xaosslug
Member
1
2.
3.
4.
5.
rottenwatch box office:
76% Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
74% Prometheus
47% Snow White and the Huntsman
69% Men in Black III
93% Marvel's The Avengers
metacritic box office:
*click pic(s) for source*
*click pic for full list/source*
rottenwatch box office:
metacritic box office:
*click pic(s) for source*
'Madagascar,' 'Prometheus' triumph at B.O. Toon trumps sci-fier with $60 mil; pics lift totals near 30% more than last year
The one-two punch from "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted," which grossed an estimated $60.4 million, and "Prometheus," with $50 million, gave the summer's domestic box office a needed jolt, lifting totals at around 30% more than the same frame last year.
The opening pair had been tracking neck-and-neck since Friday after, though "Madagascar 3," from Paramount and DreamWorks Animation, managed to pull ahead of Fox's 3D sci-fier, thanks to a mostly family-driven Sunday box office.
This time last year only Par's "Super 8" opened nationwide with $35 million, a modest bow for what bizzers hoped would become one of 2011's summer juggernauts. The bows for "Madagascar" and "Prometheus" position the films solidly in the States, even with major seasonal competition, including fanboy fave "The Amazing Spider-Man" and family films "Brave" and "Ice Age."
The weekend's holdovers, led by Universal's soph-sesh pic "Snow White and the Huntsman," held well considering the debut power of both new entries: "Huntsman" dropped 59% for an estimated $23 million, while Sony's "Men in Black 3" projected $13.5 million in its third frame, down 52%. "Huntsman" has cumed $98 million domestically; "MIB," $135 million.
Focus Features, meanwhile, expanded specialty VIP "Moonrise Kingdom" to 96 Stateside locations, landing in the top 10 with an estimated $1.6 million. Pic has grossed so far $3.7 million.
The one-two punch from "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted," which grossed an estimated $60.4 million, and "Prometheus," with $50 million, gave the summer's domestic box office a needed jolt, lifting totals at around 30% more than the same frame last year.
The opening pair had been tracking neck-and-neck since Friday after, though "Madagascar 3," from Paramount and DreamWorks Animation, managed to pull ahead of Fox's 3D sci-fier, thanks to a mostly family-driven Sunday box office.
This time last year only Par's "Super 8" opened nationwide with $35 million, a modest bow for what bizzers hoped would become one of 2011's summer juggernauts. The bows for "Madagascar" and "Prometheus" position the films solidly in the States, even with major seasonal competition, including fanboy fave "The Amazing Spider-Man" and family films "Brave" and "Ice Age."
The weekend's holdovers, led by Universal's soph-sesh pic "Snow White and the Huntsman," held well considering the debut power of both new entries: "Huntsman" dropped 59% for an estimated $23 million, while Sony's "Men in Black 3" projected $13.5 million in its third frame, down 52%. "Huntsman" has cumed $98 million domestically; "MIB," $135 million.
Focus Features, meanwhile, expanded specialty VIP "Moonrise Kingdom" to 96 Stateside locations, landing in the top 10 with an estimated $1.6 million. Pic has grossed so far $3.7 million.
*click pic for full list/source*
