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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Estimated ticket sales for the latest "Twilight" movie were revised downwards for the second time in as many days on Monday, although the vampire romance still drew plenty of fans to North American theaters.

As Northwest tribe revels in 'Twilight' spotlight, leader says film recognizes 'real Quileute'. The leader of the Quileute Nation in northwest Washington first began hearing her tribe had a role in the popular "Twilight Saga" from fans clamoring to know more about the place where a vampire tale of teenage love unfolds.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" enjoyed a record-setting Wednesday opening by making $68.5 million in theaters, but it fell short of the first-day gross for the previous movie in the vampire romance franchise.

Capsule reviews of `The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' and other films this week. Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vampire romance has become hotter -- if you can believe the story.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood hopes the sleepy summer box office gets jolted awake by vampire film "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" when it debuts on Wednesday, ahead of what some experts believe will be a $175 million-plus opening over five days.

Movie review: Third installment in 'Twilight Saga' eclipses chapters 1 and 2. A moon-eyed teen must choose between her vampire lover and her werewolf pal, a decision she faces amid the ever-simmering rivalry between bloodsuckers and lycanthropes.

Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson has been named one of the world's most powerful celebrities in a survey published by Forbes magazine.

`The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'' continues to perpetrate the longest, oddest courtship in the history of the movies. She wants him. He wants to wait. This is the third movie in the series, and it mitigates its parable for sex, abstinence, and moral choices with hot vampires and overheated werewolves. You have to commend the peddlers of this particular installment. They've squared the metaphors and parallels almost evenly - bloodsuckers vs. their lupine adversaries, lust vs. chastity, talking vs. action. ``Eclipse,'' which is based on Stephenie Meyer's books (there are four), favors discourse over derringdo, and since the filmmaking is logy and rhythmless, there's also a lot of derringdon't. But in a season of lobotomized action spectacles, watching three teenagers - one of whom happens to be as old as the hills - prattle for two long hours about their feelings is noble. If the first two movies were ``get a room,'' part three is ``get a therapist.'' Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) remains uns

`The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" continues to perpetrate the longest, oddest courtship in the history of the movies. She wants him. He wants to wait. This is the third movie in the series, and it mitigates its parable for sex, abstinence, and the moral choices with fantasies of full of hot vampires and shirtless werewolves. You have to commend the peddlers of this particular installment who have squared the sides so there's almost perfect fairy tale tension - bloodsuckers vs. their lupine adversaries, lust vs. chastity, talking vs. fighting. ``Eclipse," which is based on Stephenie Meyers's books (there are four), favors discourse over derringdo, and since the filmmaking is logy and rhythmless, there's also a lot of derringdon't. But in a season of lobotomized action spectacles, watching three teenagers - one of whom happens to be as old as the hills - talk for two long hours about their feelings is admirable. If the first two movies were "get a room," part three is "get a therapist." Bella

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It took three films, but "The Twilight Saga" finally nails just the right tone in "Eclipse," a film that neatly balances the teenage operatic passions from Stephenie Meyer's novels with the movies' supernatural trappings.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" makers hired a horror director to pump up the action, but what they got was a movie filled with love. And "Twi-hard" fans of the hit film franchise will likely be happy.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Teen idol Taylor Lautner stars as werewolf Jacob Black in "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," a vampire romance film that sees him compete with bloodsucker Edward Cullen for the heart of a high school girl.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bite into "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson's past and what do you get? A blood-curdling connection to Dracula, the biggest vampire of them all.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kristen Stewart can't wait to sink her teeth into "Breaking Dawn," the two-part finale in the smash hit "Twilight" films about falling in love with a vampire.

Stephenie Meyer, the Mormon mother turned best-selling author, closes a five-year rags-to-riches saga next weekend with the release of the final chapter in her vampire romances.

Hollywood stars swept into London for the National Movie Awards on Wednesday where the casts of Twilight and Harry Potter were the big winners of the night.

Hollywood stars swept into London for the National Movie Awards on Wednesday where the casts of Twilight and Harry Potter were the big winners of the night.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The independent studio behind "Twilight" on Wednesday said it reached a deal with Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz to reprise their supporting roles as vampires in the fourth film in the franchise.

Isabella passes Emma as top baby name for US girls; Jacob leads boys for 11th straight year. Mom and Dad may be looking to popular vampire books and the first family for baby names: Cullen is on the rise for boys and Malia for girls. But Miley and Jonas are down, proving that acclaim can be fleeting.