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...Twilight Saga: New Moon, $140.7 million, first weekend 2. The Blind Side, $34.5 million, first weekend 3. 2012, $26.5 million; $108.2 million, second week 4. Planet 51, $12.6 million, first weekend 5. Disney's A Christmas Carol, $12.2 million; $79.8 million, third week 6. Precious, Based on the Novel "Push" By Sapphire, $11 million; $21,4 million, third week 7. The Men Who Stare at Goats, $2.8 million; $27.6 million, third week 8. Couples Retreat, $2 million; $105 million, seventh week 9. The Fourth Kind, $1.7 million; $23.3 million, third week 10. Law Abiding Citizen, $1.6 million; $70 million, sixth...
...Planet 51” features several references to well-known space movies, notably “Alien” and “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.” The dog-like alien pet belonging to Lem’s family recalls the eyeless, orb-like forehead of Sigourney Weaver’s original foe, while Elliott’s iconic bicycle silhouetted against the moon in “E.T.” is briefly parodied. By alluding to well-known scenes from past films, these references are perhaps a tongue-in-cheek acknowledgement of some...
...respective talents into the standard roster of kid-movie roles. Sean William Scott (“Role Models”) takes on the wisecracking sidekick, while the inimitable John Cleese is the requisite Evil Professor, whose refined British accent seems wholly out of place in the apparently country-less Planet 51. As the unexpected visitor, Chuck is self-centered and arrogant, and he struggles to understand why the celebrity status he enjoyed at home carries no weight in his new surroundings. As he’s pursued by an army led by the blandly malevolent General Grawl (Gary Oldman), Chuck...
Despite this fairly straightforward unfolding of events, the film remains entertaining. Amid the obligatory smattering of slapstick comedy scenes, whimsically amusing details highlight the differences between Earth and Planet 51. The aliens exchange “high fours,” alien children don astronaut costumes for the premiere of a new “Humaniacs” movie, and Chuck’s “Macarena”-playing iPod is labeled a dangerous and cruel weapon. Chuck’s mechanized companion, Rover, is a source of endearing robot humor that resonates with all audiences, despite being...
...World Series by blowing an obvious call at first base in the bottom of the ninth in Game 6. How did the Cardinal faithful respond to their unholy, unjust loss to their intra-state opponent, the Kansas City Royals? By continuing to be the nicest sports fans on the planet...