Jason Segel

"The Avengers" has smashed through the $1 billion mark in global box office earnings, officials figures showed Monday, after the record-breaking movie slayed its rivals again on its second weekend.

Earth's mightiest comic book heroes, "The Avengers" continued to thrash the competition, according to industry data Monday, which showed that the blockbuster film hauled in $103.1 million on its second weekend.

Earth's mightiest comic book heroes kept smashing North American box office records as "The Avengers" thrashed all comers to haul in $103.2 million over the weekend, industry estimates showed.

Earth's mightiest comic book heroes smashed North American box office records as "The Avengers" pummeled the competition to haul in $207.4 million on its opening weekend, final figures showed Monday.

Earth's mightiest comic book heroes smashed North American box office records as "The Avengers" pummeled the competition to haul in $200.3 million on its opening weekend, industry analysts said Sunday.

Earth's mightiest comic book heroes brought to life in "The Avengers" stomped the opposition Sunday to storm victoriously straight to the top of the North American box office on their opening weekend.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new romantic comedy by the team behind "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" will open the Tribeca Film Festival that begins in April, festival organizers said on Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The newest "Twilight" vampire movie ruled the domestic box office for a third time with $16.9 million in ticket sales over one of the slowest movie-going weekends of the year, studio estimates released on Sunday showed.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The newest "Twilight" vampire movie ruled the domestic box office for a third time with $16.9 million in ticket sales over one of the slowest movie-going weekends of the year, studio estimates released on Sunday showed.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vampires feasted at the Thanksgiving weekend box office, bringing the newest "Twilight" movie its second win in a row, over a strong comeback for "The Muppets" and other family fare that filled theaters.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vampires feasted at the Thanksgiving weekend box office, bringing the newest "Twilight" movie its second win in a row over a strong comeback for "The Muppets" and other family fare that filled theaters.

The Muppets (98 min. PG) Not surprisingly, there's little that's off-color or nasty here. Even the bad guy (Chris Cooper) says ``maniacal laugh, maniacal laugh,'' instead of actually laughing maniacally. There's that passionate spark between Piggy and Kermit, of course, and a human one between leads Jason Segel and Amy Adams.

Hugo An exhilarating tale of magic, machines, memories, and dreams. Martin Scorsese marshals the latest movie technology to create a love letter to the earliest movies of all. Yes, it's a family film - and a great one - but the family Scorsese has really made this for is the 100-year-old tribe of watchers in the dark. With Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Sacha Baron Cohen. (127 min., PG) (Ty Burr)

(Channel 2) Join in on the holiday fun with ``Curious George,'' the feature film starring Will Farrell, ``Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey,'' and ``Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas.

``The Muppets'' doesn't spin off the show into a free-standing adventure the way other Muppet films have (the last was 1999's ``Muppets From Space''). It's essentially a resurrection of the variety half-hour that ran from 1976 to 1981 on CBS. The movie treats Muppetness with as much serious absurdity as Jim Henson did. Nicholas Stoller and the actor Jason Segel wrote the film, which James Bobin directed, and it maintains a world in which parity is paramount: signing and talking, cool and squareness, pop-art and trash, flesh and fabric. It's all the same.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Toss out the turkey and send Santa back up the chimney. The holiday movie season is upon Hollywood, ushered in by the vampires and werewolves of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1."

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Toss out the turkey and send Santa back up the chimney. The holiday movie season is upon Hollywood, ushered in by the vampires and werewolves of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1."

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Jason Segel is best known for starring on the hit TV show "How I Met Your Mother," and for comedies like "Bad Teacher" and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall."

Former Monkee Davy Jones dies at age 66 in Florida

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In the U.S., 20th Century Fox is selling the feature film "Gulliver's Travels" as a Jack Black comedy.