reporter: the secret life of tweens, no longer a child, not yet a teen. they crave independence, but still need boundaries like in the movie the sitter. what is your deal, why are you wearing so much makeup? looking real fly on the way to the club going to dance all night say what you want, i know i look good. reporter: now there is an updated handbook designed to let tween girls read for themselves the answers to slightly embarrassing questions from body odor to peer pressure to social media. i sat down with seven girls their moms and the other, dr. karen naderson, to discuss the often-unseen pressures that tweens face. you teach them why something is or isn t safe so that they can go out and implement these, these rules as choices. reporter: is there peer pressure to text? because some of you are allowed to text. some of you are not allowed to
it is nice to see excellence in film making rewarded. acclaimed indy movie new year seve ruled the box office in its opening weekend. the flick brought in $13.7 million beating out the sitter, twilight and something called the muppets. i want to go to andy. andy, you were there first discussing new year s eve. how do you explain its popularity? thank you for recognizing that i was there first. i would like to say that back in september i think it was september 28th i tweeted oh great, now satan is now making movies request it is with a link to the trailer. i was the first person to recognize this move movie. i am like a canary in a coal mine, an excellent song, by the way. i have to correct you on one thing. you said the movie made $13.7 million. that s been down graded to $13 million. i think this can be explained one of two ways. one either all of the families
sales slumping to the lowest level in three years. . r-rated comedy the sitter in second place with $10 million. elsewhere in entertainment, tmz reports lindsay lohan had her $5,000 chanel purse stolen at a hawaiian house party this weekend. don t look at me that way, bill. it was recovered with passport and probation documents but not the 10 grand in cash she was carrying. how is this for an argument starter. . men s health magazine named jennifer aniston the sectioniest women of all time. all time? all time. referring to himself as an american treasurer playing a word game for smart people, alec baldwin apologized to himself this weekend on saturday night live. you definitely you gave me a couple looks when i was talking about entertainment. all-time sectioniest? i like jennifer aniston. she s america s sweetheart the girl next door.
you. happy monday. you, too. not so happy monday for hollywood. disappointing weekend. it was the second worst weekend of the year. new year s eve took first place with 13.7 million, far below estimates for a film with a megaensemble cast, although the reviews were brutal. the sitter earned 10 million, lower than any other move with joe na hill. breaking dawn had 8 million and the muppets and arthur christmas round out the top five.
our movie critics gave it 1 1/2 stars out of 4. you re going to feel the same way this with thun. if you want to see some stars, go ahead. just don t go high with expectations. what do you sthi think is so bad about it? there s so many stories so you don t get involved in the characters. all right. another comedy out this weekend is called the sitter. let s take a look at that. here s a clip. i m going to wear shiny things to my favorite hot nightclub, okay? you guys okay in here? what s up?