Robert Pattison began camping out at Mann’s Village theater in Westwood
Thousands of female fans of actor Robert Pattison, young British star of the vampire movie Twilight began camping out Sunday at Mann’s Village theater in Westwood hoping to get a glimpse of the young British star. The vampire movie Twilight when it premieres at the theater on Monday. According to the report of Canada’s National Post that thousands of Pattison’s teen fans showed up at a promotion for the movie in Toronto on Saturday.
Noting that Twilight has not yet even been released. “This was a case of fame running ahead of itself on a ski hill. This, here, was the sound of many, many hammers, etching a moment into pop culture’s time. Pattison, here, was like Rudolph Valentino in 1921, or Warren Beatty in 1975, or a Spice Girl in 1996,” it commented.
Nikki Finke, on her Deadline Hollywood Daily blog observed Sunday that industry experts don’t know what to make of this frenzy in terms of estimating grosses of box office for this low cost blockbuster’s. November 21 opening with estimates ranging from $35 million to $40 million and up to $60 million.
