The Friday box office numbers were even higher than we posted earlier, as you might have seen in our box office graph on the left bar. ‘You Don’t Mess with the Zohan’ ended the day with $15 million. The second highest first day gross for a Adam Sandler movie, just behind ‘The Longest Yard’ in 2005. ‘Kung Fu Panda’ did $20 million, making it DreamWorks’ highest grossing non-sequel.

The Saturday estimates indicate an even better day for Jack Black, Angelina Jolie and Jackie Chan — their voices I mean. ‘Kung Fu Panda’ made about $23.5 million, beating expectations yet again. Considering the usual Sunday drop, we’re looking at a $60 million weekend for the DreamWorks animation. This will translate into the fourth place on the top 10 of non-sequel animations, just behind three Disney features.

The Saturday box office was a little unsteady for ‘Zohan’ though. He had a small drop to about $14.5 million. The total is estimated at $40 million for the weekend, a typical Adam Sandler opening.

Notable is that the third to the fifth place were respectively taken by ‘Indiana Jones 4,’ ‘The Strangers’ and ‘Sex and the City’ with $9.9, $8.8 and $8.1 million. Quite a shift from Friday, when ‘Sex and the City’ was still third. But I fully expect it to return there tomorrow or during next week.

It’s about time Film-industry.biz saw some trailers. So here’s the first batch of hopefully many to come. Today we serve:

• He’s Just Not That Into You
• Hancock (clip)
• Step Brothers
• Wanted

Continue reading Today’s trailers: ‘He’s Just Not That Into You,’ ‘Hancock,’ ‘Step Brothers’ and ‘Wanted’

If you’re into Angelina Jolie (or James McAvoy), you might want to check out these new (and old) ‘Wanted’ stills. They come from the website that just went live.

The $65 million project features James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman and will be in theaters June 27.