'Twilight' and director Catherine Hardwicke make the Guiness Book of World Records

September 15, 10:53 PMTwilight ExaminerAmanda Bell

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She's the recent recipient of the Dorothy Arzner Directors Award at the Women in Film Crystal Lucy Awards. She's been said to have "prove[n] that woman can muscle in on the blockbuster market too." She's been slated to direct films like Hamlet, If I Stay, The Girl with the Red Riding Hood, and Maximum Ride. Her name is Catherine Hardwicke, and she was the director of Twilight.

Her work on Twilight has, according to Reuters, gained her and the film a place in the Guiness Book of World Records for "Highest-Grossing Movie By A Female Director."

According to Reuters,

This world renowned and celebrated annual, Guinness World Records 2010, contains the most comprehensive collection of the greatest and most amazing accomplishments from this past decade and beyond. A "must-have" for both knowledge-seekers and aspiring record-breakers of all ages, Guinness World Records 2010 is available September 17th for the suggested retail price of $28.95. For more information about Guinness World Records 2010, to find out how you can participate in Guinness World Records Day 2009 or to vote for your favorite records, visit our website at: www.guinnessworldrecords.com.

Twilight's predecessor and companion in current fantasy cinema, the Harry Potter series, was also recognized in the 2010 edition of Guinness. Its main actors, Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, were also placed into the edition for their films' earnings over the decade.

Radcliffe is the "Highest-Grossing Actor of the Decade", raking in an average of $558 million per film. Watson, on the other hand, earned the record for "Highest Average Box-Office Gross for an Actress." She has been in six movies that have grossed an average of $753.7 million each.

Pretty exciting, eh? Twilight makes history? Probably not surprising, necessarily, but certainly exciting.

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