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Weekend Receipts: First Class, First Place; Bridesmaids Hits $100M Milestone

It wasn’t what you’d call a surprising weekend at the box office — X-Men: First Class , The Hangover Part II and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides pretty mucha ll did what they were supposed to do — but it was a busy one, with even a little history made by America’s stank-face sweethearts . Your weekend receipts are here.

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Weekend Receipts: First Class, First Place; Bridesmaids Hits $100M Milestone

Michael Jackson and Shaquille O’Neal Wanted to be in X-Men

From the annual Produced By conference comes word of a tragically missed opportunity. Or happily dodged bullet. Both, maybe? “[Producer Ralph] Winter had pointed out that Shaquille O’N eal had wanted to play a part in the first X-Men movie, and that Michael Jackson lobbied for the role of Professor Xavier, which was played by Patrick Stewart.” [ The Wrap ]

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Michael Jackson and Shaquille O’Neal Wanted to be in X-Men