STEVE CARELL IN MOB COMEDY? The actor will star opposite The New Girl’s Jake Johnson in an as-of-yet untitled mob comedy.
LINDSAY EXPLAINS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLUB AND FESTIVAL: According to TMZ, “Lindsay Lohan is telling friends she doesn’t feel she did anything wrong by going to Coachella this weekend — because the judge in her probation case told her to avoid clubs … and Coachella doesn’t qualify.”
RYAN O’NEAL’S PROGNOSIS ‘GRIM’? Although Ryan sounded optimistic about his cancer diagnosis, sources say that his prognosis is ‘very grim.’
WEEKEND MOVIE WRAP-UP
The Cabin in the Woods, a thriller about five friends who go to a remote cabin that offers a twist on the horror genere, debuted at Number Three. Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Fran Kranz, Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins star.
Opening in ninth place was the sci-fi/action film Lockout, starring Guy Pearce as a man wrongly convicted of espionage against the U.S. who’s offered freedom if he can rescue the president’s daughter from an outer space prison that’s been taken over by dangerous inmates. Co-starring are Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare and Joe Gilgun.
THIS WEEKEND’S TOP TEN MOVIES — APRIL 13-15
- The Hunger Games, $21.5 million
- The Three Stooges, $17.1 million
- The Cabin in the Woods, $14.9 million
- Titanic in 3-D, $11.6 million
- American Reunion, $10.6 million
- Mirror Mirror, $7 million
- Wrath of the Titans, $6.9 million
- 21 Jump Street, $6.8 million
- Lockout, $6.3 million
- Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax, $3 million