"BRAVE" DEBUTS COURAGEOUSLY AT BOX OFFICE

Still from Brave

Fantastic showing by Pixar/Disney’s Scotland-set Animated Feature, Brave, opening this weekend with $66.7 million from 4,164 theatres. The $185-million budget Production, voiced by the likes of Up-and-Comer Kelly MacDonald, Billy Connolly and Emma Thompson opened impressively Friday with $24.5 million and Critics also are responding, with it garnering 74% on Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer.

Now in its third week of release, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted still is going strong for Paramount Pictures in second spot with $20.2 million.To-date, it has earned $157 million in North America.

20th Century Fox’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter opened with big expectations, being produced for $69 million, but opens only with $16.5 million this weekend - good enough for third. Reviews have been mixed for the once promising Mash-up Historical Zombie Thriller, earning 38% on the Tomatometer. It lands ahead of another Film from the studio landing ahead of Prometheus  with $10 million, just breaking the $100 million mark on Friday domestically.

Rock of Ages finds itself in fifth spot this weekend with $8 million, looking as if it won’t recoup that $75 million budget that went into the Musical. Meanwhile, Snow White and The Huntsman is in sixth spot with $8 million also in its fourth week, for Universal Pictures.

The only other debut this weekend is Focus Features/eOne Films’ mixed-reviewed Seeking a Friend at the End of the World starring Kiera Knightley and Steve Carrell, rounding out the Top Ten with $3.8 million from 1,625 theatres.

"MADAGASCAR 3" ON-TOP A SECOND WEEK

Still form Madagascar 3

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted steals the show again for a second straight week with $35 million earned this weekend. This brings its two-week tally to an excellent $120 million for Paramount Pictures, keeping Prometheus in second for a second straight week. The latter still is going strong, this weekend taking-in $21 million for a total of $89.6 million in its Run so far.

Warner Bros.' Rock of Ages debuts in third spot with $15 million, debuting below expectations for the $75-million Budget Musical. Regardless, I still loved it and will give everyone a Hug who goes and sees it!

Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg $70-million R-rated Comedy That's My Boy was timed perfectly for a Father's Day release for Sony Pictures however, Moviegoers didn't budge and it debuts in fourth spot with $13 million.

Snow White and The Huntsman finds itself in fifth this weekend with $13-million in its third week, now earning a total $121.6 million domestically. It has fared well Overseas also, earning $83 million in those parts.

Marvel's The Avengers is resilient still, in seventh spot in its seventh week with $8.3 million. To-date domestically is has earned $586 million, while Overseas it has made a resounding $824 million.

In its fourth week of being a Limited Release, Moonrise Kingdom earns $2.3 million for Focus Features/eOne Films. The Wes Anderson Comedy has earned a stellar 95% on Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer.

What to Expect When You're Expecting earns $1.3 million this weekend in its fifth week, rounding out the Top Ten.

"MADAGASCAR 3" IS MOST WANTED AT BOX OFFICE

Still from Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

The Box Office is alive with not one but two huge Debuts this weekend. 20th Century Fox's Prometheus was caught in a heated battle with Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, but alas it was the the latter which prevailed with $59.6 million from 4,258 theatres for Paramount Pictures. Compared to its Predecessors, it earned just slightly less than 2008's Sequel in the Franchise, which had opened with $63 million.

Touted as a Prequel to Aliens, Prometheus directed by Sir Ridley Scott pulled-in a healthy $21.4 million on Friday alone based on the strength of Midnight Screenings.  It goes on to make $49.5 million this weekend from 3,396 theatres. Coincidentally, both Top Two Films earned approximately 75% on Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer, equally well-received by Critics.

Last week's Champion Snow White & The Huntsman slips to number three this weekend in its second week of release with $23 million. To date, it already has made $98.5 domestically for Universal Pictures.

MIB 3 earns $15 million this weeekend in its third week of release, just ahead of the Monster known as Marvel's The Avengers with $12 million it its sixth week.

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel continues to impress also in its sixth week for Fox Searchlight, earning $3.1 million - good enough for sixth spot in only 1,298 theatres.

Dark Shadows rounds out the Top Ten with $1.5 million this weekend, earning $73.9 million in five weeks for Warner Bros. in North America.