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Sure, Twilight Saga: Eclipse dropped from its crazy opening day of $68.5 million, and yes, The Last Airbender has been destroyed by critics. Even so, the holiday weekend’s two new wide releases scored enough business to make this year’s Fourth of July box office bigger than what Ice Age 3 and Public Enemies brought in at this time last year.

Fox's Ice Age 3-D: Dawn of the Dinosaurs opened very promisingly with $14 million Wednesday, $11.5M Thursday, $17M Friday, and $11M Saturday from 4,099 venues for a $43M 3-day weekend -- a photo finish with Transformers 2. (Rival studios had been claiming the pic wasn't tracking well with young boys, and that's why 20th sneaked it at 330 theaters recently. But Fox said it "added an additional marketing layer prior to the onslaught of TF2." But the public clearly hasn't tired of 3-D toons.) The threequel came out on top with a $68M 5-day holiday even though Saturday grosses were weak.

Johnny Depp pic to screen at festival -- Michael Mann's "Public Enemies," starring Johnny Depp, will screen as the Centerpiece premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Ok, I've made two spelling errors today that when put together are just hilarious. First, Public Enemies, I misspelled and put Pubic Enemies. Next up, Dark Horse Comics, I misspelled it to Dark Hose comics...you see where I am going here? Dark Hose Comics Presents Pubic Enemies! Oh, I kill me.