‘Madagascar 3’ Is Top Weekend Film on Sales of $60.3 Million
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DreamWorks Animation SKG’s “Madagascar 3” opened as the top film at U.S. and Canadian box offices with $60.3 million in sales, edging out “Prometheus,” a science-fiction thriller from Ridley Scott.
“Prometheus,” from News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox, the weekend’s only other new film in wide release, had $51.1 million in ticket sales, researcher Hollywood.com Box-Office said today in an e-mailed statement.