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Warner Bros.' Steve Carell-Anne Hathaway comedy "Get Smart" towered over Paramount's Mike Myers topliner "The Love Guru" at the Friday box office, grossing $13.4 million from 3,911 theaters to come in No. 1 for the day.

"Guru" drew far fewer laughs, grossing just $5.3 million from 3,012 runs to come in No. 4, behind holdovers "The Incredible Hulk" and "Kung Fu Panda."

The gap between the two summer comedies was even bigger than expected.

Based on the late '60s Mel Brooks-Buck Henry TV skein, "Smart" earned top opening day respectively for Carell and Hathaway. "Smart" is also produced by Village Roadshow and Mosaic Media.

"Guru" marks Myers' first return to live action fare since 2003's "Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat" which grossed $100.5 million at the domestic B.O.

For weeks, the industry buzzed that two summer comedies both toplining funny heavyweights would fragment their opening weekend B.O. numbers. Maintaining its hold on the number one spot, "Smart" is expected to lure a broad crowd through Sunday.

Universal and Marvel's "Hulk" gripped second with $6.5 million, down 70%, from 3,508 theaters, for an eight-day cume of $81.4 million.

DreamWorks Animation and Paramount's "Panda" grossed an estimated $6.3 million, down 37%. Since its release on June 6, "Panda" has collected $140.2 million.

Fox's M. Night Shyamalan thriller "The Happening" fell 75% in fifth, collecting $3.3 million from 2,986 sites. In its first eight days, "Happening" has made $43.6 million.

Picturehouse's Abigail Breslin headliner "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" touted a hefty per theater average of $19,731 on the specialty side or $99,000 from five venues in the cities where the American Girl doll stores are located: L.A., Gotham, Chicago, Dallas and St. Louis.

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The Incredible Hulk Directed by Louis Leterrier Starring Edward Norton Liv Tyler	The Love Guru Directed by Marco Schnabel Starring Mike Myers Justin Timberlake

Kung Fu Panda Directed by Mark Osborne John Stevenson Voices by Jack Black Dustin Hoffman	Get Smart Directed by Peter Segal Starring Steve Carell Anne Hathaway

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DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS

ABC’s “General Hospital” earned a record 10th trophy for drama series on Friday at the 35th annual Daytime Emmy kudofest.

The long-running ABC serial already set the Daytime Emmy mark for most wins in the category when it bagged its ninth trophy in 2006.

Ellen DeGeneres claimed her fourth consecutive win for talk show host, but the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” saw its streak of wins since 2004 come to an end as rival syndie “Rachael Ray” prevailed in the entertainment talk show category.

Syndie “Tyra Banks Show” won in the informative talk show heat during the ceremony hosted by “The View’s” Sherri Shepherd and “All My Children’s” Ryan Lavery at the Kodak Theater.

Lead drama thesp honors went to two veteran sudser stars, “General Hospital’s” Anthony Geary and “The Young and the Restless’” Jeanne Cooper. It’s the sixth win for Geary and Cooper’s first after nine noms. (Cooper earned a Daytime Emmy lifetime achievement kudo in 2004.)

The verdict in the legal show category went to syndie “Cristina’s Court,” hosted by Cristina Perez.

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ABC, which telecast Friday’s ceremony, led among nets overall with a total of 14 wins spread between Friday’s ceremony and the June 13 Creative Arts ceremony. CBS was second with 13, followed by syndie programs (11) and PBS (10.)

Among programs, ABC’s “One Life to Live” collected the most trophies this year with a total of six wins, including wins on Friday for writing and directing in a drama series. “Guiding Light” and “Ellen DeGeneres” each bagged four Emmys.

“Guiding Light’s” wins included the kudos for supporting actress (Gina Tognoni) and younger actor (Tom Pelphrey).

Kristoff St. John of CBS’ “Young and the Restless” won for supporting actor; Jennifer Landon of CBS’ “As the World Turns” took the younger actress honor.

Lifetime achievement honors went to Regis Philbin, now in his 20th year as host of the syndie ayem strip “Live with Regis and Kelly.”

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