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Last week's Box Office Poll tally turned out to be pretty on point. The majority of you wanted to see "Zombieland," and $25 million worth of you actually did. Good stuff. I didn't get out to the theater this weekend, but I'm going to this week, if only for the awesome cameo.

The coming Friday is an odd one as far as the box office goes. In an unusual twist, only one new movie is officially opening wide this week: the Peter Billingsley-directed comedy "Couples Retreat," starring an ensemble that includes Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell, Jon Favreau, Kristin Davis, Faizon Love and plenty more. The story follows four couples who go off on a tropical vacation for fun, sun and couples therapy. Read more...

Tags An Education, Bronson, couples retreat, Free Style, From Mexico With Love, good hair, More Than A Game, Paranormal Activity, The Boys Are Back, The Damned United

Please excuse the delay in running this week's Box Office Poll. I experienced some technical difficulties when working from home yesterday, so I put this post off for today. What a week we're in for movies. I don't know about y'all, but every wide release that opens is on my list as well as a fair few of the limited releases. So let's get to it.

Tough to say what the big one for the week is going to be. I think the top contender -- though not necessarily by a wide margin -- is "Zombieland," a comedy-horror flick starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin. As a zombie apocalypse sweeps across the world, the foursome set out on a cross-country trip to... well I'm not entirely sure. They kill lots of zombies though. Read more...

Tags A Serious Man, abigail breslin, Bright Star, capitalism: a love story, Drew Barrymore, ellen page, emma stone, ethan coen, Jane Campion, Jesse Eisenberg, joel coen, juliette lewis, kristen wiig, marcia gay harden, michael moore, More Than A Game, Paranormal Activity, ricky gervais, The Boys Are Back, The Invention of Lying, toy story, toy story 2, toy story 3, whip it, woody harrelson, zoe bell, zombieland

As if last week's mixed-genre Friday openings weren't enough, we've got the same song this week as well. I'm thinking that the front-runner is "Fame." Not only does it possess an all-ages appeal, but there's also the nostalgia factor to consider. The 1980 original was quite popular, so even childless thirty-somethings can find something to enjoy with this remake. Maybe.

It's not like there aren't other options. Michael Moore is back with another message-driven doc, "Capitalism: A Love Story." This one's about the sorry state of financial affairs that our nation is currently in, with the focus on what went wrong and how we got to where we currently are. Moore is nothing if not a crowd-pleaser, so expect to find his same brand of wry, scathing humor mixed with shocking facts about corporate and governmental wrongdoings. Read more...

Tags ben foster, bruce willis, cam gigandet, capitalism: a love story, Coco Before Chanel, dennis quaid, fame, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, michael moore, pandorum, Paranormal Activity, Radha Mitchell, Surrogates, The Blue Tooth Virgin, The Boys Are Back, Twilight