Female audiences empowered the weekend's domestic box office in two new, vastly different pictures, which recieived wide release: “The Expendables” and “Eat Pray Love.” 

With the possible exception of Eddie Murphy, movie stars in the 1980s could not salvage bad, uninteresting, or unappealing films. Murphy is the only star boasting a consistent string of successes, despite varying degrees of artistic quality and interest.

The horror film has long played a leading role in the evolution of 3-D cinema. The visceral nature of the genre and the format’s immersive effects go together like, well, slashers and scream queens. In fact, the first big hit of the “Golden Age” of 3-D was the classic chiller House of Wax (1953), starring Vincent Price. Audiences were captivated by the film’s stereoscopic visuals and Price’s performance in a role that would make him virtually synonymous with the genre.

What's the relative power of film critics in determining the degree of commercial popularity, both domestically and internationally, of American movies  Judging by the top ten grossing films worldwide, there's quite a disparity between critics assessments and commercial appeal, measured by box-office receipts.