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‘Madagascar’ Tops ‘Prometheus’

Madagascar 3Family animated tentpole “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” landed at the top of the box office with a $60.4 million opening, besting the $50 million scored by Ridley Scott’s sci-fi epic “Prometheus”. “Prometheus” did well for an R-rated, original tentpole, and did more than expected on the strength of Scott’s fan base and 20th Century Fox’s creative marketing materials.

The top 12 films of the weekend, as of un 10 are as follows:

RANKTITLEDISTRIBUTOR NAMEWEEKEND REVENUECUME REVENUE
REVENUE# OF LOCATIONS*LOC AVG
1Madagascar 3Paramount$60,350,0004,25814,173$60,350,000
2Prometheus20th Century Fox$50,000,0003,39614,723$50,000,000
3Snow White And The HuntsmanUniversal$23,020,8153,7776,095$98,499,500
4Men In Black 3Sony$13,500,0003,7923,560$135,505,374
5Marvel’s The AvengersDisney$10,809,0003,1293,454$571,860,000
6Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, TheFox Searchlight$3,235,0001,2982,492$31,008,579
7What To Expect When You’re ExpectingLionsgate$2,710,0002,0871,298$35,745,372
8BattleshipUniversal$2,286,1801,9541,170$59,829,985
9Dictator, TheParamount$2,150,0001,6511,302$55,188,540
10Moonrise KingdomFocus Features$1,578,5889616,443$3,749,866
11Dark ShadowsWarner Bros.$1,360,0001,550877$73,735,633
12Hunger Games, TheLionsgate$1,050,0007511,398$400,250,322

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