Horton Hears a Who! is still hearing cash registers, topping the box office for a second straight weekend with $25.1 million ($86.5 mil to date). Placing second with $20 mil was Meet the Browns, which was only Tyler Perry's fourth-best opening ever.Rounding out the top five were Shutter (debuting to $10.7 mil), Drillbit Taylor ($10.2 mil in its own first weekend) and In Bruges ($5.9 mil).Are you among the scores who have heard a Who? Or did you spend Easter weekend with the Browns?
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Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! courtesy Blue Sky Studios/20th Century Fox
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! topped the weekend box office with $45.1 million in ticket sales, making it the the best premiere so far this year, the fifth-largest G-rated debut ever, and the fourth-best opening of Jim Carrey's career (and thus, I suppose, worth that sad American Idol pimpage). Last week's champ, 10,000 BC, placed second with $16.4 mil.Rounding out the top five were Never Back Down (opening with $8.6 million), College Road Trip ($7.9 mil) and Vantage Point ($5.4 mil).
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David Archuleta by Ray Mickshaw/FOX, Mark Walberg by Kelsey McNeal/FOX
Jeers to Fox for soiling its squeaky clean American Idol with promos for the super-sleazy Moment of Truth. Less than 15 minutes into this week's Beatles-themed sing-off, the network ran an ad for the lie-detector game show in which a contestant answers yes to the question, "Have you ever had physical relations with any of your friends' wives?" (It was followed, ironically enough, by a spot for the G-rated Horton Hears a Who!) C'mon, Fox, a lot of us watch Idol with our kids! We don't want to explain this trash to them — and that's the cold, hard truth.
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Steve Carell by Jeffrey Mayer/ WireImage.com
Steve Carell took some time out at the premiere of his new movie Horton Hears a Who! to chat about The Office's much-anticipated return. Filming on the NBC hit resumed March 6, and six episodes will round out this post-strike season. When asked about upcoming plotlines, Carell remarked, "The first [returning] episode is the one that was written previous to the strike. It involves Michael Scott having a dinner party for some of the couples in the office — and obviously things go terribly awry."Another bonus for Office fans, courtesy of Carell: The season finale will be an hour long. The Office returns April 10 at 9 pm/ET. — Summer Brooks
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