Box Office

Couples Retreat

* ( 1 STAR)

$34.2

Million

$34.2 million

1 week

Rated : PG-13

Running time : 1:07

What it's about : Four suburban couples travel to French Polynesia to refresh or restore their relationships.

Our take : Bora Bora proves as laugh-free as Tora Bora; Vince Vaughan (above), Jon Favreau and Jason Bateman go up in tropical-restaurant flames.

Zombieland

*** 1/2 ( 3 1/2 STARS)

$14.8

million

$47.6 million

2 weeks

Rated : R

Running time : 1:20

What it's about : A zombie plague has transformed the world into a cannibalistic hellscape.

Our take : Woody Harrelson (above) is the undead's worst nightmare in first-time director Ruben Fleischer's fresh and funny take on the horror genre.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

** 1/2 ( 2 1/2 STARS)

$11.5

million

$95.7 million

4 weeks

Rated : PG

Running time : 1:30

What it's about : A Jimmy Neutron-type inventor (voiced by Bill Hader) perfects a machine that turns water into food.

Our take : Fairly inventive and exceedingly manic, it is certainly fresher than many recent computer-animated flicks.

Paranormal Activity

** 1/2 ( 2 1/2 STARS)

$7.9

million

$9.1 million

3 weeks

Rated : R

Running time : 1:39

What it's about : The boyfriend of a haunted college student runs his camera at night to find out what's going bump in their house.

Our take : It's a good stunt movie: The audience stays quiet and watchful to catch every flick of an odd breeze or toss of a sheet.

Toy Story / Toy Story II

**** (4 STARS)

$7.7

million

$22.7 million

2 weeks

Rated : G / G

Running time : 1:21 / 1:32

What it's about : Cowboy raggedy-doll Woody (above) and sleek space action figure Buzz go through the buddy-film version of getting-to-know-you; then the cowboy discovers he once was a huge TV star.

Our take : The sequel is even better than the original: it's a devilishly sly treatment of the perils of celebrity.