Box Office Breakdown: Breaking Dawn Still Sparkling

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With no new major releases this past weekend, the Twi-hards were again able to secure the coveted box office top spot for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. At $16.9 million, the penultimate Twilight film has earned more than its predecessors in the third week.

The Muppets held on to its #2 spot at $11.2 million while Martin Scorcese's Hugo jumped from #5 to the #3 spot this week at $7.6 million after having been screened at an additional 500+ theaters. Holiday animated film Arthur Christmas maintained its #4 position with $7.3 million, and Happy Feet Two fell from #3 to #5 with $6 million.

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Box Office Breakdown: Breaking Dawn Sinks Teeth Into Competition

Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Buena Vista, DreamWorks, Disney, Fox Searchlight, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Musicals, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, New Releases,

Neither the classic Jim Henson characters of The Muppets nor the Black Friday events were enough to sway the effect that The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 has on audiences everywhere! The vampire love story took the top spot at the box office for the second week in a row, pulling in $41.6 million for the long Thanksgiving weekend -- bringing its box office total to $220.8 million.

Amy Adams and Jason Segel claimed the #2 spot at $29.2 million with The Muppets in its first week, bumping Happy Feet Two down to #3 with $13.4 million in its second week. The animated holiday film Arthur Christmas and Martin Scorcese's latest film Hugo took fourth and fifth with $12 million and $11.3 million, respectively.

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Katie Holmes: Adam Sandler’s Latest Young Wife

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Columbia Pictures, Comedy, Casting, Celeb News, Upcoming Releases,

For her next film, Katie Holmes will play wife to someone slightly younger than her real-life hubby.

The 31-year-old Romantics actress has just signed on to Jack and Jill, a comedy that will feature a 43-year-old Adam Sandler in two roles.

Sandler, who’ll be wed to Katie’s character, will pull a Nutty Professor-eseque stunt when he stars as both Jack and his visiting sister Jill.

The Thanksgiving-set film will also feature Al Pacino, who’ll be playing himself.

Frequent collaborator Dennis Dugan (Happy Gilmore, Grown Ups) will work with Sandler once again for this project.

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Adam Sandler, Cross-Dresser

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Columbia Pictures, Romance, Comedy, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Upcoming Releases,

The papers have been inked, and Adam Sandler will become the titular star in the new comedy Jack and Jill. Actually, cancel that. He’s the titular stars. That’s right…he’s playing both roles.

In the film, Jack and Jill are twins and the theme is romance. I’m already feeling kind of bad for the guy who’s playing Jill’s love interest…aren’t you?

The Happy Madison project is scheduled for a 2011 release.

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