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Though it wasn't what one might call a "super" performance, J.J. Abrams' alien-adventure movie 'Super 8' took the top spot at the box office this weekend with a healthy $37.0 million, opening slightly higher than expected. That was more than enough to edge out last week's champ, 'X-Men: First Class,' which dipped 55 percent to earn just $25.0 million.

As many predicted, 'X-Men: First Class' easily took the top spot at the box office this weekend. Still, the Marvel reboot, which traced the beginnings of the 'X-Men' characters, managed to fall well below expectations, taking in just $56.0 million. To put things in perspective: That's the lowest debut by an 'X-Men' movie since the franchise launched in 2000, with $54.5 million.

The 'Hangover' boys were back for another booze-filled adventure this weekend, and as box office estimates showed, audiences were more than willing to go along for the ride. The sequel to the 2009 smash comedy took in a whopping $105.8 million over four days, helping to make this weekend the biggest Memorial Day weekend ever at the box office. Even better for 'Part II,' its $86.0 intake between Fr

While summer doesn't officially start until June 21, Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning to the hottest season at the movies. Summer loses some of its meaning when you're an adult, since it no longer comes with a moths-long break from the grind. Nevertheless, we can all still enjoy a good movie about summer vacations. After the jump, check out eight of our favorites.

It's all in Dr. Mardy Grothe's new book, "Neverisms, A quotation lover's guide to things you should never do, never say, or never forget" and Dr. Grothe is going to be my guest this afternoon (Monday) at 4:35 on the Puffman Show. His book includes scores of classic quotations that have endured through the ages as well as hundreds more that will be new to even the most serious quotation c

Elizabeth Taylor: A Passion For Life is the hardback book I'm giving away this afternoon on Puffman Trivia and the author of the book, Joseph Papa, will be my special guest today at 4:35. Papa's a publicist and writer living in New York City and his book covers the time Elizabeth Taylor appeared in National Velvet at the age of 12 back in 1944 until her death last month.

Often a character in a movie will be made an accountant to indicate that they're . . . well . . . boring. But being a movie, this boring accountant has to be put in an interesting situation or nobody is going to want to pay ten bucks to see it. So, in fact, many celluloid accountants turn out to be interesting and dynamic characters, rather than just soul-less bean counters. We've compiled a list

The weekend box office brought good news and bad news for comedian Russell Brand. The good news: Brand's live-action/animated comedy 'Hop' took the top spot for the second weekend in a row, with $21.7 million. That marks a 42 percent drop from last weekend, bringing the film's grand total to $68.2 million thus far. Unfortunately, Brand's other movie, 'Arthur,' a remake of the Oscar-winning '80s co

Easter came a bit early at the movies this weekend, thanks to the live-action/animated movie ÔHop.Õ The film, which features the voice talent of comedian Russell Brand, vastly exceeded expectations at the box office with an impressive $38. 2 million, marking the highest weekend debut of the year.

Today, movie fans are being treated to the full-length trailer for Marvel's hotly anticipated flick 'Captain America: The First Avenger.' The brand-new preview offers a better glimpse of the story, which follows protagonist Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), a scrawny Army recruit who participates in an experimental program that transforms his body and allows him to become Captain America. The trailer al

Capt. Jack Sparrow is back! Today, Yahoo! released the official theatrical trailer for 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,' the fourth installment in Disney's mega-popular movie franchise. The new trailer includes footage of Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) on his quest to find the Fountain of Youth, as well as scenes with 'Pirates' newbies Penelope Cruz, who plays the seductive Angelica

According to the LA Times, Mel Gibson swung by an LAPD precinct last night to be fingerpinted and have his mugshot taken after last week's no contest plea to the charges of battery pressed by ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. Mel's new movie, man-puppet love story "The Beaver" premiered at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin the same day. Costar Jodie Foster was on hand, but Gi