'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1' stayed atop the box office its second week in theaters, earning $42 million domestically during the post-Thanksgiving weekend, and $62.3 million during the five-day holiday period, according to early estimates.

The vampire-romance fantasy film, released by Summit Entertainment LLC, has taken in $221.3 million domestically and $489.3 million world-wide.

The weekend's biggest new release, Walt Disney Co.'s 'The Muppets,' couldn't catch 'Twilight,' taking in $29.5 million over the weekend and $42 million during the five-day period, but that beat studio expectations. The puppetrevivalvehicle stars Jason Segel and Amy Adams, alongside Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and other felt favorites.

At a cost of just $45 million, the film may prove a lucrative investment for rebooting the puppetfranchise across the spectrum of Disney platforms.

'I think more than anything the mission was to bring them back,' Dave Hollis, Disney Studios' executive vice president of sales and distribution, said of the Muppets.

'It opens the door for the possibility of more films or TV or whatever it might be,' Mr. Hollis said.

Two animated movies took the next spots. In its second weekend, 'Happy Feet Two,' released by Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. Pictures, took in $13.4 million over the weekend ($18.4 during the five-day period), falling 37% from its opening weekend. And 'Arthur Christmas,' from Aardman Animation and Sony Corp.'s Sony Pictures Animation, earned $12.7 million during the weekend ($17 million during the five-day period).

The Martin Scorsese-directed 'Hugo,' an adaptation of Brian Selznick's children's book about an orphan living in a Paris train station, opened at a relativelylimited 1,277 locations and earned $11.4 million during the weekend and $15.4 million for the five-day period.

'My Week With Marilyn,' starring Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe, got off to a modest but auspicious start, taking in $1.8 million during the weekend and $2.1 during the five-day period. Weinstein Co., which released the film, opened it in 123 locations on Wednesday, adding another 121 locations on Friday.

'We wanted word of mouth to generate a little buzz, and it seemed to work,' said Erik Lomis, Weinstein Co.'s president of theatricaldistribution and home entertainment.

ERICA ORDEN

• twilight [´twailait] n.黎明；黄昏 (初中英语单词)
• holiday [´hɔlidi] n.假日，假期，节日 (初中英语单词)
• entertainment [,entə´teinmənt] n.招(款)待；联欢会 (初中英语单词)
• release [ri´li:s] vt&n.释放；放松；赦免 (初中英语单词)
• investment [in´vestmənt] n.投资；(时间等)投入 (初中英语单词)
• mission [´miʃən] n.代表团；使馆vt.派遣 (初中英语单词)
• executive [ig´zekjutiv] a.行政的 n.行政官 (初中英语单词)
• distribution [,distri´bju:ʃən] n.分配；分布(状态) (初中英语单词)
• possibility [,pɔsə´biliti] n.可能(性)；希望；前途 (初中英语单词)
• whatever [wɔt´evə] pron.&a.无论什么 (初中英语单词)
• opening [´əupəniŋ] n.开放；开端 a.开始的 (初中英语单词)
• modest [´mɔdist] a.谦虚的；朴素的 (初中英语单词)
• wednesday [´wenzdi] n.星期三 (初中英语单词)
• summit [´sʌmit] n.顶(点)；绝顶 (高中英语单词)
• studio [´stju:diəu] n.画室；照相室 (高中英语单词)
• alongside [əlɔŋ´said] ad.在旁 prep.横靠 (高中英语单词)
• orphan [´ɔ:fən] n.&a.孤儿 vt.使成孤儿 (高中英语单词)
• relatively [´relətivli] ad.比较地；相对地 (高中英语单词)
• limited [´limitid] a.有限(制)的 (高中英语单词)
• weekend [´wi:kend, ,wi:k´end] n.周末休假 (英语四级单词)
• revival [ri´vaivəl] n.苏醒；复活；复兴 (英语四级单词)
• vehicle [´vi:ikəl] n.车辆；媒介物 (英语四级单词)
• adaptation [ædæp´teiʃən] n.适应；改写(本) (英语四级单词)
• generate [´dʒenəreit] vt.创造；发生；引起 (英语四级单词)
• theatrical [θi´ætrikəl] a.戏院的；戏剧(性)的 (英语四级单词)
• fantasy [´fæntəsi] n.幻想(曲)，想象 (英语六级单词)
• taking [´teikiŋ] a.迷人的 n.捕获物 (英语六级单词)
• puppet [´pʌpit] n.木偶；傀儡 (英语六级单词)
• franchise [´fræntʃaiz] n.选举权；特许权 (英语六级单词)
• spectrum [´spektrəm] n.系列；范围；光谱 (英语六级单词)
• animated [´ænimeitid] a.栩栩如生的；活跃的 (英语六级单词)