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Greed proved to be simply good enough during the weekend. Fox's Michael Douglas starrer "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" topped the domestic box office with a good-but-not great $19 million in estimated opening coin. Once scheduled for spring release until postponed to adult-friendly fall, Oliver Stone's sequel to his original 1987 financial thriller may have been a bit hampered by the unavailability of its ailing topliner for promo stumping.

Oliver Stone sequel takes in $7 million for No. 1 spot; Ben Affleck crime drama drops to No. 2 with $5 million.

This week at the movies, we've got good greed (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, starring Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf); heroic owls (Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, with voice work by Sam Neill and Geoffrey Rush); and some venomous rivals (You Again, starring Kristen Bell and Jamie Lee Curtis). What do the critics have to say?

A few days ago, Shia LaBeouf commented on how crappy Transformers 2 was. Which wasn't exactly shocking for him to say, the guy has half a brain and even he knew it was crap.Now he's dumping on another movie he starred in, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. But he's not blaming George Lucas' idiotic script, which he should be doing. Instead, he's blaming himself. More from the LA Times:"I feel like I dropped the ball on the legacy that people loved and cherished," LaBeouf said, explaining that this upped the ante for him before he began shooting the "Wall Street" sequel.

Owen Gleiberman on Oliver Stone sequel: No classic, but vibrantly acted and entertainingly overstuffed.

In the latest round of studio schedule news, Fox has announced a third "Chipmunks" movie on the way -- in 3-D! -- and Oliver Stone's "Wall Street" sequel has been bumped to September.

Take a look at this brand new British trailer for Oliver Stone's sequel.

Yesterday you got a very quick look at WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS, which apparently doesn't feel like having a "2" in the title I just noticed. Well, now we have a poster to go along with it, and it features a very young Mr. LaBeouf and a very old Mr. Gekko posing for a portrait that looks like it should be hanging in a CEO's office somewhere. 

Oliver Stone sequel moving swiftly through preproduction; Shia LaBeouf has committed to lead role -- is Javier Bardem next?

Michael Douglas and Oliver Stone may try to tell us that greed is still good with a sequel to their 1987 hit "Wall Street."