Celebrity Today

Another week begins, and this means it is Monday morning, and it is time for my weekly look at the movies. With the July 4 holiday this week, things are a bit slow on the release side, but we still have things to tell you about. This week’s box office was a battle between Angelina Jolie and animation. It was a hard battle, but Disney’s Wall-E came out on top. Both movies went over $50 million in ticket sales, and this did set a new box office record.

In fact this weekend was one of the top money making in box office history. People went out to see both Wall-E and Wanted. Wanted, shown in less theaters, made approximately $51 million in sales, and Wall-E topped things with $62.5 million. Over on DVD, Fool’s Gold topped both the sales chart and the rentals chart in its first week of release. This release beat out the previous top seller, The Bucket List, which came in third place.

As for new releases this week, Hancock is heading into theaters finally. This movie has been hyped up, and last week the movie’s stars headed out and out to promote the movie. We saw them on everything from Letterman to TRL. Word has it this week that Will Smith might play Barack Obama in a movie. Obama chose Will himself to portray him in a movie on his life because they have similar ears. Will made a comment about this to MTV recently.

That’s the key. That’s the key. America loves ears, you know? Mickey Mouse started it; Goofy and Dumbo followed behind. And America just loves the ears.

HMM! Will as Obama? Honestly, I can see it. Will it happen? Only time will tell. In other release news, we have The Closer Third Season heading onto DVD just in time for the fourth season, and we also have Vantage Point and My Blueberry Nights heading to store shelves. Not much else of note, but for a full list of new releases for this week check after the jump.

July 2
Hancock Columbia

July 1
Vantage Point (PG-13)
Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (PG-13)
Drillbit Taylor (PG-13)
My Blueberry Nights (PG-13)
City of Men (R)

30 Days The Complete 2nd Season
Anglo Saxon Attitudes (mini-series) Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
BraveStarr Volume 2
Care Bears King Of The Moon
The Closer The Complete 3rd Season
Ganges Ganges
House of Payne Volume 2: Episodes 21-40
Mad Men Season 1
Streets of San Francisco Season 2, Volume 1
Til Death Do Us Part The Complete 1st Season
Tori & Dean: Inn Love Season 1
Walker, Texas Ranger The Complete 5th Season

July 1
John Mayer - Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles [Live CD/DVD]
Los Lonely Boys - Forgiven
Girlicious - Girlicious
Vanessa Hudgens - Identified
Alkaline Tio - Agony & Irony
Patrulla 81 - Corridos Duranguenses
Tickle Me Pink - Madeline
Earlimart - Hymn and Her
Night Ranger - Hole In The Sun

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