Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who remained on top of the box office, followed by another behemoth almost as big as family-friendly monster hits--Tyler Perry. In case you haven't heard of Tyler Perry, he was the force behind Diary of a Mad Black Woman, and Perry is fond of dressing in drag as "Madea," a take-no-prisoners old lady. Perry's latest effort, Meet the Browns, with Angela Bassett and Rick Fox (yeah, the Lakers Rick Fox--go figure) landed at number two at the box office.

After the elephant and Tyler Perry was a fright flick, Shutter. All the bases are covered here: kids, families, and gore. Left out in the cold was poor Owen Wilson, whose Drillbit Taylor opened in fourth place. At this point, we usually like to find witty statements from Ty Burr or Wesley Morris, but Bostonist's Kerry Skemp effortlessly skewers the movie: "It sounds like the name of a crappy movie that's nothing more than an excuse for Owen Wilson to get paid millions of dollars thanks to millions of Americans inexplicably willing to waste their money on his crooked-nosed face."

Of course, this week, we just got off a BUFF high. As expected, BUFF was edgy and interesting. Bostonist also spoke with Jeremy Kasten, the man who somehow wrangled Crispin Glover to be in the movie "The Wizard of Gore."

Promo poster for "Meet the Browns."