21 News

21 counted as more than just blackjack this weekend. The drama, starring Kevin Spacey and Kate Bosworth topped the weekend box office with $23 million.

For Spacey and Bosworth, who have costarred in three movies together in less than four years, 21 is their second-biggest debut after Superman Returns.

In other movie news:

• Stop-Loss (eighth place, $4.5 million) joins In the Valley of Elah, Redacted, Rendition, Home of the Brave and others in pile of war movie rejected by audiences.

• Superhero Movie (third place, $9.5 million) suffered through the weakest opening of all the awful Epic/Scary/Date spoof comedies of recent years.

• Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (second place, $17.4 million; $117.3 million overall) gave Hollywood its first $100 million hit of the year.

• After a solid debut, Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (fourth place, $7.8 million; $32.8 million overall) pulled a Cloverfield and saw ticket sales plunge 61 percent.

• Vantage Point ($2.4 million, $69.4 million) ends its Top 10 run after a solid five-week stay.

With 21 opening in theaters this weekend, we decided we'd leave you with a photo montage from this crime heist movie based on a true story.

21 stars Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, Jim Sturgess, and Kate Bosworth. Enjoy photos of these lovely actors.

As usual, keep checking our 21 quotes section. We'll continue to build it over the coming weeks.

In addition to Stop Loss, the other major movie coming out this weekend is 21.

21 is the based on the true story of six M.I.T. students who took Las Vegas for millions in Blackjack using card counting techniques they learned with their math professor.

What did the critics think of this crime caper starring Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, and Laurence Fishburne?

Inspired by the real-life story of the M.I.T. students who took Las Vegas casinos for millions, 21 has been reshaped to fit a simple movie template -- and it's nearly as much fun as watching an insurance professional compute actuarial tables. -- Chicago Sun-Times

The fascinating story of six college students who took Las Vegas for millions gets dealt a bad hand in 21, which turns their true-life saga into a slick, shallow and thoroughly generic caper flick. -- New York Post

This is really Spacey's picture, from the moment he fixes his gaze on Sturgess to the day when he finally, brutally cuts him loose. It's a fun performance, but a quiet one. -- Newark Star-Ledger

When Spacey and Fishburne really go at each other, 21 finally starts to add up to something. -- Toronto Star