Tuesday, June 12, 2012

'Madagascar 3' beats 'Prometheus' at box office

By Reuters

LOS ANGELES -- Animated family movie "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" beat sci-fi thriller "Prometheus" to the top of weekend box office charts with $60.4 million in the United States and Canada, according to studio estimates released on Sunday.

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"Prometheus", an effects-filled film from "Alien" director Ridley Scott about a team of explorers who discover a clue to the origins of mankind, pulled in $50 million to finish second.

In third place was action-filled "Snow White and the Huntsman", which sold more than $23 million of tickets, bringing its U.S. and Canadian box office total to nearly $98.5 million since its debut last weekend.

Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures released "Madagascar 3." News Corp unit 20th Century Fox distributed "Prometheus." "Snow White" was released by Universal Studios, a unit of Comcast Corp.

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