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With four new nationwide releases that lacked broad appeal, the weak box office continued, allowing Shrek Forever After to spend a third weekend in the lead. Overall business hit a 13-year low for the first weekend of June, and it was down 22 percent from the same timeframe last year when The Hangover debuted. Katherine HeiglAshton Kutcher

While it may not be a monster hit stateside, Sex and the City 2 expanded to 49 territories this weekend and took first place at the foreign box office. Another domestic underperformer, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, continued to attract substantial international audiences, while Bollywood movie Raajneeti had a huge opening in India and Robin Hood and Shrek Forever After vied for fourth place. Ridley ScottRussell Crowe

Early June has sometimes seen post-Memorial Day lulls, but it has also seen its fair share of break-out hits. Here's a look back: Martin LawrenceClint EastwoodMeryl StreepArnold SchwarzeneggerJohn Travolta

The Blind Side and Crazy Heart, which produced this year's Oscar winners for Best Actor and Best Actress, ended their lengthy box office engagements this Thursday, June 4. Music biopic The Runaways also came to a close, finishing up one of the more disappointing performances of 2010. Sandra BullockJeff BridgesKristen StewartRobert Pattinson

On another soft summer Friday, Shrek Forever After out-grossed four middling new nationwide releases to lead the box office again. The fourth Shrek movie generated an estimated $6.5 million, pushing its total to $164.2 million. Its 43 percent Friday-to-Friday slip was smaller than 48 percent drops of the last two Shrek movies at the same point, but it was still the lowest-grossing third Friday yet for a Shrek movie, even before adjusting for attendance.

While Shrek Forever After may have underwhelmed in its first week, it showed some resilience in its second week, handily out-grossing newcomers Sex and the City 2 and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Thanks to boosted grosses from the four-day Memorial Day weekend, Iron Man 2 and Robin Hood had their best holds yet, while Letters to Juliet continued to serve as decent summer counter-programming. Overall business was down ten percent from the same timeframe last year, when Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian led the way with $79.8 million. Russell CroweRidley Scott

This weekend, Marmaduke bounds onto over 3,700 screens at 3,213 theaters, Killers hits around 3,300 screens at 2,859 theaters, Get Him to the Greek takes the stage on approximately 3,200 screens at 2,696 theaters, and Splice is unleashed on close to 2,600 screens at 2,450 theaters. Owen WilsonKatherine HeiglRobert LuketicAshton KutcherRussell BrandJonah Hill

Warner Bros. Pictures announced that Sherlock Holmes 2, the sequel to last year's hit Sherlock Holmes, is now officially scheduled for release on Dec. 16, 2011. The studio also slated the mysterious comedy known as Project X for Nov. 23, 2011. Guy RitchieJon FavreauJude LawTodd Phillips

After record-breaking grosses through April, 2010 hit a wall in May, which turned out to be one of the weakest starts to a summer movie season in recent years.

Despite a relatively tepid start domestically, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time saved some face at the foreign box office, raking in $61.6 million over the weekend (through Sunday) and growing its total to $90.1 million. The picture added another $7.6 million on Monday, which brings the overall total to $97.7 million in 13 days.

Two Middle Eastern desert romps generated such little heat that a relatively low-grossing Shrek movie topped them in its second weekend. Jerry BruckheimerJake Gyllenhaal

This Memorial Day weekend was one of the worst in recent memory in terms of overall gross and attendance with Shrek Forever After posting low-for-Shrek numbers and still coming out on top over two relatively unappealing new movies, Sex and the City 2 and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Despite such glum business this year, Memorial Day weekend has historically been one of the busiest timeframes of the year. Tom CruiseJackie ChanOwen WilsonNicolas CageTommy Lee JonesSylvester Stallone

Sex and the City 2 topped the Friday box office, but Shrek Forever After was close enough behind that it should wind up leading the weekend as a whole.

Shrek Forever After failed to cast a spell on audiences this week, finishing a whopping 40 percent below Shrek the Third through the same point. Among other debuts, Sex and the City 2 ranked fourth from just one day in release, and MacGruber had one of the worst weeks of the year so far. Holdovers Iron Man 2 and Robin Hood lost around half of their audiences, while Letters to Juliet held well. Overall business was up eight percent over the same timeframe last year, when Angels & Demons led with $60.1 million. Ridley ScottRussell Crowe

Two movies set in the Middle Eastern desert caravan through this Memorial Day weekend. Sex and the City 2 cavorts on over 6,200 screens at 3,445 locations, while Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time rubs off onto more than 5,800 screens at 3,646 locations. Jerry BruckheimerJake GyllenhaalJohnny Depp

Summit Entertainment announced that its remake of The Three Musketeers will be released on April 15, 2011. That's the same date as Scream 4. Paul W.S. AndersonChristoph WaltzMilla JovovichOrlando BloomLeonardo DiCaprioCharlie SheenKiefer Sutherland

Walt Disney Studios announced this morning that Alice in Wonderland (2010) has become the sixth movie in history to cross the $1 billion mark at the global box office. Alice broke the barrier yesterday, its 85th day of release. Its split breaks down to $332.3 million domestic and $667.7 million foreign. 3D showings have made up 71 percent of the worldwide gross. James CameronJohnny DeppTim BurtonMia WasikowskaHelena Bonham CarterAnne Hathaway

To a startling degree, audiences either rejected or were indifferent to MacGruber, the latest Saturday Night Live adaptation. Despite a boatload of promotion (particularly on SNL home NBC), MacGruber mustered just $4 million on its opening weekend at 2,551 theaters. Bill MurrayEddie MurphyWill Ferrell

While the month of May was dominated by three sequels (Iron Man 2, Shrek Forever After and Sex and the City 2), June boasts only one in Toy Story 3. Other than that, June mixes established brands like The A-Team, The Karate Kid and Marmaduke and movies that aren't adaptations or overt remakes like Splice, Killers, Knight & Day and Grown Ups that have legitimate shots at drawing substantial audiences. Judd ApatowRussell BrandKatherine HeiglAshton KutcherJaden SmithWill SmithJackie ChanLiam NeesonBradley CooperJessica BielPatrick WilsonSharlto CopleyJosh BrolinMegan FoxTom CruiseCameron DiazAdam SandlerRob SchneiderDavid SpadeChris RockKevin James