I knew ‘The Avengers’ was going to do amazing, but I had no idea it would shatter as many records as it did!

The Marvel Comics superhero film destroyed all previous records with a domestic opening with a $200.3 million debut. That is hands down the biggest opening of all time, flying past the previous record of $169.2 million for last year’s “Harry Potter” finale.

“The Avengers” also brought in $151.5 million overseas, bringing the grand total to $441.5 million.

That raised the film’s worldwide haul to $641.8 million in barely a week and a half, more than its Marvel superhero forerunners “Iron Man,” “Iron Man 2,” “Thor” and “Captain America” took in during their entire runs.

If distributor Disney’s domestic estimate Sunday holds when the final weekend count is released Monday, “The Avengers” would be the first movie ever to haul in $200 million in a single weekend.

While the number could dip below $200 million come Monday, Disney spent the weekend revising its forecasts upward as business kept growing.

“There aren’t even words, to be honest. I’m running low on double takes. Every time we looked at a number, it just got bigger than what we could have hoped for in the best-case assumption,” said Dave Hollis, Disney’s head of distribution. “With this film, this weekend, anything is possible.”

“The Avengers” started with solid midnight crowds Friday, though nowhere near a record. Then it did $80.5 million for the full day Friday, second only to the “Harry Potter” finale’s $91.1 million first day.

Revenues held up much better than expected with $69.7 million Saturday, and Disney estimated that the film would bring in $50.1 million more on Sunday.

The record weekend was the culmination of years of careful planning by Marvel Studios, which has included teasers for an “Avengers” dream team collaboration in its solo superhero adventures.

Directed by Joss Whedon (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), “The Avengers” features Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.

This is further proof that there have been ZERO good movies so far in 2012. We’re all hungry for a good movie! I’ve had free movie passes that I’ve been holding onto since Christmas, because nothing has looked even remotely good since 2011. I think I may actually have found a movie to use them on! Can’t wait to see it!!

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James Franco may look a little KFED on this production still from the film “Spring Breakers,” but he’s a heartbreaker and the Biebs knows it!

Celebitchy reports that Justin Bieber was MAJORLY concerned about any type of flirtation between longtime lady love Selena Gomez and hot actor Franco.  Well, I guess he should be-  Franco has said lots of positive things about Gomez in interviews and said that he’d definitely be “Team Gomez,” if anything were to happen between these star-crossed pop tarts.

Can Franco, 33, pull Gomez from her boy Biebs, 18?  Hard to say, when you’re hard partying on a film set, spring break style!

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Nicole Kidman,  actress extrordinaire,  is most likely going to be playing film icon Grace Kelly in the new Kelly biopic, according to Variety.  Right off her Oscar nom for “Rabbit Hole,” Kidman is at the end of talks with producer Pierre-Ange Le Pogam (who is also financing the 15 million dollar slice of glam) and writer  Arash Amel. Set to direct is Olivier Dahan, visionary behind the Edith Piaf biopic “La Vie en Rose,” and “Columbiana.”

Are we excited? Yes.  Skeptical? Extremely.  Still, Kidman beat out a lot of other very talented actresses and the film- set between December 1961 and November 1962- is an interesting part of Kelly’s life.  In the movie, she navigates her post-Oscar stardom, motherhood, and being Monacan royalty.

We are VERY curious to see how this film shapes up!

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‘Dumb and Dumber 2′ is coming – and it’s slated to start shooting in September!

Co-director Peter Farrelly has confirmed the news that a sequel to the hit 1994 comedy is in the works.

The movie starred Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels as two dumb friends travelling across the country.

Peter told ComingSoon.net: “We’re getting set to shoot Dumb And Dumber 2 in September. It’s the first sequel we’ve ever done and we’ve got Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels back.”

2003 saw the release of prequel Dumb And Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, but it did not feature the original stars. Farrelly emphasised: “We did not do Dumb And Dumberer. That was a studio thing.

“So we’ve always wanted to do a sequel and Jim called up. Jeff always wanted to do it. We always wanted to do it. Jim was busy, but he called and said, ‘We’ve got to do this thing again’. He had just watched Dumb And Dumber and he said, ‘This is the perfect sequel. Let’s do it.”

Farrelly will once again direct with his brother Bob, and Sean Anders and John Morris will write the screenplay.

‘Dumb and Dumber’ was one of my favorite comedies back in the 90′s. It really was hilarious! I’m not sure how I feel about a sequel, because usually they suck… but maybe this one won’t be so bad!

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I went to a screening of ‘The Artist’ last night, and it’s the first movie I’ve felt compelled to recommend in a loooooong time. I know what you’re thinking. It’s a silent film – how can it really be that good? It’s exactly what I was thinking. Can’t be that good, right?

But it was better than I could have hoped for. I loved every single minute of the movie. I seriously couldn’t wipe the smile off my face the whole time! It was such an enjoyable movie – from beginning to end. You MUST go see it. I command you!

Don’t want to take my word for it?

“The Artist,” which opens Friday in Chicago, has won best film honors from the New York Film Critics Circle (and several other critics’ groups), leads this year’s Golden Globes race with six nominations and looks to be an odds-on favorite for the Oscars.

I really feel like this is the one movie that will sweep the awards season. You really owe it to yourself to see it!

Here’s the trailer:

This news makes me CRAZY. Why would they go and ruin a perfectly good movie by making it 3D? What the planes are going to fly out at us? We’re going to feel like we’re in the middle of the iconic volleyball game?

We should start a petition.

Tony Scott’s 1986 classic Top Gun starring Tom Cruise is being converted to 3D for a theatrical release.

A four-minute ‘world premiere’ preview of the converted film–featuring the ‘Danger Zone’ aerial flight sequence–was screened Monday at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam.

The 2D to 3D conversion is being accomplished at Legend3D, whose CEO Rob Hummel introduced the clip as well as its unique business model during an IBC panel.

“We think there is great potential for catalog titles in 3D, but studios have had trouble justifying the expense,” Hummel said, explaining that Legend 3D is funding and doing the conversion for Paramount.

“As I understand it, they are planning to release it in 3D in early 2012, though I known they want to get Tony Scott’s approval before they go forward,” he said, explaining that Legend 3D effectively has a revenue sharing deal with Paramount.

“I think Top Gun lends itself to 3D due to the aerial flight,” he said of the project. “You can have fun with 3D by bringing things off the screen if they are not attached to the edge of the screen.”

Don’t do it Tony!! Say NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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Alyssa Milano and Hilary Swank bundle up as they walk to the set of “New Year’s Eve” in Queens, New York on March 7, 2011. Alyssa Milano managed to hide her growing baby bump in a pair of hospital scrubs and a jacket.

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