I think I used up most of my animal puns last week, so let’s just cut to the chase: Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted repeated as box office champ again this weekend, collecting an estimated $35.5 million. Its mane competition (OK, so I didn’t use them all) was, for the second week in a row, Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. But the Alien prequel could only scare up $20.2 million for its encore performance—not nearly enough to tame June’s animated beast.
Rock of Ages, meanwhile, made very little noise at the box office. This big-hair ’80s flashback starring (a little oddly) Tom Cruise made a mere $15.1 million. Turns out, the only thing that got rocked was the movie itself.
But at least Cruise and Co. can say Rock of Ages did better than That’s My Boy, the weekend’s other major release. The R-rated Adam Sandler comedy—the worst movie of the year on about a half-dozen levels—earned (stole?) $13 mil from weekend moviegoers. That’s the worst debut from a traditional Sandler comedy since 1996: Worse than last year’s Jack and Jill (which scored a rare 0% “freshness” rating on rottentomatoes.com). Worse than Little Nicky, Sandler’s notorious 2000 fiasco. I wonder whether they might rename the film when the DVD comes out to That’s My Bomb.
That’s My Boy finished fifth behind Snow White and the Huntsman, another holdover that’s now earned $122.6 million.
Any chance Madagascar 3 could paw its way to a three-peat? Unlikely, given that Disney and Pixar will be rolling out a little movie called Brave.
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