, the film opened on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 in six countries earning $13.8 million. By Thursday, it had opened in 37 territories, earning $38.8 million. In all territories, it opened with similar or higher earnings than its immediate predecessor.^[29] Through its first Friday, it earned $91.0 million, after expanding to 61 territories.^[30][31] By the end of its opening weekend (Wednesday–Sunday), it scored a series-best $199.5 million opening from 61 territories on 12,812 screens. This is the eighth-largest opening outside North America and the largest 2012 opening.^[32] IMAX showings generated $3 million from 82 locations.^[33] The film's largest openings were recorded in the UK, Ireland, and Malta ($25.2 million), Russia and the CIS ($22.0 million), and France and the Maghreb region ($17.9 million).^[34] In Spain, it set a three-day opening-weekend record with $11.9 million.^[35] In total earnings, its three highest-grossing markets after North America are the UK, Ireland, and Malta ($57.9 million), Brazil ($54.2 million), and Russia and the CIS ($42.8 million).^[34]

Critical response[edit]

The film received mixed reviews from critics, but the reviews were much more favorable than those of its predecessor. At Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 49% rating, based on 190 reviews with the consensus stating: 'It's the most entertaining Twilight, but that's not enough to make Breaking Dawn Part 2 worth watching for filmgoers who don't already count themselves among the franchise converts.'^[36] At Metacritic it has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on reviews from 31 critics.^[37] Audiences polled on CinemaScore gave it an average rating of 'A'.^[38] The majority of praise from both fans and critics went towards the ending sequence, Michael Sheen's performance as the Volturi leader Aro and Lee Pace's performance as vampire Garrett.

Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, 'The final installment of the immortal Bella/Edward romance will give its breathlessly awaiting international audience just what it wants'.^[39] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly said, 'Breaking Dawn: Part 2 starts off slow but gathers momentum, and that's because, with Bella and Edward united against the Volturi, the picture has a real threat'.^[40] Sara Stewart of the New York Post wrote, 'Finally, someone took the source material at its terribly written word and stopped treating the whole affair so seriously'.^[41] Justin Chang of Variety praised the performance of Stewart by saying, 'No longer a mopey, lower-lip-biting emo girl, this Bella is twitchy, feral, formidable and fully energized, a goddess even among her exalted bloodsucker brethren'.^[42] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times said, 'Despite the slow start Mr. Condon closes the series in fine, smooth style. He gives fans all the lovely flowers, conditioned hair and lightly erotic, dreamy kisses they deserve'.^[43]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four, saying 'its audience, which takes these films very seriously indeed, will drink deeply of its blood. The sensational closing sequence cannot be accused of leaving a single loophole, not even some of those we didn't know were there'. He concluded by saying, 'Breaking Dawn, Part 2' must be one of the more serious entries in any major movie franchise.. it bit the bullet, and I imagine fans will be pleased.'^[44] Helen O'Hara of Empire gave the film a mixed review and said, 'Fans will be left on a high; other viewers will be confused but generally entertained by a saga whose romance is matched only by its weirdness'.^[45]

Home media[edit]

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 2, 2013.^[46] As of June 1, 2014, Breaking Dawn: Part 2 has sold 4,810,249 DVDs along with 1,224,869 Blu-ray Discs for $71,418,469 and $24,472,107 respectively totaling $99,195,325.^[47]

Future[edit]

In September 2016, Lionsgate co-chairman Patrick Wachsberger stated that a sequel was 'a possibility' but would only go ahead if Stephenie Meyer wanted to do one.^[48] On August 8, 2017, Variety reported that Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer has interest in having spinoffs made for The Twilight Saga, and wants to create a writers' room to explore the idea.^[49]

Awards and nominations[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 on IMDb
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 at Metacritic
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 at Box Office Mojo
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 at Rotten Tomatoes