'Despicable Me,' Mel

"Despicable Me" title star Gru, voiced by Steve Carell, had a big weekend.

(Courtesy:  Universal Pictures)

It was a big weekend for the lovably villainous animated family tale "Despicable Me."

Mel Gibson in "Edge of Darkness"

(Courtesy:  Warner Bros.)

Not so much for Oscar winner Mel Gibson, whose less-than-lovely accusations of yet another racial rant may have cost him representation at Hollywood's William Morris agency (WME).

According to an article posted on the Hollywood Reporter Web site, when WME dropped Gibson last week, it may have been a result of equal parts revulsion and monetary. 

"'There's nothing to do for Mel Gibson at the moment, a WME source said in the Hollywood Reporter post. 'No one will touch him with a 10-foot pole. He'll make his own movies, but you don't commission those anyway.'

"Hollywood has routinely overlooked reprehensible, even illegal behavior when there's money to be made. And observers -- including a studio chief and an insider at WME -- said the industry might even have gotten past Gibson's alleged assault on his girlfriend. (Consider Charlie Sheen.) But the repeated allegations of bigoted comments have left his relationship with the public in tatters, and that's a deal-breaker."

Click here to read the entire Hollywood Reporter story on Mel Gibson.

On a much brighter note, Universal's bouncy animated caper "Despicable Me" bounced those moody vampires and shaggy werewolves of "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" out of first place at the box office over the weekend.

According to our cinematic bean counting friends over at BoxOfficeMojo.com, "'Despicable Me' crushed even the most optimistic predictions by opening to an estimated $60.1 million on around 5,200 screens at 3,476 theaters."

Click here to read the entire Box Office Mojo take on how the story of a lovable villain compared to opening grosses for "Toy Story 3," "Shrek Forever After" and more.