Three new films will compete for your box office dollars this weekend and try to catapult current champ Inception out of the top spot. Steve Carell and Paul Rudd invite you to attend Dinner for Schmucks; household pets will battle it out in Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore and Zac Efron sees dead people as the title character in Charlie St. Cloud. Will these new films be box office smashes? Take a look. 

After a nice debut last weekend, Christopher Nolan’s Inception will attempt to defend its box office crown against newcomer Salt starring Angelina Jolie. Without a doubt, it is going to be a tight race to the finish line. Also opening this week, Ramona and Beezus starring Joey King and Disney Channel star Selena Gomez based on the best-selling book by Beverly Cleary. 

This weekend two new films open; 3-D animated family film, Despicable Me and 80’s action movie revival, Predators. Last weekend’s #1 film Eclipse will certainly have a huge drop off this weekend leaving the two new films to compete for this weekend’s box office crown. Will Despicable Me be able to fend off Predators? Take a look. 

Last weekend, Toy Story 3 put the summer box office back on track, but will this weekend’s new films be able to keep things going in the right direction? Probably not. First up is Knight and Day, an action comedy starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz which actually opened on Wednesday. The only other film opening this weekend is the latest comedy from Adam Sandler, Grown Ups. How will they perform? Take a look.

Last weekend the summer movie season was finally kicked in the right direction by the remake of The Karate Kid, the first film all summer to exceed expectations and be labeled a bona-fide hit. The film proved that audiences aren’t sick of reboots and remakes as long as they are done well and this weekend, highly anticipated sequel, Toy Story 3 will prove that there is still plenty of audience demand for sequel properties as well. The threequel is bound to perform really well, but just how much will it actually make? Take a look. 

Hollywood is dusting off some relics from the 80’s this weekend in hopes that the future of the summer box office season will be saved by the past. Based on the hit television show, The A-Team blasts its way into theatres along with a remake of The Karate Kid from 1984. If these films don’t excite you, you can always kick back this weekend with a Jolt cola and play some Pac Man while listening to the soundtrack for Purple Rain.

Despite four new releases this weekend, this continued to be a bummer of a summer at the box office. While Get Him to the Greek and Killers performed okay, Marmaduke and Splice were outright box office dogs. The quartet of under performers made it possible for Shrek Forever After to be the #1 film for the third weekend in a row. Things might start to heat up next weekend with the releases of The A-Team and The Karate Kid and the following weekend, Woody and Buzz are back in Toy Story 3, which is guaranteed to be a huge hit. 

The summer box office season has been off to a shaky start with Iron Man, Shrek and Carrie Bradshaw performing below expectations but with this weekend’s four new releases… who am I kidding? This weekend is going to be another bust. Not one of the new releases has any break out potential. Get Him to the Greek and Killers will be mid-range hits, Marmaduke will do just okay and Splice will be an outright bomb. Take a look.

Traditionally, Memorial Day weekend is one of the biggest box office weekends of the year and there are two major releases contending for your dollars.  Sex and the City 2 which is actually opening today and Disney hopes to launch a new franchise with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. There are also some holdovers that should still perform well this weekend; look for Shrek Forever After to have a good hold over the 4 day frame and Iron Man 2 and Robin Hood should round out the top 5. Take a look. 

It’s a good thing that Shrek Forever After is the last film in the series because it didn’t even come close to matching the opening of its predecessors signaling that audiences are tired of the character. Shrek 4 will still attain box office heights that will make most other films green with envy, but for the series it will be viewed as a box office disappointment. The only other wide release of the weekend, MacGruber inspired by the SNL skit of the same name, proved to be yet another box office dud for the venerable sketch show. Take a look.