'Prince Caspian' Tops Box Office, Awaits SNL Parody Song

1. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - "And it shall make $56.6 million" - Matthew 4:17

2. Iron Man - With a third weekend of $31.2 million, it seems like everyone has gone to seen this thing. So I'm going to go ahead and give away the ending: Arnold Schwarzenegger wins the competition.

3. What Happens in Vegas... - I'm glad a $13.9 million weekend kept this in the top five with Prince Caspian; it greatly improves our chances of seeing a What Happens in Narnia... parody.

4. Speed Racer - Go, Speed Racer, go! Please, someone go. Signed, the Wachowskis. ($7.6 million)

5. Baby Mama - Holding on to the top five for a fourth week with $4.5 million, Baby Mama may be small but it refuses to go away. Just like an actual baby.

'Speed' Racer Unable to Defeat 'Iron Man' Despite Inspirational Theme Song

1. Iron Man - Neither Speed nor Kutch could topple this giant, which still managed a $50.5 million weekend. They must not know Iron Man's weakness: magic rings or something, maybe?

2. Speed Racer - $20.2 million, all to find out what it's like to be stabbed in the eyes with a rainbow.

3. What Happens in Vegas... - $20 million in ticket sales. If you went, please explain why, and detail any hilarious, on-set Kutch-pranks that may be revealed during the credits.

4. Made of Honor - $7.6 million, coming in just ahead of Grüm's Man.

5. Baby Mama - $5.8 million--enough to just buy several black market babies, effectively avoiding the need for a baby mama.

'Iron Man' Was Seen by Many, Many People This Weekend

1. Iron Man - Apparently some people saw this iron character movie, and it made something like $100.8 million. Go figure.

2. Made of Honor - Maid $15.5 million this weekend. See what I did there? Used a nonsensical pun.

3. Baby Mama - $10.3 million, and it turns out the title has nothing to do with the ABC sitcom Dinosaurs and its hit Baby catchphrase, "Not the mama!"

4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall - $6.1 million, meaning at least one more week for that Sarah Marshall in your office to continue with her stories of how she has to keep telling people she's not that Sarah Marshall, adding that she could be, though, because she's "driven over more than a few hearts along the road to middle age."

5. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - $6 million, down nearly 60% since it was revealed that neither Harold or Kumar build a high-tech iron suit to fight their way out of Guantanamo Bay.

Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]

'Baby Mama' is Weekend Box Office Daddy?

1. Baby Mama - A first place $18.3 million gross proves Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have finally put an end to the boys club of surrogate pregnancy movies. Take that,

2. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - With audiences giving $14.6 million to the sequel this weekend, it would seem some guys actually fulfilled their stoned promise to "get totally baked and see that shit, then get like a case of Sliders on the way home, man."

3. The Forbidden Kingdom - $11.2 million, so apparently I'm the only one who keeps thinking it's an unwatchable NBC mini-series every time I see the name.

4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall - $11 million, making this the highest-grossing Alzheimer's-based romantic-comedy ever.

5. Nim's Island - Still here, with $4.5 million.

'Baby Mama' Trailer Finds More Comedy in the Uterus

When Tina Fey discovers her inside ladyparts are broken, she recruits Amy Poehler to house her fetus, which, for some reason, also means they have to live together. Something like Dupree (of You, Me & fame), Poehler proves herself a crass, slow-witted, disgusting houseguest, and ends up teaching Fey an important lesson in childrearing (that caring for a child is much like having a white trash boarder) and friendship (I guess).

It it feels like you're saying "man, another pregnancy comedy?" as much as "man, another pregnancy?", I know exactly where you're coming from. But like Knocked Up and Juno before it, Baby Mama might have the talent to make it worthwhile, with the former Weekend Update anchors in lead roles. Plus, they've given it a new spin, where instead of treating the child as an unwanted mistake, they take the farcical path of pretending pregnancy could be not just allowed, but desired--sort of a prenatal Bizarro World for the child-fearing.*

*Apologies to happy parents and those who don't consider impregnating someone a top-five fear.

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