Taylor Lautner would be $40,000 richer today — if he weren’t donating the money to charity.

The Twilight actor, 18, reached a settlement with McMahon’s RV Friday after the California-based company failed to deliver a trailer to the set of Abduction by June 21.

“McMahon’s RV has agreed to settle its dispute with Taylor Lautner. McMahon’s RV will pay $40,000 to Lautner, which Lautner will donate to The Lollipop Theater Network, a children’s charity with which he has a long-standing relationship,” Lautner’s attorney Robert Barta tells UsMagazine.com exclusively.

Adds Barta: “The Lollipop Theater Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing movies currently in theaters to children confined to hospitals due to chronic or life-threatening illnesses. The Lollipop Theater Network works with hospitals nationwide, including the greater Los Angeles and Orange County areas.?”

Though TMZ claimed Lautner suffered from “emotional distress” over the incident, a source tells Us that simply wasn’t true.

“This was never a suit about money. It was to hold someone accountable,” the insider says. “Taylor never ordered a customized RV — it was a used RV which needed simple safety-related repairs. There was never any diva behavior. ‘Emotional distress’ is an automatic checked box on a fraudulent claim.”

Reps for Lautner could not be reached for comment.

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“The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” has risen to an $82.5 million haul over the long Fourth of July weekend and lifted its total to $175.3 million after just six days, according to studio estimates Monday.

The vampire romance from Summit Entertainment finished at No. 1 over the four-day weekend, despite a steep drop in its daily take after a $68.5 million start last Wednesday, the second biggest opening day ever.

“Movies that pop this big on opening day, it’s virtually impossible to keep up that breakneck pace,” said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. “We’ve seen this with a lot of movies where the first day is their biggest day, then it kind of settles into a more normal pattern.”

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After screening Eclipse with Kristen Stewart at New York’s Crosby Hotel, Taylor Lautner and his costar headed over to Lucky Strike Lanes & Lounge for a late-night bowling game. Arriving just before midnight, the actors ventured up to the venue’s Luxe Lounge for a relaxed and friendly outing and, a source tells us, the group even scored a few strikes.

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The real danger on the set of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse didn’t involve vampires or werewolves. It was all the flying saliva.

“We’re always like an inch away from each other’s faces, screaming at each other, spitting at each other in the face. It gets a little awkward,” Taylor Lautner told PEOPLE of costar Robert Pattinson at Monday’s Cinema Society and Piaget-hosted screening of their latest Twilight film in New York.

Did Pattinson have to duck any major projectiles? “Not anything super dramatic,” Lautner says, “but I’m sure he caught a couple splats.”

Shouting at each other doesn’t come naturally for two guys who don’t, in real life, despise each other. And so, the scenes often veer into laughter. “Rob and I ruin a lot of takes,” Lautner admits. “It’s hard to keep a straight face, because we actually like each other. So, it’s pretty funny.”

With Pattinson filming Water for Elephants, Lautner, 18, was joined at the screening by costar Kristen Stewart, 20. Both actors said they’ve been enjoying some relatively quiet time recently.

Lautner said he’s been following the World Cup – “I was rooting for the U.S., and that was a bummer,” he says – while Stewart has been indulging her passion for music and cooking. “I’m fairly obsessed with [indie rocker] Jenny Lewis right now,” she admits. “I’m in a state of grief because I’m missing her show in L.A.”

But the cooking is going well – and it sounds like Stewart is being resourceful. “I like making pies,” she says. “I have a bunch of fruit trees in my backyard. My loquat tree sprouted, and I like making loquat pie. They’re really hard to peel and everything, and it took me forever, but they make the best pies. They’re amazing.”

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Taylor Lautner goes shirtless again in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, proving yet again that he has a six-pack to die for. Playing Jacob the hunky werewolf the third time around puts Lautner in the middle of some intense competition with Edward for the love of Bella, finally giving him the opportunity to kiss Kristen Stewart.

Taylor revealed to Parade.com’s Jeanne Wolf why he might be willing to go that far for love.

Fight for the one you love.
“One of the biggest things I admire about Jacob is his persistence. He keeps going and fights for what he believes in. You’ve got to love a girl quite a bit to fight that much for her. I guess maybe I’d be the same way if I loved somebody the way that Jacob loves Bella. But he’s in a tough little love triangle, and I don’t envy that.”

What it takes to be romantic in real life.
“I don’t know if I’m the best person to answer that question. One of my favorite movies is The Notebook, so I think I’d consider that a little bit romantic. I’ve given a flower or two. But I like something simple — not like going out and doing something extremely extravagant. It’s more like just being able to talk to each other. I think, besides the gifts and the flowers, romance comes from just talking with her from your heart.”

The big lip-lock with Bella.
“Jacob’s been waiting for that moment for a while. It wasn’t awkward. It was different. Like, Kristen and I would finish and pull away and she’d look at me and there’d be a moment of silence and she’d say, ‘Taylor, we just kissed.’ And I’d be like, ‘Yeah, we did.’ That was pretty much it. I found it a lot harder to pretend I hated Rob Pattinson. He and I are good friends, and he’s too nice. He needs to roughen up a little bit, so I can actually hate him. We ruined plenty of takes just because we couldn’t keep a straight face when we are yelling and screaming at each other.”

Keeping his toned bod in perspective.
“It’s healthy and it sort of becomes addictive. It’s addicting to get into the gym and work to get that muscle. And the healthy eating is good too. But, luckily for me, my friends couldn’t care less. They tease me and mess with me about the shirtless thing and about my little jean shorts. It’s all good because it keeps me from looking in the mirror.”

Two different worlds.
“I live in this world where people scream at me when I walk down the street, but then I live in the same world that I always did before. I go home, spend time with my family and friends, and it’s the same as it always was. When I’m not working I’m probably doing nothing. I do like to watch TV.”

Remembering his high school days.
“I didn’t have, like, a certain group of friends that I hung out with every single day, I was more of the type that kind of just roamed around and spent time with a wide variation of people. I don’t know, it sounds so cheesy, but I love people in general, like meeting new people.”

Action without a werewolf costume.
“As an actor you want to challenge yourself to do as many different things as possible. Next, I’m in Abduction with Alfred Molina, Sigourney Weaver, Maria Bello and Jason Isaacs. I had to do boxing and fight training, learn how to ride a motorcycle and I think I’ll still have to do some swimming training. Overall, it’s pretty intense. There’ll be a lot of stunts and I’m looking forward to it.”

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