This weekend, the highly anticipated board game turned feature film “Battleship” hit theatres in North America. After a rocking turn out and record breaking numbers overseas, many critics expected the Hasbro creation to overturn the reign of “The Avengers.” However, the powers of Taylor Kitsch and Rihanna were no match for the superheros and only came in second place with just over $25 million. That’s just over half over what they were projected to bring in. What else opened this weekend?

Sascha Baren Cohen’s new film “The Dictator” also debuted this weekend at the box office. Not unlike his previous runaway hits, Cohen continues to shock audiences while making them laugh with his unique blend of humor and political satire. The film came in third place this weekend grossing just over $24 million. A comedy that hit theatres on Friday was the book turned film, “What To Expect When You’re Expecting” which features a slew of stars – too many to name actually. Despite the huge names behind the project, the film failed to impress and came in fifth place behind “Dark Shadows.” Check out the weekend’s box office results below.

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Best.News.Ever. I have to say, Drew Barrymore is one of my all-time favorite actresses. Not because she’s the best (because she’s not), but because she’s so damn likeable and adorable. I might even say I have a crush on her. How else can you explain the fact I even liked her in some really craptastic films like “Bad Girls“, “Poison Ivy” and “Mad Love“. Thankfully, it’s not any of those movies that’s being adapted for Broadway. Instead, it’s another beloved Drew Barrymore film that’s heading to the Great White Way.

Hollywood movies given the Broadway musical treatment is nothing new. Some of the most successful musicals recently have been based on motion pictures. They include “Hairspray“, “Sister Act“, “The Lion King“, “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” and “Mary Poppins“. In fact sometimes, the musical version has been far more successful than the original.

Case in point “Newsies“. The Disney film was considered a box office bomb, but re-appropriated and it transformed into a Broadway smash. But for every “Newsies”, there’s also a bomb. Remember the ill-fated “Spider-Man, Turn Off The Dark” mess? How tragic was that? Have any ideas on which Drew Barrymore film is getting the song and dance treatment? “Never Been Kissed“, perhaps? How about “The Wedding Singer“? Or could it be “Firestarter“? Keep reading to find out.

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Now, THIS is the trailer the movie studio should’ve released first instead of that schmaltzy sad excuse of a romantic comedy they were trying to push. No one wants to see a movie about a struggling furniture designer by day who strips for money only to fall in love with his best friend’s sister. Sounds horrible, right? Well, that’s what the first trailer was all about. It looked like a poor man’s “Striptease” and that’s putting it nicely.

Thankfully, someone kicked some sense into the studio execs and informed them what the public really wants to see- pecs, abs and thongs. That’s right, we want to see some hot men stripping. And the more the merrier.

In the newly-released trailer, all signs of that aforementioned love story is nowhere to be seen. Instead, we have most of the cast revealing their “assets” on stage. From military fatigues, cowboy outfits, doctor scrubs, we finally see what costumes Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Alex Pettyfer and Matt Bomer wear on stage. Even if it’s for a fleeting moment. Those outfits couldn’t hit the floor faster if you ask me. Check out the new and improved trailer below. The Chippendales have nothing on them.

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This is no “Ghostbusters” or “What About Bob” movie. Bill Murray takes on a more serious role, playing President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) in a new film (based on true events) called ‘Hyde Park On Hudson‘. The first trailer for the film has just debuted and we’ve got your first look.

In June 1939, FDR and his wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams) host the King and Queen of England (Samuel West, Olivia Colman) for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson, in upstate New York. This marks the first-ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America.

At this time, Britain is about to go to war with Germany they are looking to FDR for support. Things don’t go as expected when the Brits encounter the complexities of FDR’s domestic establishment, with his wife, mother, and mistresses all conspiring to make the royal weekend an unforgettable one. The story is told from the perspective of Daisy (Laura Linney), Franklin’s distant cousin, neighbor, and intimate. Through her eyes we see how one incredible weekend affects the relationship between two great nations, as well as a deeper understanding of the mysteries of love and friendship… and all that jazz. The film debuts on December 7, which is a popular time frame for films with an Oscar buzz. Check out the trailer below!

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Wednesday night, my dear friend Amanda and I went to the screening of “Battleship”, the movie based on the board game of the same name. How anyone thought of taking a board game with no characters and developing it into a Hollywood blockbuster is beyond me. The product of this genius is a 131 minute gargantuan alien invasion flick that seems to get lost inside its numerous and uninteresting sub-plots. Imagine Armageddon and Top Gun had a baby.

The majority of the movie happens in Hawaii during a series of naval exercises when alien invaders crash into the Pacific Ocean in response to a beacon sent to a planet closely resembling earth. Other than as a response to the beacon, we are never given much insight into the intentions of the aliens and are instead inundated with the useless sub-plots not even worth mentioning. This mess of a story line all leads up to a group of WWII vets wearing aviators walking in slow motion to ACDC’s “Thunderstruck” as they come to save the day by fighting on their OWN ship, which happens to be a museum. Honestly, I’m not making this shit up. We were practically pissing ourselves.

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This has got to be by far Elijah Wood‘s darkest role. Directed by Franck Khalfoun, Wood stars in the remake of William Lustig’s brutal 1980 film, ‘Maniac‘. The original film tells the twisted story of a schizoid serial killer and stalks and kills women in New York, seeking revenge for the mistreatment he received from his own mother as a child.

The plot is so creepy. Wood plays Frank, the withdrawn owner of a mannequin store who has an obsession with scalps. When a young artist named Anna (Nora Arnezeder) asks him for help with her new exhibition, his obsession escalates and she has somehow unleashed his repressed compulsion to stalk and kill.

This uncensored teaser trailer is the first look at the film and contains French subtitles, as the teaser was created for the Cannes Film Festival.

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There’s no ‘Limitless‘ pill that can help Bradley Cooper in his new movie titled ‘The Words‘. Cooper plays an author who, at the peak of his literary success, discovers the price he must pay for stealing another man’s work. That’s right, the pressures of his career and financial responsibility weigh down on him, he resorts to stealing another man’s work and publishing it as his own.

The movie was filmed in Montreal because it could pass as both New York and Paris as a setting. It had its world premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and hits theatres on September 21.

The star studded cast includes: Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons, Zoe Saldana, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde, Ben Barnes, John Hannah, Nora Arnezeder and J.K. Simmons. Check out the trailer below.

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On June 29, Magic Mike will take it all off and hit theatres to I’m sure, crowds of antsy women and gay men foaming at the mouth to see the sexy cast of men take it (almost) all off. To help celebrate the films upcoming summer release, Entertainment Weekly has created not only one, but two covers. The main cover shows a very sexy Channing about to take off his shirt but when you open the flaps, it reveals cast members Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer and Matthew McConaughey alongside Channing with the quick tagline, “It’s raining men from Magic Mike.”

In the encompassing article, the boys reveal some behind-the-scenes secrets from the filming of the upcoming stripper film. After the photo shoot, EW took the four cast members out for a boozy dinner where they dished about the movie, the dance sequences and the time where the female extras/fans weighed down Matthew’s thong so much that it actually came off. You can read more about that after the jump. Check out both EW covers below and grab the latest edition of the mag when it hits stands and digital notebooks and tablets on May 18.

Check out the full Magic Mike EW cover after the jump.