Sideshow: Horton hears a cash register ring

Audiences are still listening to Horton and his pals.

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who

, the animated adaptation of the beloved children's book, remained the top movie for a second straight weekend with $25.1 million, according to studio estimates yesterday.

Featuring the voices of

Jim Carrey

and

Steve Carell

- two actors who straddle the live and animation worlds - the movie raised its 10-day take to $85.5 million, and fended off a rush of movies opening over Easter weekend.

Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns

, about a single mom who connects with previously unknown kin at her father's funeral, opened in second place with $20 million. It was the latest success for writer-director and costar

Tyler Perry

, whose hits include

Madea's Family Reunion

and

Why Did I Get Married?

"You kind of know what you're going to get with Tyler Perry, and that's a good thing," said

Paul Dergarabedian

, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers. "You want to be in business with this guy because he's going to make you money every time."

Shutter

, about a newlywed couple tormented by a spirit whose image appears in their photos, opened at No. 3 with $10.7 million, followed by an

Owen Wilson

comedy,

Drillbit Taylor

($10.2 million).

The acclaimed

Under the Same Moon

, a border tale about a Mexican boy trying to reunite with his mother in the United States, was No. 10 with $2.6 million, a record opening weekend for a Spanish-language film. The movie opens April 4 in Philadelphia.

- Associated Press

It seems almost everybody wants a piece of

Britney Spears

. Lucky for them, at least six pieces are officially for sale.

Spears' wardrobe from her guest-starring stint on CBS'

How I Met Your Mother

will be sold at an online auction to benefit the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental organization. The weeklong auction begins tonight, just after the episode featuring the troubled pop star is set to air (8:30 p.m. on CBS3). Spears plays a flirty receptionist who falls for the show's main character.

A half-dozen items of Spears-aphernalia will be available, including a navy print Juicy Couture dress, a yellow Nannette Lepore dress, and a cream Nannette Lepore cardigan with blue flower details. CBS and 20th Century Fox Television, which produces the show, are sponsoring the auction.

- A.P.

Pamela Anderson

's new husband - apparently a specialist in short relationships with celebrities - agrees that their two-month marriage should be voided, according to court papers filed Friday.

Rick Salomon

agrees in papers, responding to a filing by the

Baywatch

actress, that the marriage should be annulled because of fraud, though neither set of documents elaborated on what type of fraud. He did not ask for spousal support but also requested it not be awarded to Anderson.

Salomon is known for making a sex videotape with then-girlfriend

Paris Hilton

and was previously married to actress

Shannen Doherty

for nine months. He and Anderson were married Oct. 6 in Las Vegas and separated Dec. 13. Anderson, 40, was previously married to singer

Kid Rock

and Mötley Crüe drummer

Tommy Lee

.

- A.P.

The Grammy-winning Tejano singer

Emilio Navaira

was in critical condition yesterday after his band's bus crashed in Houston, where he and his band, Rio, performed at a nightclub Saturday night. Authorities say the bus slammed into traffic barrels on an interstate about 5 a.m. yesterday, injuring eight people on the bus.

The 45-year-old Navaira's and Rio's

Acuerdate

won the 2003 Grammy for best Tejano album.

- A.P.