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'Found footage' sequel beats out 'Footloose' and 'Real Steel' and breaks record previously held by 'Jackass 3D.'By Ryan J. Downey Katie Featherston and Sprague Grayden in "Paranormal Activity 3" Photo: Paramount Pictures Moviegoers were feeling the Halloween "spirit" over the weekend. "Paranormal Activity 3" broke the box-office record for the biggest fall opening with an estimated $54 million debut, passing "Jackass 3-D" to become the highest-grossing September/October opening ever. Meanwhile, "The Three Musketeers," "Johnny English Reborn" and "The Mighty Macs" all underperformed. Both "Real Steel" and the remake of "Footloose" held strong over the weekend. Hugh Jackman's robot action adventure was #2 with $11.3 million for a $67.2 million total, with "Footloose" right behind at #3 with $10.9 million for a $30.9 million total. Roughly 55 percent of "The Three Musketeers" $8.8 million debut, which landed the film at #4 at the box office, can be attributed to its more expensive 3-D screening ticket prices. Co-star Milla Jovovich made entertainment news headlines with a flurry of tweets questioning the promotion effort behind the flick on the part of distributor Summit Entertainment, which also handles the "Twilight" franchise. "I think 'summit' have swept '3 Musketeers', a grt family adventure film, under the rug in the US. Shame on them," the actress declared in one of several tweets unleashed on Friday. The film, directed by Jovovich's husband, Paul W.S. Anderson, was dismissed by most film critics. "An editorial mess, an atonal wreck, and a huge waste of cash from inception to release," Scott Weinberg at Twitch wrote. "The Ides of March" rounded out the top five with $4.9 million. The George Clooney-directed political feature has earned $29.2 million to date. While the comedy "Johnny English Reborn" has done respectable business internationally, it made just $3.8 million during its first weekend in North American theaters. "The Mighty Macs" made just over $1 million, although it played in less than a third of the locations as "Paranormal Activity 3." Lizzie Olsen's "Martha Marcy May Marlene" got off to a strong start at just four locations in New York and Los Angeles, taking in a respectable per-theater average of $34,385. Lizzie is the sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Next weekend's new releases include Johnny Depp's "The Rum Diary," "Shrek" spin-off "Puss in Boots," Justin Timberlake's "In Time" and director Roland Emmerich's "Anonymous." Check out everything we've got on "Paranormal Activity 3" and "Footloose." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com. Related Videos 'Paranormal Activity 3' Is 'Beyond Scary'

Reuters - The creators of the umpteenth new adaptation of "The Three Musketeers" decided that the classic novel really needed a giant blimp battle, high-tech booby traps, bird droppings, "Matrix"-esque slo-mo fight scenes and scads of computer-generated French soldiers.

Before seeing Orlando Bloom and Logan Lerman in action, check out these fun facts.By Eric Ditzian Orlando Bloom and Milla Jovovich in "The Three Musketeers" Photo: Summit Entertainment When you're sequestered in a London hotel during the finest weekend of U.K. weather that anyone in that virtually sun-free territory can remember, you tend to learn a few things. People get a little loopy. They speak off the cuff. Such is the situation MTV News found itself in earlier this month during a press day for "The Three Musketeers," when we ended up learning a few surprising things about director Paul W.S. Anderson's 3-D take on the classic Alexandre Dumas novel, an adaptation that stays true to the original's creative core but takes joyful liberties no one in the 17th century could ever have imagined. Read on for five rather surprising things you need to know about "The Three Musketeers," which hit theaters Friday (October 21). Lerman's Crazy Hair
As we first noticed when set photos popped up last year during production, and as posters and trailers have subsequently made clear, star Logan Lerman rocks a very Jim Morrison-like hairdo to play D'Artagnan, a young chap looking to join the vaunted Musketeers. But Lerman didn't grow his hair out for the role, nor did he slap on a wig every day. "It's extensions," he told us. "It was really uncomfortable. A wig would have been a more comfortable choice. I felt ridiculous walking around [off set]. I just had a beanie on all the time." Bloom's Anti-"Pirates" Preference
At this point, after the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, Orlando Bloom approaches anything involving swords and seafaring with caution. What attracted the actor to "Musketeers" was that his director didn't want him, for once, to play the good guy. "They wanted me to be part of the movie as Duke of Buckingham, as opposed to playing one of the Musketeers," he said. "That sold me. The idea that I got to be the kind of villain, sort of a bad boy, bit of a rogue. Lot of fun. Fun, fun, fun! I get to be an arrogant prick and get away with it!" Jovovich's 3-D Assets
Milla Jovovich, who just so happens to be married to Anderson, insisted on doing all her fight training while wearing a corset -- a noble, if highly uncomfortable, decision. For her husband's film, though, she was willing to do whatever was necessary, including showing off her assets for Anderson's 3-D cameras. "I did have to prepare a lot to make my cleavage what it was," she said. "I had to eat a lot of pasta and get cinched really tightly into the corset to get the effect and let the girls do the acting for me. Each one took classes. Stanislavski. I think the left one is more talented than the right." Bloom's Rock Star
Not only does the Duke of Buckingham act differently than Bloom's "Pirates" good guy, he also dresses completely differently, often slipping into high heels and maintaining a wardrobe that contains every color you'd find in the rainbow (and many you would not). To pull it all off, Bloom turned to '70s-era rock and roll. "The Duke had a questionable sexual background, no one was quite sure what his sexual flavor was or how many flavors he liked to participate in," Bloom explained. "He's a very outspoken and outrageous character. So for me, I just got to swagger through it all. You don't want the costumes wearing you. You've got to wear the costumes. "Paul wanted the Musketeers to be superheroes and for me to be a kind of rock star. So I went with David Bowie from Ziggy Stardust," he added. "He wore some of those outrageous costumes onstage. So with the Duke, he just owns every square foot that he steps in. He's like, 'This is all my territory.' " Anderson's Da Vinci Inspiration
Easily the most eye-popping features of "The Three Musketeers" are the fantastical airships he introduces to 17th-century Europe: part ship, part hot-air balloon, totally steampunk. In the film, the ships are said to be built from Leonardo da Vinci's actual designs. The truth, however, owes more to artistic license than Renaissance ingenuity. "We did take our inspiration from his real etchings of airships," Anderson told us. "We felt that Da Vinci had designed so many extreme, futuristic things that we could take the liberty of saying this is one of his designs and have this flying galleon." Check out everything we've got on "The Three Musketeers." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more -- updated around the clock -- visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.

Critics praise the lavish costumes and photography, but say some performances would get 'drummed out of a school play.'By Kara Warner Luke Evans, Ray Stevenson and Matthew Macfadyen in "The Three Musketeers" Photo: 20th Century Fox Back in September, when MTV News caught up with "The Three Musketeers" director Paul W.S. Anderson, he promised audiences a swashbuckling good time when his latest movie hits theaters. Now that its release date is finally here, fans can judge it for themselves. Based on the beloved and familiar tale of adventure, intrigue and that famous "All for one, and one for all" motto, the film features an ensemble cast: Logan Lerman, Christoph Waltz, Milla Jovovich, Orlando Bloom, Ray Stevenson, Matthew Macfadyen, Luke Evans, Juno Temple, James Corden and Mads Mikkelsen. Critics seem to enjoy the film's just-for-fun factor and hi-tech visuals — especially the ornate costumes. Speaking to the performances and continuity, however, it seems the critical collective found some aspects lacking in those departments. Without further ado, let's unsheathe our swords and swashbuckle our way through "The Three Musketeers" reviews: The Remake vs. the Dumas Original "It is absolutely, intensely and resolutely daft. For some reason, Anderson and his scripters Alex Litvak and Andrew Davies decided that the one thing the novels were missing was huge f---ing airships. With machine guns. And flame-throwers. Also, it's not enough that Athos (Macfadyen, moody), Aramis (Evans, cool) and Porthos (Stevenson, big) be Musketeers. They must also be an 18th-century blend of Ethan Hunt, James Bond and Batman who have to tackle OTT, Indiana Jones-style deathtraps. Meanwhile, why go to Dumas for your zings, when you can just plunder other movies? One entire exchange is lifted from 'A Fistful of Dollars,' and 'Princess Bride' scribe William Goldman might want to be checking his pockets. Elsewhere, Lerman's D'Artagnan is a smug, charmless little creep, James Corden's Planchet squeezes out 'comic relief' like he's constipated." — Dan Jolin, Empire The Performances "Previously reliable actors such as Christoph Waltz (as the scheming Cardinal Richelieu), Matthew MacFadyen (as the disillusioned musketeer Athos) and Mads Mikkelsen (as the one-eyed Rochefort) seem content to take the money and look vaguely embarrassed. Some inferior thesps, such as Logan Lerman (a colorless, surfer-dude D'Artagnan), the director's wife Milla Jovovich (vapid when she should be mysterious) and Orlando Bloom (a useless drip as the dastardly Buckingham) give performances that would get them drummed out of a school play. Saving graces include the lavish costumes, widescreen photography and French architecture, even though the film was shot in Germany." — Chris Tookey, Daily Mail The Visuals "For an action film, there's an awful lot of foppish discussion about clothes going on. But what glorious clothes they are. Pierre-Yves Gayraud's exquisitely detailed outfits steal scene after scene, in particular the women's gowns, all intricate silk brocades shot through with metallic threads and glinting like jewels. Glen MacPherson's digital lensing has been balanced in post in such a way to let the electric blues on the king's guards' uniforms pop just a bit more intensely, especially in the many bright, sunlit rooms (a mix of Bavarian locations and sets at Berlin's Studio Babelsberg) deployed for the palace scenes. The use of 3D rather limits the fluidity of the action sequences, which ought to be Anderson's strong suit, but it does nothing but favors for Paul Denham Austerberry's rococo production design." — Leslie Felperin, Variety The Final Word, Pro-Con-Pro Style "Director Paul W.S. Anderson's film is far from perfect but there's plenty to enjoy in this occasionally bonkers remake. But it begins to buckle under the sheer number of characters. From Orlando Bloom's villainous Buckingham to Milla Jovoich's devious Milady to James Corden's comical Planchet there are about five too many and they've all got more lines than the heroes. The musketeers are reduced to supporting characters in their own movie. Clearly this is trying to grab a slice of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' pie and, while not as polished as 'Stranger Tides,' this is more fun. The sequel-baiting end may be a bit optimistic though." — Alex Zane, the Sun "What it lacks in abundance, alas, is élan, panache or joie de vivre. Instead, a series of over-cooked set pieces (an opening raid on a Venice vault, a dirigible face-off above Notre Dame) turn what might have been a zesty frolic into one huge, lumbering behemoth. Who cares if the Musketeers retrieve the diamond necklace on which the marriage and security of France's callow young king (Freddie Fox) depends? Not us, and not Anderson either, the 'Resident Evil' director seeming more concerned with giving wife Jovovich extra scenes and setting up a sequel few will hanker for. All for one maybe, but one for all? Not quite. Although starry, lavish and superficially spectacular, this version of the perennial old favourite isn't likely to endure." — Neil Smith, Total Film "We know we shouldn't have, but we enjoyed this. For, amid the guilty pleasures of the ludicrous 'war machines' and Orlando Bloom's even more ludicrous hairdo (as spaniel/fox/Lesley Phillips-hybrid Buckingham) there are some guiltless ones in the traditionally choreographed fencing, including a superb climactic cathedral-roof duel between Lerman's D'Artagnan and Mads Mikkelsen's nefarious Rochefort. Also, l'il D aside, the Musketeers are well cast, and enjoy an easy chemistry — enough for us to actually not dread the likelihood of a sequel. Actually, sod it: we'd look forward to the sequel. Even if it means more airships." — Dan Jolin, Empire Check out everything we've got on "The Three Musketeers." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.