Memorial Day Weekend Box Office Blockbusters and Bombs

8:18 PM PDT 5/25/2012 by THR Staff

The unofficial start of the summer brings high stakes at cinemas, with expensive epics and hopeful comedies all trying to squeeze as much money as possible out of the long weekend. Some succeed ("Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"), some fail ("Prince of Persia") and some fail miserably ("Super Mario Bros"). THR takes a look back at Memorial Day movies past.

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