On Robert Pattinson’s 39th birthday, revisiting the box office legacy of Twilight

A Cone of cinema in constant reinvention

In the bloody cult saga the vampires don't age — in real life this looks different for the actors: insides. Promised: You can watch these photos until the next dawn.The rainy town of Forks in the U.S. state of Washington became the main spot for the love triangle between Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) with the first film of the "Twilight" saga.In droves, the teens and adults went t…

Robert Pattinson turns 39: A look at how he reinvented his career

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Casper Libero chapter. Before 2008, Robert Pattinson was relatively unknown, though not entirely inexperienced — since he had a memorable role in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) as Cedric Diggory, which introduced him to a much broader audience. A few years later, he had the opportunity to play Edward Cullen in the Twilight Saga, a worldwide phenomenon. Suddenly, he wa…

On Robert Pattinson’s 39th birthday, revisiting the box office legacy of Twilight

As Robert Pattinson turns 39 today, it’s the perfect day to revisit the saga that propelled him to global stardom: The Twilight Saga. The romance-fantasy film series, based on Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling novels, was more than just a pop culture phenomenon — it was a box office juggernaut that cemented Pattinson’s place in showbiz. The franchise kicked off with Twilight in 2008, which earned USD 402 million worldwide on a modest USD 37 million …

Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse and More Twilight Stars' Romances

After a logistically convenient but also genuinely loving relationship with Twilight costar Robert Pattinson ended in a shroud of scandal, Kristen Stewart started dating women. Which, inevitably, made her more comfortable in her own skin amid her complicated relationship with fame. “When I was dating a guy I was hiding everything that I did because everything personal … The post Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse and More Twilight Stars’ Roman…