The film easily beat the previous $14,331,000 record set by Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince.
"What a phenomenal result," said Robert Slaviero, chief executive of Hoyts Distribution.
"This is way beyond our expectations and confirms that the Twilight franchise has well and truly arrived."
The teenage vampire love story, which stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, opened on November 19 on 530 screens across Australia.
It became the third-highest opening day Australian release with just over $5 million in ticket sales, beaten only by the Lord Of The Rings part two and three.
The third instalment in the Twilight franchise, Eclipse, will be released in July 2010.
The films are based on a series of four novels by Stephenie Meyer.
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