BIG-SCREEN EDITION
GOOD WEEK/BAD WEEK
The Avengers
Passed the billion-dollar mark in just 19 days, tying Avatar and the final Harry Potter.
Battleship
Grossed just $25 million, roughly one-eighth of its massive budget, during its U.S. opening weekend.
FASHION
Deals on Wheels
Pitas, burgers and ... crop tops? In Boston, the food-truck craze has spawned fashion trucks--roving boutiques that pay parking-meter fare instead of rent. They're all technically illegal, per old city ordinances. But we're sure that diehard bargain hunters don't care.
COMIC CONNOISSEUR
Fifteen years after his death, the Art Institute of Chicago is celebrating Roy Lichtenstein as one of...
