‘Madagascar 3’ fetches $35.5 mn for 2nd week at box office

‘Madagascar 3’ and ‘Prometheus’ held off two under-achieving newcomers. The star-studded musical ‘Rock of Ages’,whose cast includes Tom Cruise,Catherine Zeta-Jones and Alec Baldwin,flopped at No.3 with $15.1 million,a media report said.

Sandler’s ‘That’s My Boy’ bombed with $13 million,the worst showing for one of his broad comedies since the mid-1990s.

‘That’s My Boy’ came in at No. 5,behind the $13.8 million for ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’,a film that’s been out for three weekends already.

“Sure,we would have liked to have done more,” Rory Bruer,head of distribution at Sony said,which released ‘That’s My Boy’ and most of Sandler’s past movies.

“But you’ve got to give it to Adam. He mixes it up. This is a really off-the-wall comedy,” he added.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at US and Canadian theaters,according to Hollywood.com are:

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 3,’ $10 million

7. ‘The Avengers,’ $8.8 million

8. ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,’ $2.2 million

9. ‘Moonrise Kingdom,’ $2.18 million

10. ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting,’ $1.3 million