Edward Cullen Edward Cullen Edward Cullen (né Edward Anthony Masen) is a fictional character in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series. He is featured in the books "Twilight", "New Moon", "Eclipse" and "Breaking Dawn", and their corresponding film adaptations, and the as yet unfinished novel "Midnight Sun"—a re-telling of the events of "Twilight" from Edward's perspective. Edward is a telepathic vampire who, over the course of the series, falls in love with, marries, and has a child with Bella Swan, a human teenager who later chooses to become a vampire as well. In the "Twilight" film series, Edward is played by actor Robert Pattinson.
The Twilight Saga (film series) "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is the ninth-highest opening weekend in domestic history with $142,839,137. The film also has the sixth highest worldwide opening weekend with $274.9 million total. While "The Twilight Saga" has been successful at the box office, critical reception of the films was mixed, and declined as the series continued. "New York Press" critic Armond White called "Twilight" "a genuine pop classic", and praised Hardwicke for turning "Meyer's book series into a Brontë-esque vision". "USA Today" gave the film two out of four stars and Claudia Puig wrote: "Meyer is said to have been involved in the