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This weekend, the holiday movie season kicks off with the releases of Megamind on over 7,000 screens at 3,944 locations, Due Date on close to 4,700 screens at 3,355 locations and For Colored Girls on nearly 2,900 screens at 2,127 locations. Todd PhillipsZach GalifianakisRobert Downey Jr.Tyler Perry

Thanks to school holidays in many areas in Europe, Despicable Me had a great hold and moved back in to first place at the foreign box office. Paranormal Activity 2 dropped to second, while Saw 3D dramatically improved on Saw VI's earnings in its foreign debut. Also, Megamind was well-received in Russia and Ukraine ahead of its domestic opening this Friday.

The Motion Picture Association of America's Classification and Ratings Administration released their weekly bulletin this afternoon, which included ratings for holiday movies like The Tourist, How Do You Know and Burlesque. Angelina JolieJohnny DeppJames L. BrooksReese WitherspoonOwen WilsonPaul RuddJack NicholsonCherKristen BellGwyneth PaltrowMia Wasikowska

After September and October turned out just one clear $100 million movie (Jackass 3-D), November seems poised to deliver a handful of potential blockbusters. Megamind and Due Date aim to kick off the month strongly, while Unstoppable, Skyline and Tangled also have potential. Towering over all of these movies, though, is the beginning of the end of the Harry Potter series, which will undoubtedly generate massive sales.Brad PittTodd PhillipsZach GalifianakisRobert Downey Jr.Tyler PerryTony ScottDenzel WashingtonChris PineJ.J. AbramsHarrison FordRachel McAdamsAline Brosh McKennaPaul HaggisRussell CroweJake GyllenhaalAnne HathawayDwayne JohnsonCherDanny BoyleNaomi WattsSean Penn

Conviction expanded in to an almost-nationwide 565 theaters and easily topped all limited releases over the weekend, despite posting modest grosses. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, which concluded the Swedish-language version of the Millennium trilogy, had a decent start, though it fell short of its predecessor. Hilary SwankWoody AllenKristen StewartJames GandolfiniEmily Blunt

On Halloween weekend, the Saw franchise saved some face with its supposedly "final chapter" after the disappointment of the last movie, but it didn't restore its former gory glory. Among holdovers, Paranormal Activity 2 and others dissipated, while Red and others conserved. Overall business was up three percent over the same weekend last year when Michael Jackson's This Is It led.

On the Friday before Halloween, the Saw franchise saved some face with its supposedly "final chapter" after the disappointment of its last movie, while Paranormal Activity 2 dissipated. Overall business was up a bit over the same Friday last year when Michael Jackson's This Is It led.

A flurry of new release dates were announced today, including such high profile titles as Conan 3D, The Bourne Legacy, The Dark Tower and 21 Jump Street. Marcus NispelJohnny DeppJonah HillRachel McAdamsChanning TatumTim BurtonJudd ApatowRon HowardTom HanksDenzel WashingtonRyan ReynoldsMark WahlbergKeanu Reeves

Fans of Paranormal Activity showed up in droves this week for its sequel, which easily took first place at the box office. Jackass 3-D crashed in its second week, while Red busted out of its comic book origins to have a great hold. The week's other major release, Hereafter, had a decent but ultimately unmemorable launch. Overall business was up around four percent from last year, when Paranormal Activity led with $27.8 million. Clint Eastwood

"If it's Halloween, it must be Saw," the ads for previous Saw movies declared, and this Halloween weekend is no exception, despite the series dulling with the previous entry, Saw VI. The seventh installment, Saw 3D, arrives as the sole new nationwide release on around 3,500 screens at 2,808 locations, marking the second-smallest release of the series, behind the first Saw.

Coinciding with its huge domestic haul, Paranormal Activity 2 debuted in 21 territories, including a handful of major ones, to take first place at the foreign box office. Despicable Me and The Social Network held well without the aid of significant new markets.Oliver Stone

The Motion Picture Association of America's Classification and Ratings Administration released their weekly bulletin today, which included new ratings for The Adjustment Bureau and Monte Carlo along with an amended rating for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Matt DamonEmily BluntSelena GomezLeighton Meester

In a quiet weekend in the arthouse world, documentary Waiting for "Superman" battled back to the top of the heap. Last weekend's champ N-Secure fell to second, while Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger had a mostly unsuccessful expansion. Robert De NiroEdward NortonHilary Swank

Paranormal Activity 2 delivered the highest-grossing opening weekend ever for a supernatural horror movie, while the other new supernaturally-themed entry, Hereafter, had a quieter launch. Overall business was up nearly 12 percent from the same weekend last year, when the first Paranormal Activity led. Clint EastwoodMatt Damon

On Friday, Paranormal Activity 2 delivered the highest-grossing opening day for a supernatural horror movie on record, while the other new supernaturally-themed entry, Hereafter, had a relatively quieter launch. Overall business was up from the same Friday last year, when the first Paranormal Activity led.

Over ten years after Jackass first debuted on MTV, the franchise may have reached a commercial high point with the massive first-week haul of Jackass 3-D. Business was solid elsewhere as well with the opening of Red and the hold of The Social Network. In spite of all of this, though, overall box office was off around three percent from the same timeframe last year when Where the Wild Things Are, Law Abiding Citizen, Paranormal Activity and Couples Retreat each earned over $20 million. Bruce WillisMorgan FreemanDavid FincherAaron SorkinKatherine HeiglJosh Duhamel

Over three months after its initial release, Despicable Me finally took the top spot at the foreign box office this weekend. Last weekend's champ, Eat Pray Love, slowed a bit, while The Social Network had a decent showing in its first major international outing. Julia RobertsDavid FincherAaron SorkinOliver StoneLuc Besson

The Motion Picture Association of America's Classification and Ratings Administration released their weekly bulletin this morning, which was full of new ratings for movies like The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Yogi Bear and Skyline. Johnny DeppAngelina JolieJames L. BrooksKevin James

While it was comparatively unheralded prior to release, N-Secure managed to easily top all limited releases in its debut weekend. Waiting for "Superman" had another solid showing, and John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy expanded its way up the chart. Tea Party documentary I Want Your Money was unable to grab much cash from audiences, while Clint Eastwood's Hereafter had a strong limited . Keira KnightleyCarey MulliganAndrew GarfieldWoody AllenMatt DamonHilary Swank

Jackass 3-D made a lot of jack over the weekend. In fact, it boasted the biggest-grossing opening weekend that a Fall (Sept.-Oct.) movie has ever seen, and it more than doubled the debut of the solid Red. The holdovers were unphased by Jackass's bluster, contributing to a busy weekend by mid-October standards, despite being down six percent from the same timeframe last year when Where the Wild Things Are debuted. Johnny KnoxvilleBruce WillisMorgan FreemanHelen Mirren