Sex Sells, to the Tune of $14.2 Million

Sex and the City 2 may be critically lambasted, but it still took in $14.2 million yesterday -- the 6th best Thursday opening ever, behind assorted Star Wars, Matrix, and Indiana Jones sequels and the Christmas Day opening of Marley and Me. Here's another translation: after this weekend, expect the third one to be greenlit faster than Sarah Jessica Parker can make a Catskills-ready crack about Samantha's menopause. [EW]