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Paramount Pictures announced this morning that the Footloose remake has completed principal casting and is now scheduled to open April 1, 2011. Following yesterday's Fright Night announcement, this is the second 80s remake to secure a 2011 date in the last two days. Kevin BaconDennis QuaidCraig BrewerRussell BrandZac EfronChace CrawfordJustin TimberlakeColin FarrellChristopher Mintz-Plasse

Complementing its excellent domestic opening weekend, Toy Story 3 opened strongly in China and a handful of Latin American territories. The A-Team added countries to stay in the mix, while Sex and the City 2 and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time continued to offset mediocre domestic grosses with lucrative foreign earnings.

Bollywood movie Raavan led all limited releases in its opening weekend, making this the third time in the last five weekends that a Bollywood movie has topped the list. Please Give, Solitary Man and Winter's Bone had noteworthy expansions, while Cyrus impressed in a very limited debut. Michael DouglasJonah HillMarisa Tomei

The toys were back in town, and audiences were back in theaters. Pixar Animation Studios broke the piggy bank again with Toy Story 3, which raked in $110.3 million over the weekend. Overall weekend business was up 32 percent over the same timeframe last year, and, with nearly $200 million, it was the industry's largest-grossing third weekend of June ever.

Here's a look back at past weekends comparable to June 18-20, 2010: Hilary DuffSamuel L. JacksonFreddie Prinze Jr.Jim CarreyAl PacinoMadonna

Generating an estimated $41 million, Toy Story 3 set a new opening day gross benchmark for an animated feature on Friday, surpassing Shrek the Third's $38.4 million. Among all opening days, Toy Story 3 ranked 12th, just ahead of Alice in Wonderland (2010). Its Friday gross included a $4 million midnight opening at around 1,500 venues.

The Karate Kid continued to beat up the box office throughout the week, finishing its first seven days with $77.3 million. Fellow 1980s rehash The A-Team, on the other hand, continued to be battered, coming in at $36 million for the week. Despite these openings, overall business was up only three percent from the same timeframe last year, indicating that summer 2010 isn't saved quite yet.

This weekend, one of the most commercially promising titles of the year arrives, while a far less appealing movie opens in its shadows. For Toy Story 3, it's a matter of how high will it fly at 4,028 locations, and, for Jonah Hex, it's likely about how low will it go at 2,825 locations. Megan FoxJosh Brolin

This summer's first two major releases, Iron Man 2 and Robin Hood, each reached significant, albeit drastically different, box office milestones yesterday. Iron Man 2 passed the $300 million mark in its 40th day in theaters, while Robin Hood inched past $100 million in its 33rd day. Russell CroweRidley ScottRobert Downey Jr.

The Motion Picture Association of America's Classification and Ratings Administration released their weekly bulletin today, which included ratings for Salt, Dinner for Schmucks, Jonah Hex and more. Angelina JoliePaul RuddZach GalifianakisJay RoachSteve CarellJosh BrolinMegan FoxKatherine HeiglJosh Duhamel

The Thing (2011) will strike theaters on April 29, 2011, distributor Universal Pictures announced today. The science-fiction horror thriller is currently the only nationwide release scheduled for that weekend, and it slots into the same timeframe that the Nightmare on Elm Street remake haunted earlier this year. John CarpenterMary Elizabeth Winstead

Solitary Man expanded again and rose to the top of the limited release heap. Foreign movies The Secret in Their Eyes and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo showed few signs of fatigue, while new releases Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work and Winter's Bone got off to above average starts. Michael Douglas

What a difference an appealing movie can make. After weeks of soft box office, overall business perked up nearly ten percent over the same weekend last year, thanks to The Karate Kid. The remake of the 1980s smash debuted far beyond genre norms, and it more than doubled the opening of fellow '80s rehash, The A-Team, which was relatively sub-par. Jackie Chan

Here's a look back at past weekends comparable to June 11-13, 2010: Brad PittAngelina JolieRobert RodriguezTaylor LautnerNicolas CageDwayne JohnsonEddie MurphyJack Nicholson

Foreign sales were slow this weekend, undoubtedly due in part to the start of the World Cup on Friday. Sex and the City 2 led the way for the second weekend in a row, while Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time continued to offset its weak domestic numbers with solid international sales. The A-Team debuted in 35 territories, though it appears its core young male audience preferred their nation's soccer teams over this scorned commando team. Liam NeesonBradley Cooper

On Friday, The Karate Kid delivered the fifth highest-grossing opening day of the year so far, and it led to an improvement in overall business from the same Friday last year. It out-shined the launch of The A-Team by nearly two-to-one.

This weekend, two 1980s retreads hit theaters, aiming to tap into the themes that made the originals so popular as well as to draw the nostalgic. The Karate Kid crane-kicks its way onto close to 5,400 screens at 3,663 locations, while The A-Team marches onto approximately 5,200 screens at 3,535 locations. Will SmithJackie ChanHilary SwankNicolas CageDwayne JohnsonJessica Biel

Robert Downey Jr. has pulled off an incredible feat in his career, going from nearly less than zero for around 25 years to box office hero in the last two. Aside from supporting roles in a few popular movies, Mr. Downey could have been labeled box office poison for most of his career, better known for the poisons he was putting into his system than for his movies. But despite so many commercial strikes, Hollywood kept letting him play, and it finally paid off in 2008. Kiefer SutherlandMel GibsonMarisa TomeiHalle BerryGeorge ClooneyVal KilmerTim AllenJon FavreauJohnny DeppJamie FoxxTodd PhillipsRobert Downey Jr.

The Motion Picture Association of America's Classification and Ratings Administration released their weekly ratings bulletin this morning, which included a rating for upcoming action comedy Knight & Day along with revised ratings for Eat Pray Love and Grease Sing-Along.Tom CruiseJulia RobertsDavid Fincher

Early this afternoon Walt Disney Pictures announced that Jim Henson's Muppets will be back on the big screen on Christmas Day 2011 in the tentatively titled The Muppets. Jason SegelNicholas Stoller