First out of the gate for Pattinson — who actually was plucked out of “Harry Potter” for “Twilight” — is next month’s romantic drama “Remember Me,” which analysts say will be key to establishing the James Dean lookalike as a certifiable box-office draw.

But his co-stars have been equally busy carving out names for themselves.

Though Pattinson is arguably the biggest of the three “Twilight” stars (at the Los Angeles premiere of “New Moon,” he sparked orgiastic fits among the teen girls lining the streets that were frightening in their intensity), he seems more than willing to leave the tent-pole projects to Lautner.

“There’s no point (doing an action blockbuster) — I mean, I don’t have any material desires at all, I wear the same clothes every single day,” the actor told Vanity Fair last November.

“I don’t buy anything. And I don’t go out anymore either!”

Indeed, his last non-”Twilight” role was portraying a young Salvadore Dali, in the gay-themed “Little Ashes.”

But despite his protestations, both “Remember Me” and the upcoming “Circus” with Reese Witherspoon cannily appeal to his target demographic — teen girls. At $20 million, “Remember” is a modestly budgeted affair that analysts think will easily make back its money and is expected to  break big.

If the trailer for “Remember Me” is any indication, the romantic drama will feature plenty of Pattinson’s trademarked lovelorn brooding.

For Pattinson’s post-”Twilight” success, of course, it helps if the movie is a hit, and at least one box-office tracker thinks that should be the case.

“It’s about double the interest levels of any of the films opening that weekend,” John Singh of tracking site Flixster told TheWrap. “Its biggest audience is that under-25 female group, and we’ve seen with movies such as ‘Twilight’ and ‘Dear John’ that this demographic can absolutely open a movie.”

“After ‘Star Wars,’ Harrison Ford did a movie called ‘Hanover Street,’ which bombed,” Singh said. “Audiences didn’t want him as a romantic lead — they wanted him to reprise the lovable rogue he’d played before.”

Once burned, Ford regrouped, re-teamed with George Lucas on “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and created another iconic anti-hero role in a smash hit.

Indeed, analysts say many actors in the “Twilight” trio’s position are tempted to try to explode their image and play the polar opposite of the roles that brought them success — a strategy that often backfires.

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