This weekend comedies take over the box office. Apatow delivers a new film with funny guys Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler while aliens invade High School Musical’s Ashley Tisdale and Ice Cube fumbles as a concert promoter. Keep reading to find out which movies will give you the giggles and which fail to turn your frown upside down.

Funny People is written, produced and directed by Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, 40 Year Old Virgin). The film stars Adam Sandler as a successful, yet arrogant stand-up comedian who learns he has rare form of leukemia and is given less than a year to live. Seth Rogen also plays a stand-up comedian who works at a deli, but has yet to figure out his onstage persona. The two men form a friendship and both learn how to appreciate what is most important in life. Leslie Mann also stars in the film as Sandler’s ex-girlfriend who rekindles the flame after his prognosis. This film differs from Apatow’s normal slapstick comedy genre as it combines a thoughtful dramatic quality to the comedic performances we have come to expect from Rogen and Sandler. The popularity of Apatow, Rogen and Sandler is overwhelming so it will no doubt bring the crowds in. The question is whether or not fans will appreciate the new, more thoughtful Apatow film.

Aliens in the Attic is a family film starring High School Musical’s Ashley Tisdale along with Kevin Nealon, Carter Jenkins, Henry Young and Regan Young as The Pearson family vacationing in Michigan who upon their arrival learns there are aliens living in their house. Though the alien is friendly, his friends are not, and they are ready to destroy the world. Now it is up to the Pearson family to defend their vacation home and save the world. This sounds like a real step down for Ashley Tisdale. And doens't it sound a lot like Gremlins? Although this film could be fun for families, it sounds like one that would be better suited for DVD.

Janky Promoters is Ice Cube’s film about two shady concert promoters (played by Ice Cube himself and Mike Epps) who find themselves in way over their heads when they are unable to book real-life rapper Young Jeezy at their club in Modesto, California. The complications include a pot-growing neighbor named Mondo and Ice Cube’s character’s son. This is the first script that Cube has written since the Friday After Next (2002). Ice Cube has had much success with the transition from music to the acting world, and it will be interesting to see what audiences think about his newest comedy.

—Jessica Delli Santi