A comedy, a TV series movie, and a period adaptation are all opening this weekend, and it's tough to say which will do better than the other since all three have negative factors riding against them.

Step Brothers, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as silly adult brothers still living at home, is not getting promising early buzz. Columbia Pictures has every right to be concerned with this one's success, since similar formulaic films like The Brothers Solomon (2007) bombed recently. The script, written by Ferell and Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights) ends their 3-picture deal with Sony, though they're still set to work on Anchorman 2 together there. But some are worried if Ferrell is even popular anymore. His recent dud Semi-Pro, and Reily's recent, the questionable Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, do anything but guarantee success for this duet project. Also, it's worth mentioning that Ferrell's Saturday Night Live alumni Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers' recent projects have gone up in flames. Will Step Brothers put Ferrell in their  company?

Twentieth Century Fox finally releases the new X-Files film The X-Files: I Want to Believe this weekend, bringing David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson back together as the famous extraterrestrial team Mulder and Scully. While I want to believe it'll do well, the show has been off the air so long that the younger generation of movie-goers who tend to dominate box office numbers are likely unfamiliar with the oldie but goodie. Sure the show still has lots of die-hard loyal fans that will rush to see it, but are those numbers enough to make the film float? The plot has been impressively kept secret, which adds to the new film's mysterious appeal. Besides, who wants to watch a movie trailer and feel like they've already seen the entire feature? Scot comedian Billy Connolly joins the cast, and Chris Carter, one of the original TV series creators, directs. Urban Cinefile writes in its review, "The film's great achievement is that even within the bounds of its genre as a supernatural thriller, it generates a much deeper resonance about a range of issues, from God and faith to the mysteries of daily life."

The famous Evelyn Waugh novel Brideshead Revisited has been adapted by solid screenwriters Jeremy Brock (The Last King of Scotland) and Andrew Davies (Bridget Jones's Diary), and is a result of a successful post-Weinstein era at Miramax. The story follows an officer in the British Army during WWII who reminisces of his scandalous days spent with an Oxford schoolmate named Sebastian, and his friend's complicated, horribly wealthy family. The cast includes Emma Thompson, rising star Matthew Goode (Match Point) the alluring Ben Whishaw (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer) and the stunning newcomer Hayley Atwell. Surprisingly, and disappointingly, the film was nearly made with Paul Bettany, Jude Law and Jennifer Connelly. Thankfully they chose more elusive British actors to make the film a bit more authentic. Because of its clever casting decision and production value, along with being topped with a smart adapted script, Revisited has Oscar written all over it. Nonetheless, it's still a period film and only opening to a limited audience at the moment, which doesn't promise it much financial success.