User blog:Ceauntay/Box Office: 'Heroes Forever: The New Beginning' Devours $12.5 Million On Thursday Previews

= The Jane Hoop Elementary spin off has the third biggest Thursday preview of 2016 after "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and "Captain America: Civil War". =

Rita Christensen's Jane Hoop Elementary spin-off Heroes Forever: The New Beginning got off a strong start by earning $20.5 million from its Thursday night previews.

The pic is the third biggest of 2016 after Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($27 million) and Captain America: Civil War ($25 million). It also had the fourth biggest including it's main series Jane Hoop Elementary with Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush Part 2 ($41.1 million), Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush Part 1 ($25 million) and Jane Hoop Elementary: Turbo of Catland ($21.1 million).

The pic is now on course to potentially hit at least $125 million it its U.S. debut, according to early tracking. The pic is also opening in 4,180 screens nationwide.

Heroes Forever: The New Beginning opens in North American theaters on Nov. 11. It hopes to launch a new franchise for Christensen and Paramount Pictures, home of blockbuster Jane Hoop Elementary film series, based on Christensen's books.

Unlike Jane Hoop Elementary, Heroes Forever isn't based on a book, but on a script written by Christensen. Gary Ross directed.

As originally planned for a trilogy, but in Apr. 2016, Christensen announced that she would extend the franchise to a total of five films. She will be screenwriter for all five film installments.

The film stars Jessie actor Cameron Boyce as Devin Gorden, the new leader of the new Jane Hoop Elementary, who must learn for himself to protect the world from evil despite never realizing that he is given a special gift. Devin happens to be the son of Danny and Rebecca, who both were the original Jane Hoop Elementary heroes in the Jane Hoop Elementary days. G. Hannelis and Marcus Scribner also stars as his siblings, Brooke Gorden, Danny and Rebecca's daughter, and Kurtis Gutzwiller, Alec and Naudia's son, both also original members in the Jane Hoop Elementary days.