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Slow is the appropriate word for the box office as the winner could only muster $20 million. Not only that no one seemed to want to attend a wedding, either.

"Warm Bodies" did attempt to heat up the box office in what is usual a weak weekend since the Super Bowl takes center stage.

There is a method to the madness. And this is one. As the business of show wrapped for 2012, it was indeed a record year.

This is the weekend to look for legs, as in, does "Trouble With the Curve" have any? With baseball movies and many films from Clint Eastwood, they build over time.

Talk about throwing a curve this weekend at the box office. Enter Clint Eastwood. Life is all about timing and this weekend "Trouble With the Curve" opens and it is the widest new release scheduled.

After weeks of dismal box office returns, can audiences find their way back to theaters this weekend? Can a retread, laced up with 3D, help them find the way? OK, one more. Will "Finding Nemo 3D" be the film that does it?

When a holiday weekend approaches, the box office numbers game means adding another roundup to the mix. First, take the three day total, report, and then add in the Monday, report again.

FINAL UPDATE: Actuals released and before the shootings, studios were looking at up to $175 million, but truth is, event did not keep people home. Box office total is $160.8 million and third best opening ever. And the best 2D opening ever.

In 2011, for the first time since 1998, home video rental spending surpassed home video sales. That may sound like a trend the major studios can live with, but not so fast, says a new report.

American Idol's Crystal Bowersox has come forward and is claiming that host Ryan Seacrest took advantage of a tender, soft moment and used it for show ratings.