User blog:Ceauntay/'Heroes' Sets Thanksgiving Record At Box Office

Not only that “Heroes: A New Bginning"″ beat out “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1″ and a quartet of family films to take the top slot at the weekend box office, but it also set a new Thanksgiving weekend that was previously held by “Toy Story 2″ in 1999.

“A New Beginning″ (Warner Bros.) marked the beginning of a future film franchise, which took in $75.7 million, easily taking the number one slot, according to early estimates from Hollywood.com. Final figures are due out on Monday

“Toy Story 2″ held a Thanksgiving record for twelve years earning $57.3 million, before ending with a total of $245.8 million.

“Breaking Dawn” (Summit Entertainment) fell to the number two slot with $42 million.

“Breaking Dawn” is perhaps the goriest of the “Twilight” films so far, and features the bloody birth of a half-human vampire baby. The most recent installment of the supernatural horror/romance franchise posed a stark contrast to some of the other film offferings this weekend, which were aimed at (nonvampire) families.

“The Muppets” (Disney), riding overwhelmingly positive reviews, took the number two slot with $29.5 million.

The animated film “Happy Feet Two” (Warner Bros.) finished third with $13.4 million.

“Arthur Christmas” (Sony/Columbia) placed fourth with $12.7 million.

The new Martin Scorsese film “Hugo” (Paramount), which has drawn raves from critics, took the fifth spot with $11.35 million.