Two animated features sit atop the box office this past weekend. Disney/Pixar’s Brave seized the top of the b.o. as expected. The animated feature grossed over $66.7 million Friday through Sunday. That total is above Pixar’s previous feature title Cars 2 , which opened with $66.1 million in 2011. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted held strong with $20.2 million. 1. Brave (3-D Animation) Gross: $66,739,000 (New) Screens: 4,164 (PSA: $16,028) Week: 1 The film beat DreamWorks animation Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted by just over $6 million. It did better than Cars 2 in 2011 by only about $600K (that film opened in 4,115 theaters) but nowhere compared to Toy Story 3 , which opened in 4,028 theaters in 2010, raking in over $110.3 million. Brave is the 13th straight Pixar/Disney release to bow at number one. 2. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (3-D Animation) Gross: $20,200,000 ($157,574,000) Screens: 3,920 (PSA: $5,153) Weeks: 3 (Change: – 41%) Its international cume is now at $208.4 million. The feature continued to show muscle despite competition from Brave . 3. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (3-D) Gross: $16.5 million (New) Screens: 3,108 (PSA: $5,309) Week: 1 The debut numbers came in along the lines of expectations. 4. Prometheus (3-D) Gross: $10 million ($108,546,680) Screens: 2,862 (PSA: $3,494) Weeks: 3 (Change – 52%) 5. Snow White and the Huntsman Gross: $8,012,655 ($137,055,375) Screens: 2,919 (PSA: $2,745) Weeks: 4 (Change: – 40%) 6. Rock of Ages Gross: $8 million ($28,763,000) Screens: 3,470 (PSA: $2,305) Weeks: 2 (Change: -45%) 7. That’s My Boy Gross: $7.9 million ($28,180,000) Screens: 3,030 (PSA: $2,607) Weeks: 2 (Change – 41%) 8. The Avengers Gross: $7.04 million ($598,288,000) Screens: 2,230 (PSA: 3,157) Weeks: 8 (Change – 21%) The pic’s global total now stands at $1,436,200,000. 9. Men in Black 3 (3-D) Gross: $5.6 million ($163,339,000) Screens: 2,462 (PSA: $2,275) Weeks: 5 (Change: – 44%) The features global cume is $577.3 million. 10. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Gross: $3,836,348 (New) Screens: 1,625 (PSA: $2,361) Week: 1 [Source: Hollywood.com box office]
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Weekend Receipts: Brave Seizes the Weekend; Madagascar 3 Holds Strong
