The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (commonly referred to as Breaking Dawn – Part 1) is a 2011 American romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon and based on the novel Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. The first part of a two-part film forms the fourth installment in The Twilight Saga series. All three main cast members, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprised their roles.

Wyck Godfrey and Karen Rosenfelt served as executive producers for the film, along with the author of the series, Stephenie Meyer; the screenplay was written by Melissa Rosenberg, the screenwriter of the first three entries.^[3] It was released in theatres on November 18, 2011,^[4] and released to DVD on February 11, 2012 in the United States.^[5] The film grossed over $712 million worldwide.

Bella Swan plans her wedding to Edward Cullen. During the reception that follows, she is visited by her friend, Jacob Black. While dancing with him, Bella admits that she and Edward plan to consummate their marriage during their honeymoon. Jacob becomes furious, knowing that Edward could easily kill her and runs off into the woods.

The couple spends their honeymoon on Isle Esme, the Cullens' private Brazilian island that Carlisle had given to Esme as a gift. Although hesitant, Edward has sex with Bella for the first time. The next morning, he realizes that he bruised Bella during sex and is furious with himself for hurting her, vowing to never be intimate with her again, much to her disappointment. She tries tirelessly to seduce him, and he finally gives in to her. Two weeks into their honeymoon, Bella discovers that she is pregnant. Despite the fact that she has only been pregnant for a few days, the baby is growing at an accelerated rate. They rush back home. When Bella realizes that Edward intends to kill her baby, she is horrified, already having grown attached to it. She enlists the help of Edward's sister, Rosalie, who has always wanted a child, to protect her baby.

Jacob rushes over to the Cullen's and finds Bella already heavily pregnant and frail. He informs the pack and, opposed to Sam Uley's plans to kill Bella and her child, which is thought to be a demon, he angrily leaves the pack and arrives at the Cullens' to protect Bella. His tribe-mates, Seth and Leah Clearwater, join him, forming a new wolf pack. As the pregnancy progresses, Bella's health severely deteriorates. As a last resort, she begins drinking human blood, which satisfies the fetus' vampiric thirst. Soon after, Bella goes into a painful labor and gives birth to her daughter, Renesmee. To save her life, Edward injects Bella's heart with his venom to transform her into a vampire, but nothing seems to happen and Bella is thought to be dead. Greatly distraught, Jacob attempts to kill the baby, but stops when he realizes he has imprinted on the child.

When the werewolves learn of Bella's death, they attack the Cullens' house in an attempt to kill the baby. They are forced to stop after learning Jacob has imprinted on Renesmee. Carlisle notices there's a slight pulse and tells the Cullens. After Bella's body is cleaned and dressed, her wounds from her difficult labor heal as the venom spreads through her body. Bella's heart finally ceases, and she awakens as a newborn vampire.

In a post-credits scene, the Volturi hear about Bella's conversion; Aro notes that it does not end their dispute with the Cullens, proclaiming, "They have something I want".

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