Download Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Download Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Download Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Download Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Download Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Download Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
As I often say, ranking is a relatively irrelevant stat that shouldn’t be used as a barometer for box office success. Both wide releases opened rather well this weekend, and in this case the weekend gross of the second place film is arguably a more impressive achievement. Anyway, the number one film of the weekend was Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (review) which debuted with a pretty big $60 million. That’s pretty close to the $63 million that Madagascar 2 opened with back in 2008 and the $61 million that the first film debuted with over its four-day Memorial Day 2005 opening weekend. I had theorized that the film might explode even higher due to the utter lack of kid pics this summer (a la The Lorax earning $70 million in March after months of no family films), but I’m not going to pretend that this debut is ‘disappointing’. It’s still a solid debut that’s right in line with the previous entries of the series, give or take inflation and the 3D bump. It’s almost identical to the $60 million debut of Kung Fu Panda in June 2008 and the $59 million debut of Dreamworks’ Monsters vs. Aliens in March of 2009. The film earned an ‘A’ from Cinemascore and while it’s not quite that good it is a lot of visually creative fun. That most kids are already out of school made the film’s Friday ($20 million) play like a proverbial Saturday, meaning that there was no Saturday jump ($22 million) as is sometimes the case with animated films. The film played 45% 3D, 56% female and 54% under 25 years old.
The picture pulled in a decent 2.9x weekend multiplier, or similar to Kung Fu Panda (3.0x) and Wall-E (2.7x) in June 2008 and Toy Story 3 (2.65x) in summer 2010. The film is quite entertaining and is pretty perfect casual family viewing (my 5-year-old rather enjoyed it in glorious 2D), so the film could very well clean up again next weekend. After that it’s a question of how well it copes with direct competition, with Brave opening in two weeks and Ice Age 4 debuting on July 13. The first film ended up with $197 million domestic while the second film finished with $180 million, so this arguably more entertaining sequel (the second film has a superior story, natch) should approach or surpass those numbers. The last few non-Shrek Dreamworks cartoons (How to Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss In Boots) have earned $490-$665 million worldwide boosted by their sheer visual quality and global 3D interest. That’s fitting as Dreamworks was doing the 3D-cartoon thing long before Avatar made 3D a ‘fad’. And the two prior Madagascar films grossed $532 million and $602 million worldwide respectively. So, with $75 million in the overseas till already and a worldwide opening of $135 million, expect an equally big payday for the $145 million threequel and a part four in a few years.
As I often say, ranking is a relatively irrelevant stat that shouldn’t be used as a barometer for box office success. Both wide releases opened rather well this weekend, and in this case the weekend gross of the second place film is arguably a more impressive achievement. Anyway, the number one film of the weekend was Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (review) which debuted with a pretty big $60 million. That’s pretty close to the $63 million that Madagascar 2 opened with back in 2008 and the $61 million that the first film debuted with over its four-day Memorial Day 2005 opening weekend. I had theorized that the film might explode even higher due to the utter lack of kid pics this summer (a la The Lorax earning $70 million in March after months of no family films), but I’m not going to pretend that this debut is ‘disappointing’. It’s still a solid debut that’s right in line with the previous entries of the series, give or take inflation and the 3D bump. It’s almost identical to the $60 million debut of Kung Fu Panda in June 2008 and the $59 million debut of Dreamworks’ Monsters vs. Aliens in March of 2009. The film earned an ‘A’ from Cinemascore and while it’s not quite that good it is a lot of visually creative fun. That most kids are already out of school made the film’s Friday ($20 million) play like a proverbial Saturday, meaning that there was no Saturday jump ($22 million) as is sometimes the case with animated films. The film played 45% 3D, 56% female and 54% under 25 years old.
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