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Attentive to the needs of an ignored audience amidst the summer blockbuster onslaught, the first romantic comedy in three months excelled beyond industry expectations, toppling waning mega-budget mutants in the process. Vince VaughnJennifer Aniston

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He's eye-popping good guy Cyclops in the X-Men trilogy and he's played everyone from Ally McBeal's Sinatra crooning would-be lover to various roles in The Notebook, Heights and this summer's Superman Returns. Actor James Marsden, 32, sat down with Box Office Mojo and talked about X-Men director Bryan Singer, his fellow X-Men and why Bambi is one of his favorite movies. Brett RatnerIan McKellenSusan SarandonNick CassavetesJack NicholsonNatalie PortmanJake GyllenhaalHeath LedgerKenneth Branagh

Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston go to war in The Break-Up, which could have been a romantic romp and instead meets with more resistance than a February stroll along Chicago's Michigan Avenue when the wind kicks up. It is a struggle to survive this heavy stuff.

Burbank, California—For a month of Mondays starting June 5, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) shows some genuine Hollywood gems.

Though it failed to unseat The Da Vinci Code for the foreign crown, X-Men: The Last Stand outshined its predecessors, grossing $76.1 million over the weekend from a near global launch that included all nations except Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan. The third entry in the Marvel Comics franchise is on course to surpass X2: X-Men United's $192.6 million final tally.

Mutants cured the box office blahs as X-Men: The Last Stand evolved into a Memorial Day weekend juggernaut. Tom Hanks

Walt Disney's animated motion picture Dumbo is 64 wonderful minutes of a baby elephant with gigantic ears who discovers his place in the world. It is a small, intimate, emotionally powerful mother-son tale with terrific songs and characters and outstanding animation—in other words, perfect family entertainment.

Burbank, California—Finally, the selected works of Hollywood master John Williams, conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra, are featured in the newest release of the 20th Century Masters Millennium Collection. The composer for Close Encounters of the Third Kind and other blockbusters deserves the star treatment. Steven SpielbergChristopher ReeveGarry MarshallBill Condon

The third picture in the comics-based series, X-Men: The Last Stand, is big, loud and overbearing. In other words, it is exactly what it purports to be. Brett RatnerFamke JanssenJames MarsdenIan McKellenHugh JackmanHalle BerryPatrick StewartKelsey GrammerZak PennSimon KinbergBryan Singer

Breaking the foreign opening weekend record with a truly global launch, The Da Vinci Code amassed a staggering $152.6 million in five days from 12,213 screens in nearly every nook and cranny of the world. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith previously held the record with $144.8 million (although its debut excluded Japan among other countries). The Da Vinci Code played at exceptional levels everywhere, but Christian Latin America and Europe stood out.

Mona Lisa's smiling at the vast millions The Da Vinci Code reaped out of the gate as the publishing phenomenon translated into a theatrical blockbuster. Ron HowardTom Hanks

Overshadowed by a ban in several countries and the Vatican's legally confrontational denunciation, director Ron Howard's The Da Vinci Code is not bad. Nor is it very good. Tom HanksAkiva GoldsmanIan McKellenPaul BettanyAlfred Molina

Burbank, California—Old television programs are one of the most exciting advantages of DVD and ABC's one-hour Western, The Big Valley (1965-1969), is the latest package of premium primetime TV. Fox released the first season in a five-disc volume this week. Ron Howard

Irwin Allen's 1972 production, The Poseidon Adventure, and director Wolfgang Petersen's current release, Poseidon, both depict a story of ten passengers struggling to survive after an ocean liner is capsized. While there are several variations, key similarities remain. A comparison of the two versions highlights the changes.

Lacking major competition, Mission: Impossible III topped the world again, raking in $40.5 million over the weekend. The action sequel was down a relatively modest 42 percent from its near-worldwide debut last weekend, but the looming worldwide launch of The Da Vinci Code will likely cause a steep drop. As expected the Asian markets took big dives, but Europe and Latin America remained strong, pushing Mission's total to $128.5 million.

Rough-sailing Mission: Impossible III cruised past a waterlogged Poseidon to top the weekend box office, and overall business sprang a leak after seven up weeks, dropping about three percent from the comparable frame last year Lindsay LohanHilary DuffRobin Williams

Disney's latest rah-rah, sports-themed picture, Goal! The Dream Begins, continues the movie studio's winning streak in the genre. The soccer movie kicks and scores despite its troubles.

In the first third of 2006, Hollywood wiped out slump talk through sheer volume.

Burbank, California—With Poseidon posters plastered all over town, it's easier to see that 1970s disaster movies paved the way for the sensory-overloaded action/disaster/horror hybrids of today. But, back then, disaster movies offered a larger-than-life matinee escape.