The Hit Farm

At the box office this weekend, both "The Smurfs" and "Cowboys & Aliens" sold the same number of tickets: $36.2 million. What the smurf is going on here? A clan of Belgian blue critters has stunned Hollywood, as The Smurfs led the box office on Friday with $13.3 million, according to early estimates. The Smurfs [...]

By BROOKS BARNES LOS ANGELES — Hollywood's formula for freshening up old cartoon characters like Alvin and the Chipmunks and the Smurfs goes something like this: Reformulate them in 3-D, give them a skateboard and sunglasses, add some dance moves and I thought that was a good choice,” Neil told Access Hollywood as he promoted [...]