Daniel Radcliffe had a good weekend, but where does his career stack up against that of another actor who’s likewise trying to prove his worth outside of a somewhat-popular franchise?

Let’s take a look.

It’s Harry Potter’s Radcliffe vs. Twilight’s Robert Pattinson:

ROUND ONE: THE ART-HOUSE DEBUT

Radcliffe’s December Boys came and went in 2007; Pattinson’s Little Ashes came and went in 2009.

And while Little Ashes wound up making eight times as much money domestically as December Boys, December Boys wound up making about four times as much money internationally as Little Ashes.

Shall we call it even?

No.

The Winner: Pattinson. Radcliffe might have had to appear on screen for the first time in his Potter career without his Potter glasses, but Pattinson had to overcome a black dye-job and a Salvador Dali mustache.

ROUND TWO: THE WIDE-RELEASE DEBUT

Radcliffe’s The Woman in Black very nearly took No. 1 in the latest box-office campaign, with a surprisingly strong $21 million.

Pattinson’s Remember Me, a 2010 film, debuted in fifth place, with a so-so $8 million.

Radcliffe gets points for having the smarts to go with a period piece (which put his Potter vibe to good use, and proved much less jarring than, say, seeing him kick it in a rom-com) and a money genre (no, haunted house movies never do get old).

Pattinson gets points for having the bravery to go with a non-money genre (romantic drama), and for having the star power to turn the $16 million film into a $56 million worldwide money-maker.

The winner: Actually, let’s call this one even. Radcliffe’s weekend was strong, but so is Pattinson’s leading-man mojo.

ROUND THREE: THE BOTTOM LINE

By Box Office Mojo’s count, Radcliffe has been the star of 10 movies that have combined to gross $2.4 billion domestically; Pattinson has been the star of eight movies with a combined domestic gross of $1.4 billion.

The winner: Radcliffe, obviously.

THE VERDICT

If and when Radcliffe produces another non-Potter hit, then he’ll have the title outright, but for now he shares it with Pattinson, who has proven his worth by selling tough-to-sell movies.

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Adrien Brody plays Salvador Dali in ‘Midnight in Paris’

However, not everyone knows what is that, besides genius, this crazy icon Surrealism was one of the smartest men of his time, and especially in his youth, when he was frequently seen in company of other artists of equal depth as Federico Garcia Lorca and Luis Buñuel.

Robert Pattinson also got into the skin of the artist in ‘Little Ashes’

It is precisely this stage that, over recent years, several Hollywood actors have been commissioned to recreate in two blockbuster film: first, the laureate Robert Pattinson, who cemented his career out of playing Twilight the Catalan painter in the film ‘Little Ashes’. Secondly, and more recently, Adrien Brody, who also was left fascinated by the figure of Dalí, with a brief but hilarious intervention in the Woody Allen film ‘Midnight in Paris’.

The film recreates the relationship between Dali and Lorca

The ‘Dali-style’ thus overcoming the limits of time (something that surely would have loved it), sending us a small sample of today’s personal style painter: perfectly tailored suits, as was fashionable in the 40 and 50, spruced up mm, and a Spanish dandy manicured appearance, ahead of its time.

Harry Potter has bitten the dust; the Twilight Saga is staggering to a close. While the film industry gets used to the idea that two of its biggest cash cows will no longer be delivering, 2012 marks the moment that a clutch of very rich, very famous actors, all in their late teens and early 20s, will be let loose on the cinematic world, to run their careers as they like.

Three of the most bankable names on the planet are Potter graduates: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint. Another three are from Twilight: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner. The Potter kids have been locked into their series for longer, and have had to negotiate a very public adolescence.

Arguably, it’s Pattinson who looks to be making the most interesting moves. At 25, he’s the oldest, and cut his teeth as Cedric Diggory in the Potter films. In the past he has demonstrated a literary/artistic bent (he played Salvador Dalí in his last pre-Twilight film, Little Ashes), and he’s going down that road again next year, with Bel Ami (released 2 March), an adaptation of the Maupassant novel. Later in the year we should be getting Cosmopolis, another literary adaptation (of Don DeLillo’s 2003 novel), which has Pattinson as a mega-rich asset manager stuck in a limo for 24 hours. The director is David Cronenberg, so chances are this will be pretty special.

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We’re not shy about our vampire obsession around here. And even as angels and werewolves and dystopian battlefields take over the screens and bookshelves, it doesn’t look like sexy bloodsuckers are going anywhere. Sure, they experience a bit of boom and bust, but a look back at the last 100 years in pop culture proves their undying staying power. In 2011, our blood was stirred by a nice crop of undead seducers, from Eric and Bill on True Blood to Damon and Stefan on The Vampire Diaries to the entire morally upstanding Cullen family. There were others who leapt from the pages of books whose racy covers we sometimes had to keep hidden — Bloodlines, the spinoff of YA series Vampire Academy, made its debut; Jeaniene Frost’s Night Huntress series is still going strong, and in City of Fallen Angels, the latest from Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments series, vampire Simon went from best friend to hot commodity. There were even a couple of “nonfiction” vamps who made it onto our 2011 list.

Before you check out our 25 faves, watch who such celebrity vampire experts as True Blood’s Joe Manganiello and Twilight’s Elizabeth Reaser, and non-experts like Andrew W.K., Robin Thicke and Questlove would nominate for Vampire of the Year. Because we just declared that a thing.

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Now, take a look at our top 25, vote on your faves and let us know in the comments if we missed any of your favorites.

Who was your favorite vampire in 2011?

Results as of 4:32 pm mtn

Vlad 0%
Edward 15.6%
Eric 4%
Bella 2.8%
Stefan 14%
Alice 1.6%
Damon 42%
Rosalie 0%
Rose and Dimitri 1.2%
Nic Cage 0.4%
Matthew 0%
Princes Harry and William 0%
Bill 1.6%
Jessica 0%
Cat 0.4%
Bones 1.2%
Katherine 6.4%
Klaus 8.8%
Pam 0%
Adrian 0%
Jill 0%
Simon 0%
Michelle Belanger 0%
John Matthew 0%
Barnabas 0%

Cronenberg: Actors need to scare themselves. When I started to talk to [Robert Pattinson for "Cosmopolis"], it became apparent that he was terrified, as Keira was terrified to do Sabina, and that’s always good.

Why did you want Pattinson for the part in “Cosmopolis”?

Cronenberg: Well I’d watched a movie that I think not too many people have seen called “Little Ashes,” where he plays Salvador Dali, and he plays him as a young man and plays him with a Spanish accent. So I thought, well that’s really interesting, I mean this was before he was a “Twilight” star, because, it takes a particular handsome young man to decide to play that role. And then I did watch some of the “Twilight” stuff and I watched “Remember Me” and I felt that he had a lot going on. He’s supposed to be a super smart billionaire at a young age, 28 he says in the movie. It’s intuition. I didn’t know him as a person, but I’d figured from the movies that I’d seen, like “Little Ashes,” that I could maybe interest him in doing something that’s not “Twilight” obviously

He’s won an army of devotees playing a sexy vampire in The Twilight Saga, but as the penultimate movie is released, actor Robert Pattinson is already dreaming of an end to the “craziness” that comes with fame, writes SHEREEN LOW

Three years ago Robert Pattinson was a little-known actor with a small part in two Harry Potter films and a handful of TV roles behind him.

Fast forward to 2011 and the British actor – known as “R-Patz” to his devotees – can’t even step out of his front door without feeling paranoid about being accosted and stalked by fans.

“A lot of the time you think people are way crazier than they are. You think they’ve been waiting for five hours when they’ve only been there for five minutes.

“I was in London once and no one found out where I was staying the whole time I was there, and then this girl, waiting in the courtyard of the hotel in complete pitch blackness, called out my name – and I thought, ‘This is it. I’m going to get killed’,” he says, grinning at the memory.

“The thing that drives me crazy is if people follow you when you leave the building. As soon as I lose those people, I’m fine.”

The reason for all this fear? The film juggernaut that is The Twilight Saga, a spellbinding love triangle between vampire Edward Cullen, Bella Swan and werewolf Jacob Black.

Based on Stephanie Meyers’ best-selling books, the three films, with the eagerly anticipated fourth instalment Breaking Dawn Part 1 about to hit screens, have propelled the lead cast members – Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner – to global stardom.

Running his fingers through his tousled hair, 25-year-old Pattinson says: “I just have to remember that it is all a job and that the craziness, as overwhelming as it seems sometimes, won’t last forever.”

It’s little surprise that Pattinson, with his finely chiselled features and lean stature, has become such a heart- throb.

Yet fame has not gone to his head. The London-born actor, who now splits his time between the UK and the US, takes his new life in his stride.

“I guess my actual life hasn’t changed that much – it’s busier. The only time I found it really difficult to cope was when I tried to go to the same places I went to before, and live exactly the same life, and it’s impossible,” he admits.

“But life changes and you have to adapt to that. You can either let yourself go completely insane or just deal with it. My family and friends haven’t been any different the entire time. It’s lucky that I didn’t do too much beforehand.”

Shot back-to-back, the first of the final two Twilight films, with the second part to be released next November, sees Bella and Edward taking their relationship to the next level.

“Breaking Dawn begins with preparations for Bella and Edward’s wedding and the chaos that ensues on their honeymoon, and the inevitable downfall that always happens in Twilight movies,” says Pattinson.

“The wedding scene is a relatively momentous moment for the series. I think Edward’s proposed to her about 50 times now, so it’s been building up and building up.

“Edward’s excited. He’s always been obsessed about marriage. It’s what he has wanted for a long time. I think it’s one of the first points of stability in their relationship.”

Their honeymoon on a beautiful island in Brazil “starts off quite nice and just gets progressively worse”, reveals Pattinson.

“It just goes downhill after they have sex. Edward gets to relax – but only for a second. It’s like a set-up so he can get punished again for the rest of the movie consistently.”

Shooting the love scenes with Stewart, widely believed to be Pattinson’s girlfriend, brought some pressure because of fans’ expectations for the previously celibate on-screen couple.

Sighing, he says: “It’s more an abstract idea of living up to expectations because you don’t know what the expectations are. Especially with the honeymoon stuff, it’s just in people’s imaginations.

“You never really think about the reality of what people’s expectations are, you just try and make it good. And if you like it, then hopefully other people will like it.”

Trying to measure up to co-star Lautner, who has no qualms about appearing shirtless, required some dedication from Pattinson, who reportedly worked out for six months to get a six-pack.

When Bella unexpectedly falls pregnant with their half-human/half-vampire baby, their marriage suffers “a lot of strain” as Edward feels the baby is a death sentence for Bella, while she considers it a miracle.

But when Edward realises there’s no changing Bella’s mind about the child, he becomes more supportive.

To sustain the baby and herself through pregnancy, Bella has to drink blood which she then reacts to and throws up again. Pattinson says he “loved” doing the gruesome birth scene.

“It could have been an R-rated sequence – or a really ridiculous comedy sequence,” he says, laughing.

“We kind of shot it as an adult horror and then edited out the really gruesome bits.

“It looked like a Saw movie, not a Twilight movie.”

He adds: “There’s literally been no blood in the films, except for single drops here and there. I walked in and Kristen was covered in fake blood and gore.”

In between shooting the Twilight films, Pattinson has kept himself busy. He played Salvador Dali in Little Ashes, starred in tear-jerker Remember Me and romantic drama Water For Elephants.

Yet stepping back into Edward’s shoes was easy. “You do feel Edward’s back as soon as you go into make-up, for one thing, it’s quite limiting. All of the limitations of the make-up, wardrobe and even the contact lenses, they all play into the character,” he says.

Prior to Twilight, Pattinson’s biggest role was as Hogwarts champion Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, where he played second fiddle to the film’s main stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.

With the end of the Twilight franchise in sight, Pattinson has upcoming roles in David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis and period piece Bel Ami.

“I like working all the time,” he says. “I spent so many years before Twilight just working for two to three months and then doing nothing, or these tiny jobs, for the rest of the year.

“That’s the hardest thing to deal with. You’re like, ‘Ok, I’ll just go get drunk again’.”

With The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1 finally upon us, MovieFIX is taking a step back in time to when the names Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner didn’t inspire ear-splitting screams and teenage dreams.

Yes, the three lead Twihards haven’t been overnight successes — they’ve all grown up as child stars working for years to get that big break.

Kristen Stewart spent years as ‘that kid from Panic Room‘, but did you know she starred in an Oscar-nominated movie in 2007, just a year before Twilight mania took hold?

And which iconic little superhero did Taylor Lautner originate as a spiky-haired, skinny 13-year-old?

But most importantly … how on earth has Robert Pattinson had so many ridiculous hairstyles in the 16 films he’s made so far?

Hold on tight, peeps, and get ready for some awfully cute and sometimes just plain awful pics of the Twilight stars before and after they became famous:

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With an aging fan base, sexier and naughtier vampires and werewolves clawing it up on TV and a full year to go before the franchise ends, the four-film version of Stephenie Meyer’s pre-teen fave will have a hard time crossing the finish line at the level of, say, the “Harry Potter” or “Star Wars” franchises.

Sure, “Breaking Dawn — Part 1,” which hits theaters Nov. 18, is the movie “Twilight” devotees have been waiting for: Edward and Bella finally get married and finally, you know, like, do it.

Even those of us above the age of 13 are curious to see if real-life couple Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have chemistry in the big-screen boudoir, especially after director Bill Condon revealed their sex scenes had to be edited due to Pattinson’s excessive “thrusting.”

Last week, fans lined up as Pattinson, Stewart and Taylor Lautner stuck their hands and feet in cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater.

Also read: ‘Twilight’ Author Stephenie Meyer to Do Cameo in ‘Breaking Dawn’

And tracking for the next “Twilight” film is good, with “Breaking Dawn” the bestselling movie ticket at Fandango as of late last week, according to the site’s Harry Medved.

But nothing R. Patz and K. Stew do in theaters will surpass what the randy vampires on “True Blood” do weekly on the small screen. And as HBO’s “Blood” has stolen some of “Twilight’s” sex thunder with the older crowd, the CW’s “Vampire Diaries” has given the teen set (oh OK, and some more mature viewers, too) a chance to get their fill of soapy vamp drama on a weekly basis.

Plus, the demo that created that frenzy has grown up. Except for the Twihards, the initial pre-teen-girl fan base — we all know this is a largely female phenomenon — has moved on to other things. It’s hard to see them still wearing those Team Edward or Team Jacob tees.

In fact, it’s hard to see anyone still wearing those tees.

On the other hand, it wasn’t uncommon to hear not just kids but twentysomethings, thirtysomethings — and older — of both sexes wax on about the “Potter” books and movies.

Publisher Hachette Book Group estimated that 1.3 million “Breaking Dawn” books were sold in the first 24 hours of its release in August 2008, a franchise record.

But even that lofty figure can’t compete with the 8.3 million copies of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” that were moved on its first day of release back in July 2007.

Then there are the “Twilight” stars themselves.

There’s no question that those same fans will be lining up to see “Breaking Dawn — Part 1.”

But there’s also little question their heat outside the narrow fan base has cooled.

An attempt to launch Lautner as an action hero in September’s “Abduction” hasn’t exactly taken the global box office by storm, with the $35 million movie grossing $76.4 million worldwide. It is probably a break-even proposition at best, once global prints and advertising costs are factored in.

Pattinson’s April drama “Water for Elephants” grossed just over $117 million on a budget of $38 million and was a modest success. But the Fox movie featured two Oscar winners, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz, as Pattinson’s co-stars.

His earlier non-”Twilight” projects included youth drama “Remember Me” — also a modest performer, grossing $56 million on $16 million — and the lightly regarded “Little Ashes,” in which he played Salvador Dali.

Stewart’s between-”Twilight” projects — indie films “The Runaways” and “Welcome to the Rileys” — also failed to draw any real buzz or box-office bucks.

And it was cute, sorta, at first, when Pattinson and Stewart tried to be coy about whether or not their on-camera affair had gone off-screen. But as it became more and more obvious that it had, and they still refused to confirm it, it, and they, became kind of annoying.

Ditto the romantic saga of the Taylors — Lautner and Swift — which was irksome pretty much from the beginning.

Also read: 6(66) Reasons ‘Twilight’ Is Doomed

But even if “Breaking Dawn — Part 1″ lives up to Summit Entertainment’s earning projections ($611 million, according to a studio report issued earlier this year, down from the $698.5 million grossed by “Twilight: Eclipse”), what about that last movie, which is still a year away?

After the Edward/Bella wedding and Bella’s pregnancy, the level of drama in the storyline takes a nosedive (even by overwrought teen novel standards).

If you’ve read the books and know how the whole thing turns out, well, you know the rest of the lackluster plot may have viewers wishing they had an “Abduction” DVD handy.

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For the record, I would hardly call Rob’s box office record so far a flop but here is their analysis comparing box office totals between Rob, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner.

Taylor

Non-Twilight Projects since 2008:Valentine’s Day, Abduction
Non-Twilight Lifetime Box Office Average: $53.5 million

Kristen

Non-Twilight Projects since 2008:Welcome to the Rileys, The Runaways, The Yellow Handkerchief, Adventureland
Non-Twilight Lifetime Box Office Average: $17.8 million

Rob

Non-Twilight Projects since 2008:Little Ashes, Remember Me, Water for Elephants
Non-Twilight Lifetime Box Office Average: $92 million

Their opinion on Rob’s box office totals so far,

While Pattinson has proved audiences will accept him outside the Twilight saga, he hasn’t starred in a homerun yet. His box office average is blown a little out of whack by his supporting role in the fourth Harry Potter movie, but Water for Elephants did turn a respectable profit after opening with a middling $18 million weekend. He didn’t fare as well with Remember Me, which opened with an $8 million weekend.

Pattinson has a decent shot at silver screen longevity. He already has more variety in his body of work than Lautner, and like Stewart he’s happy to work on indies instead of blockbusters. It still seems like all he needs is one big role to put him over the top, but until then he’s happy with a slow burn.

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