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Steel," out today already has earned 21 milli$21 million. i impressive, yes. that doesn't stack up to day one top earners ever. harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2. twilight breaking dawn. twilight eclipse. no one wants man of steel to be good more than me. not just because time warner owns cnn. superman is a classic, i say. in the era when even b-list heroes have big movie franchises, why has superman remained so earthbound? >> they're robbing the truck! >> superman has long been at home on the small screen. there was lois and clark in the '90s. smallville and the ots. both successes....

Blockbuster franchise hit theaters this weekend. actually hit i think on midnight wednesday people started going to see this thing. we're checking in to see how "eclipse" stacks up against its competition and also what lies ahead. >> reporter: more like an empire. thousands of fans are packing into theaters to watch vampires battle werewolves in "twilight eclipse" the third film in the hugely popular saga already earning millions at the box office, adding to what has quickly become a blockbuster franchise. >> the "twilight" empire includes so many things. >> reporter: lacy rhodes from "forbes"...

July 4th. spread the word. >> this is what i'm saying. greg, you said one of the things you miss about fourth of july is buying illegal fireworks from a guy in a down jacket. aren't you the age where you should be the guy in the down jacket? >> yeah, but i am not allowed near the playground. >> there is that. all right. "twilight-eclipse" has record opening of $sucket 8 million. -- $68 million. the budget for the film is $68 million. >> how long would it take for us to make back our budget? >> $3 million. greg, you said "eclipse" is expected to gross $17 trillion by monday. that's at the upper...

Periods and they actually are work periods instead of recess because they have to march in the fourth of july parades and they have to meet with local officials and they have to try to win the seats before coming back here. >> with so unemployed americans who wouldn't want to work in the pretty building behind you. >> thanks. at theaters near you "twilight eclipse" has bitten its way into the record books since its midnight opening on thursday, but expect big numbers from the vampire love story over this long weekend. so which movie is brave enough to challenge teen power? the other major fi...

Fire works. >> that sounds the best of all. i understand also there might be an appearance by some of the twilight eclipse cast members? can you confirm that? >> i did hear that, i hear that there might be some vampires on the boat. so we're looking forward to that. >> okay, now i know that you and your beautiful wife mariah ca y carey, you guys were in los angeles this year, will mariah will hanging out with you this year? or are you just going to be working on the job? >> hopefully she can come and experience the beautiful fire works, she's actually currently working on her next christmas al...