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Hollywood is in a June swoon as a rush of new movies fails to grab audiences. "Shrek Forever After" remained the No. 1 movie for a third-straight weekend with $25.3 million.
The best of the newcomers was the rock 'n' roll comedy "Get Him to the Greek," which debuted at No. 2 with $17.4 million. Opening at No. 3 was the action comedy "Killers" with $16.1 million.

Film News: Animated sequel bests 'Greek' and 'Killers' -- The 3D pic took in an estimated $6.7 million in 4,386 runs, topping several films that opened this week.

This week at the movies, we've got rock 'n' roll ribaldry (Get Him to the Greek, starring Russell Brand and Jonah Hill); DNA disturbances (Splice, starring Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley); a canine caper (Marmaduke, starring Owen Wilson and William H. Macy); and espionage entanglements (Killers, starring Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher). What do the critics have to say? It might seem like fun to hang with your favorite rock star -- unless you actually have to do it. The critics say Get Him to the Greek takes this inspired premise and wrings plenty of terrific gags from it, making...

Russell Brand’s Aldous Snow will have a lot of help to “Get Him to the Greek,” but it isn’t Emily Blunt. Assisting the crazy-coiffed rocker instead will be Sean “P.Diddy” Combs, Rose Byrne (”Knowing”), and Elizabeth Moss (”Mad Men”). The “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” spin-off focuses on Brand’s sex addicted rocker, Aldous Snow, who had left Marshall ...