Weekend Box Office Stats

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa scored the top spot at the box office this weekend, earning $63.5 million and winning the record for best opening of the year for a family cartoon. Role Models, starring Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott came in second with $19.3 million. Madagascar 2 has been getting great reviews. It is the rare sequel that rises above the original. The main characters from the first movie are all back, along with the original voice actors (plus a few new ones, including the late Bernie Mac), but the story and jokes are refreshingly new and different. Read the entire review here.