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While it wasn’t quite able to reach the series high mark, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1’s outstanding $138.1 million opening indicated that the emo teen vampires are as popular as ever. What does appear to have lost some of its appeal, however, is dancing penguins: Happy Feet Two struggled to even open to…

New Movies in Theaters Just premiered: Puss in Boots [Animation, 1 hr. 30 min.] Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton, Amy Sedaris. In Time: [Sci-Fi Thriller, 1 hr. 49 min.] Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Vincent Kartheiser, Johnny Galecki, Olivia Wilde, Alex Pettyfer. The Rum Diary: [Adventure, 2 hr. 00 min.]…

Paranormal Activity 3 proved there’s interest in the franchise by opening to $52.6 million this weekend. It presents significant improvement over Paranormal Activity 2’s $40.7 million. Distributor Paramount Pictures reports that the audience was 54 percent female and 53 percent under 25 years old. New Movies in Theaters Just premiered: Paranormal Activity 3 [Horror, 1…

The first themed “land” will be built at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, with construction expected to start by 2013. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide has sealed a deal with filmmaker James Cameron and producer Jon Landau, Fox and Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment to create themed attractions at Disney parks based on the 2009 movie.

Four newcomers weren’t quite strong enough to unseat The Lion King (in 3D), which held the top spot for the second weekend in a row. The Lion King in 3D achieved $21.9 million this weekend, bringing the re-release’s 10-day total to $61.5 million. When added to previous Lion King grosses, the movie has now made…

It was a box-office bloodbath for Conan the Barbarian and Fright Night among others over the weekend. On the bright side, The Help climbed to the top spot, due to a combination of a strong hold and those weak new releases, while Rise of the Planet of the Apes took second. It marked the first…

Descending 49 percent, Rise of the Planet of the Apes packed $27.8 million. Though steep, the sci-fi thriller’s second weekend slide was less severe than Planet of the Apes (2001), I, Robot, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and X-Men: First Class, among comparable titles. New Movies in Theaters Just premiered: The Help [Drama, 2…

Last Friday, Catwoman’s stunt double had an accident during the The Dark Knight Rises filming, she crushed a super-expensive IMAX camera as you can watch in the video. It’s unclear who messed up, the stunt-double or the cameraman. It was all shot outside some building at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. No one was hurt….

Rise of the Planet of the Apes climbed to the top with $54.8 million on approximately 5,400 screens at 3,648 locations, which ranked as the fourth highest-grossing August opening ever. Among comparable movies, the franchise reboot’s launch was superior to District 9‘s $37.4 million and Terminator Salvation‘s $42.6 million and close to G.I. Joe: The…

Photo: Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lopez Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios today announced the voice cast for ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT, the fourth entry in Blue Sky’s blockbuster franchise. Joining the ever-growing Ice Age family for Continental Drift is a stellar lineup, including JEREMY RENNER, an Academy Award nominee for The Hurt…

Cowboys & Aliens lassoed approximately 5,500 screens at 3,750 locations for its run, and claiming a first-place opening only slightly mitigated an otherwise disappointing gross for a movie that tried desperately to be a blockbuster. The sci-fi Western’s launch was on par with Super 8 ($35.5 million) and Battle: Los Angeles ($35.6 million) but behind…

Captain America made an estimated $65.8 million on approximately 7,100 screens at 3,715 locations, edging out fellow Avenger Thor’s $65.7 million as well as Green Lantern’s $53.2 million and X-Men: First Class’s $55.1 million to top the summer’s superhero launches. While the gross difference was a sliver, Captain had nine percent greater estimated attendance than…