'Twilight' makes $72 mil at Friday B.O.

'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning -- Part 1'America bled eco-friendly for Summit's B.O.-busting vampires of the underworld. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning -- Part 1" opened up to $72 million Stateside last evening.Similar to the franchise's best ("New Moon" snagged a $72.7 million opening day last year), the figure has "Breaking Beginning -- Part 1" squarely consistent with pre-weekend estimations near $140 million. Pic also reps the franchise's greatest night time take at $30.3 million, eclipsing "Eclipse."Departing little room for competition, "Twilight's" nearest challenger last evening was Warner Bros.' "Happy Ft Two," which danced served by $5.9 million locally. Whether it reacts like its predecessor having a healthy Friday-to-Saturday uptick from family auds, the tap dancing toon could gross near to $20 million through Sunday.Meanwhile, it is a equine race among last week's those who win for third, 4th and fifth places this frame. Relativity's "The Immortals" made $3.8 million last evening with Sony's "Jack and Jill" just behind it at $3.5 million. Paramount's "Puss in Boots" raised the tail with $3.4 million.In limited release, Fox Searchlight's "The Descendants" broadened to 29 locations yesterday to have an impressive per screen average of $10,988, putting the pic in tenth place. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com