“The Hangover” is a smart, funny movie, and audiences are liking it, too. The buddy flick scored high at the box office this weekend, even though it’s been out for two weeks. Here’s the rundown from Box Office Mojo:

1. The Hangover, $32.79M
2. Up, $30.76M
3. The Taking of Pelham 123, $23.37M
4. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, $9.61M
5. Land of the Lost, $8.99M
6. Imagine That, $5.50M
7. Star Trek, $5.45M
8. Terminator: Salvation, $4.78M
9. Angels & Demons, $4.11M
10. Drag Me to Hell, $3.93M

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With the success of the new “Star Trek” movie, we’re seeing all the vintage “Star Trek” shows in a new light. Or maybe an old light with a new lightbulb. Or something.

At any rate, I’m a “Star Trek” fan from way back, and it’s fun to see people take an interest in the TV shows. Personally, “Star Trek: The Next Generation” is my favorite, although “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” is extremely underrated. Really, they’re all good in their own way.

Now we have two new sets out, released on DVD May 12, 2009:

The Best of Star Trek: The Original Series (1 disc, 201 minutes, buy it on Amazon). While this set only offers four episodes of the original series, they’re four of the best:

1) “The Trouble With Tribbles” brings those cute Tribbles to the Enterprise, showing that you can indeed have too much of a cute thing. Elsewhere, a barroom brawl with Klingons takes center stage.

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Tops at the box office this weekend was "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian." I wasn’t that crazy about the movie (read my review here), but it’s the only new family flick out right now, which is why I think it scored high. It wasn’t bad; just wasn’t as good as the first movie. Take a peek at the numbers from Box Office Mojo:

• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, $70M
• Terminator Salvation, $53.82M
• Star Trek, $29.40M
• Angels & Demons, $27.70M
• Dance Flick, $13.10M
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine, $10.10M
• Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, $4.83M
• Obsessed, $2.50M
• Monsters vs. Aliens, $1.90M
• 17 Again, $1.28M

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After the stellar box office numbers of "Star Trek" last week ($75.20 million), it’s no surprise that the word "sequel" is being bandied about. And J.J. Abrams says he’s open to the idea of William Shatner and/or Khan being in the next movie.

"The fun of this [new alternate 'Trek' reality] is that the destiny of these characters is in their hands — it’s not constrained by the pre-existing films or TV series," Abrams told MTV News. "Believe me, whether it’s William Shatner or Khan … it would be ridiculous to not be open to those ideas."

If you’ve seen the new movie, you know there’s an alternative timeline involved in the story. Sure, Capt. Kirk died in a previous film, but that doesn’t mean he can’t come back to life in future movies.

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Tyler Perry continues to rule the universe with his steady stream of self-written, directed and produced movies (And you know what? More power to him!). That’s not all he does, though; he’s also in theaters playing Admiral Richard Barnett in "Star Trek." 

Perry’s latest movie is "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" from Lionsgate, and the trailer premiered on TylerPerry.com yesterday.

It brings back everyone’s favorite pistol-packin’ grandma Madea, who catches 16-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home (bad move on their part). So Madea decides to take charge and deliver the delinquents to their only relative: their Aunt April.

April is a hard-drinking nightclub singer who lives off her married boyfriend Raymond and wants nothing to do with the kids. But that all changes when a handsome Mexican immigrant named Sandino moves into April’s basement and challenges her to leave her old ways behind.

"I Can Do Bad All By Myself" hits theaters Sept. 11, 2009. Check out the trailer here.

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I’m sure it’s no surprise to anyone that "Star Trek" ruled the box office universe this weekend, beating "Wolverine" by a million light-years. Here’s the scoop from Box Office Mojo:

1. Star Trek, $75.20M
2. X-Men Origins: Wolverine, $26.40M
3. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, $10.25M
4. Obsessed, $6.56M
5. 17 Again, $4.23M
6. Next Day Air, $4.11M
7. The Soloist, $3.94M
8. Monsters vs. Aliens, $3.26M
9. Earth, $2.66M
10. Hannah Montana: The Movie, $2.19M

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Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto have been doing interviews left and right for "Star Trek," and they sat down with Paul Byrne of Movies.ie and talked about re-creating – or NOT re-creating, as the case may be – the iconic characters of Capt. Kirk and Spock.

Quinto’s amazing lack of emotion when Spock interacts onscreen with the beautiful Zoe Saldana (Uhura) also came up. "Star Trek" is in theaters right now, and I loved it. Read my review here.

If you haven’t seen "Galaxy Quest" yet, you need to get to a DVD store this week, because it’s returning in a 10-year anniversary Deluxe Edition on Tuesday.

It’s a ridiculously funny sci-fi spoof on "Star Trek," and what’s even funnier is that you don’t expect to see Sigourney Weaver in this type of film, but she rocks it. The story follows the stars of a sci-fi TV show who are heading for a convention, and suddenly tasked with saving an alien race who think they’re the real deal.

ETOnline caught up with stars Weaver and Tim Allen, who talked about some behind-the-scenes stuff. For instance, Allen says he was "a freak for details," and apparently, there was a big discussion about whether they could breathe the air on a distant rock world.

More after the jump, including a video…

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It’s not often you get a reboot that takes you right back into the story and characters without being cheesy. But "Star Trek" manages to do just that. Under J.J. Abrams’ skillful directing, the movie is funny, sweet, and engaging, with good special effects that keep you hooked through to the end. I wasn’t sure he’d be able to pull it off, but he did.

The story takes us back to the time of James T. Kirk’s dramatic birth. His father, George Kirk (Chris Hemsworth) suddenly finds himself promoted to the captain of a Starfleet vessel. During an attack, he saves his wife (House’s Jennifer Morrison) and new baby, as well as the rest of the crew. It sets the tone for the movie and James’s life. Those are some pretty big shoes to fill.

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The premiere of "Star Trek" didn’t get a red carpet premiere; it got a black carpet premiere. ReelzChannel caught up with the stars on the black carpet, and I’m sure they’re all feeling like Chris Pine (Capt. Kirk), who says he feels like he’s in a "wind tunnel" with all the press they’ve been doing.

Hear what Pine, Leonard Nimoy, and others have to say about it below (could there be a sequel or two in the works?). "Star Trek" hits theaters this Friday, May 8, 2009, and catch all of Film Gecko’s coverage here.