The Twilight movie series has helped a film company started in Vancouver break a domestic record.
Box office sales have now topped $1-billion thanks to the success of Lionsgate's Breaking Dawn -- Part 2.
The last movie in the series filmed mostly in British Columbia earned almost $341-million worldwide its opening weekend.
Lionsgate, now based in Santa Monica, is the first non-traditional studio to eclipse the $1-billion mark at the domestic box office in a single calendar year.
The company expects to top the $2-billion mark worldwide in the next few weeks thanks again to the Twilight saga.
Lionsgate's also the studio behind the Hunger Games franchise which grossed $408-million at the domestic box office this year.