Efron's

(They're dating in real life.) [Ed: Actually, they got hitched New Year's Eve.] 8: 30 pm: Gabriel Byrne wins, and Zac Efron's lifelong dream to hang out with Friedrich Bhaer from "Little Women" is thwarted.

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Even as the 56-year-old played Zac Efron's mom, she was stunningly beautiful.

The Stir: Hot Old Celebrities: Your Teenage Crush Today The Stir 2010

There are two things worth noting: First of all, this opening is about on par with the $12.3 million opening of Zac Efron's Charlie St. Cloud and above the $8 million opening for Robert Pattinson's Remember Me, although an action thriller is arguably a more mainstream attraction than the latter two romantic dramas.

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Even as the 56-year-old played Zac Efron's mom, she was stunningly beautiful.

The Stir: Hot Old Celebrities: Your Teenage Crush Today The Stir 2010

Even as the 56-year-old played Zac Efron's mom, she was stunningly beautiful.

The Stir: Hot Old Celebrities: Your Teenage Crush Today The Stir 2010

There are two things worth noting: First of all, this opening is about on par with the $12.3 million opening of Zac Efron's Charlie St. Cloud and above the $8 million opening for Robert Pattinson's Remember Me, although an action thriller is arguably a more mainstream attraction than the latter two romantic dramas.

Scott Mendelson: Weekend Box Office: Moneyball Sets Record for Baseball Pic, Comes in Second to Lion King 3D Anyway. Taylor Lautner's Abduction and Statham's Killer Elite Open Low Scott Mendelson 2011

There are two things worth noting: First of all, this opening is about on par with the $12.3 million opening of Zac Efron's Charlie St. Cloud and above the $8 million opening for Robert Pattinson's Remember Me, although an action thriller is arguably a more mainstream attraction than the latter two romantic dramas.

Scott Mendelson: Weekend Box Office: Moneyball Sets Record for Baseball Pic, Comes in Second to Lion King 3D Anyway. Taylor Lautner's Abduction and Statham's Killer Elite Open Low Scott Mendelson 2011

Even as the 56-year-old played Zac Efron's mom, she was stunningly beautiful.

The Stir: Hot Old Celebrities: Your Teenage Crush Today The Stir 2010

The best scene in the movie sees a leather-gloved, cigar-chomping McKay doing a number on Efron's naive idealist that is so convincing we actually believe he's telling the truth.

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Given these developments, this seems like a good time to hit pause and consider whether Efron's actions so far are getting his career where he wants to go.

For Zac Efron, advice on reaching movie star maturity 2010