People came out for J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg united. Super 8 premiered in the Number One spot at the box office with $37 Million. X-Men: First Class was Second with $25 Million. The Hangover Part II was Third with $18.5 Million for $216.5 Million so far. Kung Fu Panda 2 was Fourth with $16.6 Million for $126.9 Million so far. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides was Fifth with $10.8 Million for $208.7 Million so far. Bridesmaids, Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer (which premiered this weekend), Midnight in Paris, Thor, and Fast Five rounded out the top ten respectively.
Super 8 is a 2011 American science fiction film written and directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. The film, starring [Joel Courtney, Jessica Tuck, Joel McKinnon Miller, Ryan Lee, Zach Mills, Riley Griffiths, Gabriel Basso, Kyle Chandler, Ron Eldard, Amanda Michalka, Andrew Miller, Jakob Miller, Jade Griffiths, Britt Flatmo, Elle Fanning, Glynn Turman, Noah Emmerich, Richard T. Jones, Amanda Foreman, David Gallagher, Brett Rice, Michael Giacchino, Beau Knapp, Bruce Greenwood, Dale Dickey, Jack Axelrod, Dan Castellaneta, and Ben Gavin], was released on June 10, 2011 in conventional and IMAX theaters. The film tells the story of a group of children who are filming their own Super 8 movie when a train derails, releasing [something] into their town.
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer is a 2011 comedy film based on Megan McDonald’s Judy Moody book series, released on June 10, 2011. The movie follows along a third-grader Judy Moody who sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life. However, her parents are moving away, and Judy and her brother are staying home with their aunt. [The film stars Jordana Beatty, Heather Graham, Preston Bailey, and Parris Mosteller.]
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