Jul 162012
Ice Age: Continental Drift, the fourth installment in Fox’s prehistoric toon series, didn’t exactly sizzle at the North American box office this weekend, but the movie, which saw its cast of characters head to the open seas on a melting iceberg, kept afloat with an estimated $46 million opening.
The top 12 movies of the weekend as of Sunday, July 15th are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | 20th Century Fox | $46,000,000 | 3,881 | 11,852 | $46,000,000 |
| 2 | Amazing Spider-Man, The | Sony | $35,000,000 | 4,318 | 8,105 | $200,872,247 |
| 3 | Ted | Universal | $22,146,615 | 3,303 | 6,705 | $158,993,010 |
| 4 | Brave | Disney | $10,695,000 | 3,392 | 3,153 | $195,596,000 |
| 5 | Magic Mike | Warner Bros. | $9,030,000 | 3,090 | 2,922 | $91,850,075 |
| 6 | Savages | Universal | $8,735,025 | 2,635 | 3,315 | $31,466,475 |
| 7 | Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection | Lionsgate | $5,600,000 | 2,004 | 2,794 | $55,627,694 |
| 8 | Katy Perry: Part Of Me | Paramount | $3,735,000 | 2,732 | 1,367 | $18,587,937 |
| 9 | Moonrise Kingdom | Focus Features | $3,661,819 | 924 | 3,963 | $32,426,537 |
| 10 | Madagascar 3 | Paramount | $3,500,000 | 2,285 | 1,531 | $203,731,722 |
| 11 | To Rome With Love | Sony Pictures Classics | $2,539,119 | 744 | 3,412 | $8,657,746 |
| 12 | Marvel’s The Avengers | Disney | $1,287,000 | 747 | 1,722 | $613,548,000 |