The Twilight movie series has helped a film company started in Vancouver break a domestic record.
Box office sales have now topped $ 1-billion thanks to the success of Lionsgate’s Breaking Dawn — Part 2.
The last movie in the series filmed mostly in British Columbia earned almost $ 341-million worldwide its opening weekend.
Lionsgate, now based in Santa Monica, is the first non-traditional studio to eclipse the $ 1-billion mark at the domestic box office in a single calendar year.
The company expects to top the $ 2-billion mark worldwide in the next few weeks thanks again to the Twilight saga.
Lionsgate’s also the studio behind the Hunger Games franchise which grossed $ 408-million at the domestic box office this year.
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