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Weekend Receipts: True Grit Shoots Little Fockers Dead

Marshal Rooster Cogburn finally got his bounty in the form of box office gold as True Grit took the top spot after two weeks in second. Nicolas Cage’s latest camp-a-thon, Season of the Witch came in third and proud Goop-er Gwyneth Paltrow’s Country Strong came in movie-weak at number six. Your weekend receipts are here.

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Weekend Receipts: True Grit Shoots Little Fockers Dead

Where Was The Outrage For The Social Network’s Race-Blind Casting?

The Social Network has become a well-night unstoppable awards juggernaut, picking up yet another accolade this weekend, this time from the National Society of Film Critics. Yet, despite all the kudos, I’m surprised that more people haven’t complained about casting two white Englishmen in the roles of a Brazilian and an Indian American. Folks got worked up into a lather over The Last Airbender this summer; so where’s the outrage now?

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Where Was The Outrage For The Social Network’s Race-Blind Casting?

Despicable Dominates Friday

Well, it seems like it was only poor ‘ol S.T. and me who had no clue what the heck Despicable Me was. Clued-in audiences have responded in a big way to Steve Carell who plays…a guy…who kind of looks like Uncle Fester and he’s got these little yellow…homunculi? slaves? widgets? and then something happens with kids in 3D. I dunno. But everyone else is eating it up! It made more than $22 million yesterday which may lead to a surprisingly huge $55 million-plus weekend. Meanwhile the Most Vapid Love Triangle in Cinematic History pulled their chaste love train into second place as Eclipse added about $11.5 million last night to their coffers. Predators generated about $11 million on its opening night, which may not sound like a lot until you realize that executive producer Robert Rodriguez makes things on the crazy-cheap and the budget for this one was like 78 bucks and some buttons that Rodriguez found in his ashtray. The inimitable Toy Story 3 and the incompetent Last Airbender made up numbers 4 and 5, respectively. Check out the full numbers after the jump.

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Despicable Dominates Friday