Wax war on Hollywood Boulevard

Adrian Jones of Madame Tussauds eyeballs a wax figure of actor Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, replicated in wax at the Madame Tussauds in Hollywood.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

The Madame Tussauds version of actor George Clooney.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

A wax figure of actor Jim Carrey on display at the new Madame Tussauds Hollywood, which unofficially opens its doors today.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Jerry Digdey walks by a wax figure of Charlton Heston as Moses parting the Red Sea at Madame Tussauds.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Madame Tussauds keeps spare hands for the wax replica of the late Johnny Grant, Hollywood’s honorary mayor.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

A mold of the late Michael Jackson’s hand is on display at Madame Tussauds Hollywood.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra at Madame Tussauds.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Marilyn Monroe, represented in wax at Madame Tussauds.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

A figure of Charlie Chaplin as the Little Tramp at Madame Tussauds.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” at Madame Tussauds Hollywood.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)