'Get Smart' Gets #1 Debut At Box Office, While 'The Love Guru' Bombs

 
"Get Smart" topped the weekend box office, while "Kung Fu Panda" landed at #2 and "The Incredible Hulk" fell to #3. (link)

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Audiences make the 'Smart' choice

Front Page: 'Love Guru' lacks box office karma -- Mike Myers topliner "The Love Guru" didn't have huge karma after all, while Warner Bros.' "Get Smart" had enough brains to easily win the weekend at the domestic box office.
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Box Office: Carell & Co. Outsmart the Guru

Looks like enough people were craving the silly fun of an updated Maxwell Smart story this weekend, making the Steve Carell-Anne Hathaway comedy No. 1 at the box office . The Mike Meyers comedy The Love Guru was expected to show Get Smart some ...
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An Arbitrary Guide To This Weekend’s New Releases

Two big-name comedies go head to head at the box office this weekend in Get Smart and The Love Guru , which means one of them likely won’t be laughing come Monday. It’s standard policy to avoid a heads-up confrontation between two ...
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Weekend Box Office Estimates: “The Love Guru” Not Looking So “Smart”

“Please don’t go, I can be funny again, I promise!” Call it karma if you want, but this is what The Love Guru gets for not moving its release date away from the clearly-superior Get Smart : a big black eye of a fourth-place ...
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Anne Hathaway Was Attacked

While in Russia filming, Get Smart, Anne Hathaway was assaulted by a local female who accused the actress of trying to steal her boyfriend. Contact Music reports:
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