It’s hair vs. the bear this weekend at the box office, although Zohan’s super agent moves shouldn’t be muchc ompetition for the Kung Fu Panda. Dreamworks’ latest animated feature, which boasts voice work by Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Angelina Jolie, got generally positive reviews when it premiered at Cannes last month. Meanwhile, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, a comedy that revolves around an Israeli special agent who fantasizes about being a hairdresser, has been receiving negative buzz from critics and viewers alike.

This is the time of year when a new potential blockbuster is released every week, and the studios are pulling out all the stops. Zohan, however, is but a warm up for Sony, which will have bigger fish to fry later this summer when it releases Will Smith’s crusty superhero flick, Hancock on July 2. Kung Fu Panda pretty much does it for Dreamworks, a partner of Paramount, for the time being. Their nex film, Ben Stiller’s action comedy Tropic Thunder, isn’t due out until mid-August. Faith in a film can often be gauged by the number of theaters in which it opens: Kung Fu Panda plays in 4,114 theaters, Zohan only 3,462.

Bolstered by millions of TV-watching children and McDonald’s merchandising, expect Panda to be number one at the box office this weekend, overtaking worthy competitors like Sex and the City and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. With three popular films like those in theaters, perhaps Hollywood will finally break out of its slump—some estimates see it's take as 16% lighter than last year.

Those who want to avoid the megaplex and go for indie fare have a number of new releases to chose from, including two from England: When Did You Last See Your Father?, a father/son drama starring Colin Firth and Jim Broadbent, and Miss Conception, a romantic comedy starring Heather Graham. Also in limited release are Mongol, a foreign film about Genghis Khan in Mongolian, and Promotion, a workplace comedy starring John C. Reily and Seann Willilam Scott.