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So how does Yojiro Takita's Departures (Okuribito) beat out heavy favorites Israel's Waltz With Bashir and France's The Class? Smart pick ups and adequate marketing plans just don't cut it when it comes to promoting titles for Oscar campaigns and Sony Pictures Classics seemed to have botched, undersold both titles the moment the final five titles were announced.

Weekend Top 10 # Title GROSS % Chg. Theaters Weeks AVG Total Distributor 1 Beverly Hills Chihuahua $29.0M NEW 3,215 1 9,020 $29.0M Buena Vista 2 Eagle Eye $17.7M  -39.3 3,516 2 5.034 $54.6M Dreamworks 3 Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist $12.0M NEW 2,421 1 4,957 $12.0M Sony 4 Nights in Rodanthe $7.4M -45.2 2,702 2 2,722 $25.1M Warner Bros. 5 Appaloosa $5.0M +3,321.6 1,045 3 4,799 $5.6M New Line 6 Lakeview Terrace $4.5M -35.4 2,574 3 1,748 $32.1M Screen Gems 7 Burn After...

Born from a festival that had everything to do with laughs and nothing to do with cinema, now in their 12th edition, the Just For Laughs Film Fest have pretty much developed their identity, attracted name films and talent. This year's fest will begin with a Bang! or I should say a Bong!

I don't see them as comeback kids, but rather, old school folk churning out the occasional gem and still knowing their ways about the process.

Stemming as far back as Cannes and Toronto of last year and fresh from journeys at Sundance and Berlin, most of the titles selected...