1. Kung Fu Panda: $83,677,338 ($130 million budget)
2. Don’t Mess with the Zohan: $52,390,341 ($90 million budget)
3. Sex and the City: $31,774,685 ($65 million budget, second week)

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The weekend in quotes will give you a general idea of the upcoming movies this weekend. As you might have expected, the reviews for ‘The Happening’ weren’t favorable. Currently, the M. Night Shyamalan movie has a Metacritic score of 4.6, based on just 4 reviews. The strange thing is, all the reviewers gave the movie a 5.0. Logic tells us the Metacritic score should be 5.0. But not according to Metacritic.com.

‘The Incredible Hulk’ is doing better, but not great. A Metacritic score of 6.8. Well below Iron Man’s 7.8, but beating Indy’s 6.5. Let’s take a look at the actual quotes.

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Another week, another look at the post-weekend box office drop, where we compare the weekend with the week to see how long the new movies will stay around.

1. Sex and the City
Saturday and Sunday: $13,910,620 million
Monday and Tuesday: $5,354,732 million
Drop: 61.5%

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