'Breaking Dawn' tracks a shade off 'New Moon'

Summit's 'Breaking Beginning -- Part 1' is on the right track to gross $135 million to $145 million.At estimations of $135 million to $145 million for that weekend, Summit's "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning -- Part 1" may potentially eclipse the "Twilight" franchise's previous top three-day opening, "New Moon," which bowed to $142.8 million.Box office viewers expect the pic's Friday gross, including $30.3 million from night time tests, to achieve the $70 million range.By midday Friday, "Breaking Beginning" was monitoring slightly below "New Moon," which totalled $26.3 in night time grosses in November 2009. However the penultimate "Twilight" pic may gain some steam, with respect to the film's repeat viewings by teen and tween auds opening weekend, bizzers say.Warner Bros.' "Happy Ft Two," meanwhile, may earn more modest grosses than monitoring had indicated. B.O. experts the pic will probably cume around $six million-$7 million on Friday or more to $22 million for that weekend.Fox Searchlight's "The Descendants," meanwhile, is growing to 29 locations locally and can likely earn near to $a million throughout the 3-day frame.Relativity's "Immortals" does not appear to possess a strong hold. Experts the swords-and-sandals film looks to become lower 60% to 65% by Friday mid-day, putting it at $13 million this frame.Other holdovers include Componen/DreamWorks' "Puss in Boots" and Sony's "Jack and Jill." Box office estimations have both photos generating $13 million to $14 million and around $11 million for that weekend, correspondingly. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com