Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Madagascar 3

  • Madagascar 3 shrugged off Ridley Scott and his not-quite-an-Alien-prequel Prometheus at the box office this past weekend following a tight race between the two newcomers on Friday. Despite an R-rating, Prometheus drummed up $50 million for its opening weekend.
  • (TheHDRoom)
  • After a few dull weeks at the box office, Hollywood stormed back this weekend, with two big debuts from Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted and Ridley Scott's Prometheus.
  • (The Celebrity Cafe.com)
  • Ridley Scotts Prometheus might have featured an outer space struggle against killer aliens. But there were some serious fireworks in its box-office battle against the wisecracking creatures of Madagascar 3: Europes Most Wanted.
  • (First Coast News)
  • Now that many schools across New York City have half day schedules, with the school year winding down, expect the under 5 set to go to the movies with their families.
  • (Examiner)
  • Ridley Scott's "Aliens" sort-of-prequel Prometheus did very well at the box office, with one of the strongest openings of the year, $50 million in the US and $85 million world-wide.
  • (Belief.Net)
  • Despite the competition from the Euro Cup, Madagascar 3: Europes Most Wanted, the most wanted film worldwide this weekend, drew $75.5 million across 28 countries, as well as winning the top spot in the US with $60.4 million.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Family audiences turned out in droves for Madagascar 3: Europes Most Wanted, pushing the DreamWorks Animation CGI sequel to a better-than-expected $60.3 million weekend at the U.S. box office.
  • (TheWrap)
  • Madagascar 3 debuted to a strong $60 million at 4,258 locations this weekend, which is the fourth-highest opening of the year and the seventh-highest ever in June. We saw the film Sat night with friends, and the house was loaded with little ones.
  • (CNN)
  • LOS ANGELES (AP) --Circus animals and space beasts have lifted Hollywood to a huge weekend. According to studio estimates, the cuddly critters of Madagascar 3: Europes Most Wanted led the weekend with a $60.4 million debut domestically and $75.
  • (WQOW)
  • Martin Short stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! Tuesday night to talk about Madagascar 3, and things were going smoothly with all of the showbiz talk. You know, a regular interview.
  • (Huffington Post)

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