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'Super 8' Is Super At The Box Office


Posted on Jun 12, 2011 @ 06:25AM - 1 comment

by Radar Staff

Super 8, the family-friendly SciFi adventure produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by J.J. Abrams, had a super opening at the box office this weekend.

With stars Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning, the flick took in an estimated $38 million in tickets.

Super 8, the family-friendly SciFi adventure produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by J.J. Abrams, had a super opening at the box office this weekend.

With stars Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning, the flick took in an estimated $38 million in tickets.

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X-Men: First Class finished second with $25 million.

And two sequels, The Hangover II and Pirates 4 each took in enough to pass the $200 million mark.

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Beam Me Up "Medea!"


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Tyler Perry is boldly going where no man has gone before. Not drag... Space!

J.J. Abrams --director of the upcoming $150 million dollar Star Trek movie -- went out on a limb to cast Perry in the film.  Perry is, of course, best known for his hilarious gender-bending turns as Madea on the big screen, but he's never appeared in a movie apart from his own.

In Star Trek, the 39-year-old, hulking 6 ft 5inch actor plays straight-laced Admiral Richard Barnett.

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