Weekend Box Office – MADAGASCAR 3 Passes PROMETHEUS with $60.3 Million Opening
by Nicole Pedersen Posted: June 10th, 2012 at 8:34 am
After winning Friday by a nose, Fox’s Prometheus slipped into second this weekend with an estimated $50 million from 3,396 locations. That gives Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted the win with a reported $60.3 million from 4,258 dates and puts overall box office receipts more than 30% ahead of 2011.
| Title | Weekend | Total | |
| 1 | Madagascar 3 | $60,350,000 | $60.3 |
| 2 | Prometheus | $50,000,000 | $50 |
| 3 | Snow White & the Huntsman | $23,020,000 | $98.5 |
| 4 | Men in Black 3 | $13,500,000 | $135.5 |
| 5 | The Avengers | $10,809,000 | $571.8 |
| 6 | Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $3,235,000 | $31 |
| 7 | What to Expect When You’re Expecting | $2,700,000 | $35.7 |
| 8 | Battleship | $2,286,000 | $59.8 |
| 9 | The Dictator | $2,150,000 | $55.1 |
| 10 | Dark Shadows | $1,360,000 | $73.7 |
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