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Wednesday's Numbers May 7, 2008

1	Iron Man	$5,747,344
2	Made of Honor	$1,003,658
3	Baby Mama	$650,025
4	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	$588,760
5	Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay	$541,365
6	The Forbidden Kingdom	$306,670
7	21	$164,914
8	88 Minutes	$144,717
9	Nim's Island	$117,926
10	Prom Night	$107,756

'Iron Man' Continues Strong Performance

Iron Man's success continues as the superhero saga was able to add another $5.7 million on Wednesday to its already very impressive performance, boosting its total haul to $121 million.

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	Title	Daily Gross		Location Avg.	Distributor	Total Gross	Locations		Weeks
Wide
1	Iron Man	$5,747,344	-12%	$1,400	Paramount	$121,306,364	4,105	--	1
2	Made of Honor	$1,003,658	-7%	$368	Sony	$17,709,000	2,729	--	1
3	Baby Mama	$650,025	-4%	$255	Universal	$33,961,025	2,548	+5	2
	Title	Daily Gross		Location Avg.	Distributor	Total Gross	Locations		Weeks
Limited
1	Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed	$73,472	-1%	$112	Rocky Mountain Pictures	$6,827,768	656	-385	3
2	Street Kings	$68,124	-5%	$80	Fox Searchlight	$25,339,669	855	-880	4
3	The Visitor	$46,544	+12%	$358	Overture	$1,701,384	130	+54	4
	Title	Weekend		Location Avg.	Distributor	Total Gross	Locations		Weeks
Platform (Updated Mondays)

1	Then She Found Me	$230,461	+217%	$3,201	THINKFilm	$353,750	72	+63	2
2	Maman est chez le coiffeur	$168,444	--	$4,011	Equinoxe	$168,444	42	--	1
3	Sea Monsters 3D	$159,979	-37%	$3,404	National Geographic	$12,229,070	47	0	31

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Weekend Cinema Listomania (Special Femme Fatale Edition)

Steve Simels

Friday, May 9

Harrison Ford returns May 22 as the iconic titular hero in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I don't know if Ford has gotten a little too protracted in the molar to embody the swashbuckling Indy, but frankly, I don't care. I'm going to see it for Cate Blanchett playing a slinky Soviet agent in a jet black wig, and from what I can tell from the trailer, she's even sexier than she was last year as an androgynous speedfreak Bob Dylan in I'm Not There. Although perhaps I've already said too much...

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The Gift Of Bilingualism In A Cinematic World

PKay Maracin-Krieg

Thursday, May 8

It is interesting to note how popular German actor Daniel Brühl is as much at home in German language as well as Spanish or English language productions.

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Taking A Look At M. Night Shyamalan's 'The Happening'

Phil Contrino

Wednesday, May 7

I've always had been mixed reactions to Shyamalan's work. There are moments in his films that are genuinely classic and there are some that are downright laughable.

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Lionsgate Sets Release Date For 'W' 9 May 2008 08:17 AM

Lionsgate has set October 17th as the release date for the Oliver Stone-directed George W. Bush biopic according to Variety. The film will begin shooting this Monday in Louisiana. Two recent additions to the cast include Scott Glenn as Donald Rumsfeld and Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell. Stone has yet to find actors to take on Dick Cheney and Karl Rove. The film is being produced by Moritz Borman, Bill Block and Jon Kilik.

Jackson Signs Up For 'Unthinkable' 9 May 2008 07:56 AM

Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to star in Unthinkable for director Gregor Jordan according to The Hollywood Reporter. Jordan recently completed production on The Informers, an adaptation of a Bret Easton Ellis novel starring Winona Ryder, Mickey Rourke and Billy Bob Thornton which is set to open this fall. Jackson will next be seen in Neil LaBute's Lakeview Terrace, due out September 19th.

'Kung Fu Panda' Exclusive Trailer Online 9 May 2008 07:20 AM

Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman and Lucy Liu lend their voices to the Dreamworks animated flick Kung Fu Panda and Yahoo! Movies has an exclusive trailer for the film. Panda is directed by Mark Osborne and John Stevenson and it is due out June 6th. Jack Black will appear again this summer alongside Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. and Nick Nolte in the comedy Tropic Thunder which opens August 15th.

David Chase To Make First Feature At Paramount 9 May 2008 07:01 AM

The Sopranos creator David Chase has signed a deal to write, direct and produce his first feature film at Paramount Studios according to Variety. Chase's relationship with Paramount chairman and Sopranos exec-producer Brad Grey has allowed him a lot of freedom, including final cut. The film will reportedly have nothing to do with the mafia. Meanwhile, Sopranos star James Gandolfini will be seen alongside Denzel Washington and John Travolta in the remake of The Taking of Pelham 123 and he's also slated to play Ernest Hemmingway.

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Lauer Opens Door To Cruise 9 May 2008 08:49 AM

According to People.com, Matt Lauer holds no grudges after Tom Cruise came on his show and got into a spat about the psychiatry. "I don't feel there are any hard feelings," Lauer said, "It was an interview. It was a good moment on television." Yet after the relatively dismal performance of Mission: Impossible 3 and the outright disappointment that was Lions for Lambs it doesn't seem that main-stream audiences are so quick to forgive and forget.

Johansson & Reynolds Announce Engagement 6 May 2008 07:57 AM

Much to the dismay of her male fans, Scarlett Johannson is now engaged to fellow thesp Ryan Reynolds according to People. Reynolds is currently shooting The Proposal (hmm, that's just a little ironic...) alongside Sandra Bullock and Johansson will next be seen in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona which opens September 5th.

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What Happens In Vegas

by Pete Hammond

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Being released right on the heels of two other femme-oriented romantic comedies (Baby Mama, Made of Honor) , Fox is clearly hoping three’s a charm by counterprogramming the kid-centric Speed Racer and trying to establish this PG-13 romp as the date movie of the moment with well attended Saturday night sneaks (at the virtually unprecedented start time of 10 p.m.). Set around a premise where stars Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher play strangers who wind up drunk, married and rich on a wild weekend in Vegas and then must outwit each other to get the money, this breezy confection should work well corralling it’s target demo to come up triple

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