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Weekend Box-Office: A Week Later and Little Has Changed

Seth Paul

The Father’s Day weekend belonged to last week’s top draws as Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted and Prometheus remained in the top spots, earning an estimated $35.5 million and $20.2 million, respectively. While both experienced significant drops from last week, both have done quite well in the domestic market and abroad, Madagascar 3 pulling in $277.5 million and Prometheus a solid $217.5 million in worldwide earnings. That’s more than could be said about newcomer Rock of Ages. The star-studded 1980s rock musical opened to listless reviews and a fairly unimpressive $15.1 million estimate, and is less likely destined for the ages as for a quick video release.

Snow White and the Huntsman fell to fourth with an estimated $13.8 million, but has performed well here and overseas in its three weeks, the $170 million budgeted film taking in $247.2 million worldwide. The fantasy film certainly has succeeded leaps and bounds over the Adam Sandler/Andy Samberg comedy That’s My Boy, which debuted this weekend with an estimated $13 million. Like fellow debut Rock of Ages, it too has sparked off numerous poor reviews and has little to speak of in foreign revenue to make up its $70 million budget anytime soon.

Two big heavy hitters slide in at the middle of the list, as Men in Black III took in an estimated $10 million and The Avengers an estimated $8.8 million, both films easily making enough money worldwide to make another franchise entry inevitable (Men in Black III $544.3 million, The Avengers $1.4 billion). Even after seven weeks, The Avengers stayed well ahead of home and abroad moneymaker The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which made an estimated $2.2 million and over $117.3 million worldwide on a $10 million budget. That veteran of the list kept its head over the fourth week of Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, which landed just shy of an estimated $2.2 million and is climbing in earnings and theatrical releases, gaining an additional 82 theaters and a second week as a Top 10 earner. In tenth, What to Expect When You’re Expecting probably expected a better performance, weakly trailing over the finish line with an estimated $1.3 million in week five and $48.7 million in worldwide earnings, a slight profit over its $40 million budget.

Weekend Box-Office (June 15th – June 17th)

  1. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted…$35.5 million
  2. Prometheus…$20.2 million
  3. Rock of Ages…$15.1 million
  4. Snow White and the Huntsman…$13.8 million
  5. That’s My Boy…$13 million
  6. Men in Black III…$10 million
  7. The Avengers…$8.8 million
  8. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel…$2.2 million
  9. Moonrise Kingdom…$2.2 million
  10. What to Expect When You’re Expecting…$1.3 million

Seth Paul

When not failing to write novels and screenplays, box-office guru Seth writes humorous comedy tracks for films under the name "The One Man Band" that can be found at Rifftrax.com. Although, he has recently succeeded in writing the novella "Jack Alan and the Case of the Not-Exactly Rocket Scientists," available as an eBook on Amazon. He is also the English voice of Zak in "Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space."
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