Next week's two-part instalment will break with the current routine, even if it harks back to their BBC heyday: instead of lugging that big tent around, the gearhead trio will be charging round Namibia in beach buggies on an enjoyably pointless journey dictated by the whims of invisible producers.
Rowling had gained some creative control on the films, reviewing all the scripts as well as acting as a producer on the final two-part instalment, Deathly Hallows.
"This part of the instalment may feature different production techniques and new aesthetic techniques than the previous instalment," XL said in a written statement, "but in spirit it's essentially the same...the snaky acid basslines, brutally sparse beats and the synth melodies that soundtrack the post-club early hours, are all still there".
This volume is the first in what is currently a four-part series — one instalment of which is called (and I'm not making this up) The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma.
Breaking Dawn is the last book of the series, but Summit Entertainment, determined to milk the fans down to their last shrieking dollar, has pulled the Harry Potter trick and split it into two parts (the second instalment comes out next year).
When Sylvester Stallone asked to use footage of him from earlier films in last year's Rocky Balboa, Weathers declined unless he was given a part in the latest instalment.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part one, the latest instalment in the saga of JK Rowling's boy wizard, made third place with $831m.
Quo Vado? also set a Sunday record last week of just under €7.8m, beating previous heavyweights such as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the final instalment in the Hogwarts franchise.
Robert Pattinson, 25, added £8 million to his fortune and is now worth £40 million, after the release of Breaking Dawn – Part 1, the penultimate instalment in the gothic romance Twilight Saga.
The 17-year-old will also write the first single on the official album for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, the third instalment in the series based on Suzanne Collins' best-selling books.
He's at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills to talk about Breaking Dawn – Part 1, the fourth instalment of the Twilight franchise that has been his life for the past four years.
