'Breaking Dawn Part 2' makes only USD 30.4m on opening night

The movie opened in the theatres on Thursday night and though the midnight grosses for the vampire series were low domestically it is over performing overseas, where it has already earned USD 38.8 million from 37 territories it opened.

The box office observers have predicted that "Breaking Dawn 2" could open between USD 145 million and USD 150 million, a franchise best, over the weekend, the Hollywood Reporter said.

"Breaking Dawn Part 1" debuted to USD 138.1 million on the same weekend a year ago and in November 2009, "New Moon" opened to USD 142.8 million.

Directed by Bill Condon, "Breaking Dawn 2" returns Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner in the lead roles.

At No 2 on the list is Daniel Craig starrer "Skyfall" which is expected to gross in the USD 40 million range in its second weekend.