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The dramas "Precious" and "The Hurt Locker," the comedies "Up in the Air" and "The Hangover" and the animated tales "Up" and "Coraline" are among the top-10 movies of the year chosen by the American Film Institute.

"The Hangover" logged a second consecutive weekend atop the North American boxoffice with estimated three-day sales of $33.4 million.

That hijacked New York City subway car failed to crack through the juggernauts that are "The Hangover" and "Up" at the North American boxoffice on Friday.

The Hangover finished No. 2 and Pixar CGI toon Up, because of this four-quadrant pic's usual Saturday crowded matinees for kiddies, repeated as No. 1 with an impressive hold around -38%. Up was a strong No. 2 Friday with $13.1M from 3,818 plays, then added $17M Saturday for a $44M weekend. Pixar's 10th straight smash, Up will post a $117M cume, so that's two success stories this weekend.

Rapturous reviews and a colossal marketing campaign sent “Up” into the box office stratosphere over the weekend.

Hollywood planned a 2nd straight weekend friendly for family filmgoers who have pent-up demand. With 20% of K-through-12 out of school today, Pixar/Disney's 10th pic and first 3-D movie, Up, was able to get a jump on the domestic box office with busy matinees from 1,534 3-D theaters -- a record -- and a total of 3,766 theatres total.

Studio's May 29 computer-animated film is only its second feature not to receive a G rating (the other is ''The Incredibles'').

A new extended clip from Disney •Pixar's Up has debuted online and can be watched using the player below! Directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson, the animated-adventure opens in theaters on May 29. It is voiced by Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger, Delroy Lindo and Jordan Nagai.

Disney's Pixar has debuted the new trailer for director Pete Docter's Up which you can watch using the player below or in High Definition QuicktTime here!

With its unstoppable parade of hits, Pixar haters are just waiting for their first cartoon failure. (I actually think they got that out of the way with Cars.) But for those critics hoping Up deflats faster than the balloons that carry the story into the sky, then they're just going to have to wait a little bit longer.