Weekend Report: 'Madagascar' Breaks Out, 'Prometheus' Catches Fire

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| June 11, 2012 | 7:48 pm or 7:48 pm GMT

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from the Box Office Mojo article:

What looked like a tight race on Friday turned out to not really be much of a competition, as Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted handily defeated Prometheus over the three-day weekend. That being said, even if it didn't quite reach the astronomical levels some had been expecting, director Ridley Scott's return to sci-fi still had one of the best second place debuts in history. The Top 12 earned $174.2 million this weekend, which is up 32 percent from the same frame last year when Super 8 and Judy Moody both underperformed.

Madagascar 3 debuted to a strong $60.3 million at 4,258 locations, which is the fourth-highest opening of the year and the seventh-highest ever in June. It was a tad lower than Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa's $63.1 million, but was about in line with the first Madagascar's $61 million four-day Memorial weekend debut. It's also right on par with DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda, which earned $60.2 million at about the same time in 2008.

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