Animated animals ruled the big screen across North America this weekend, as the latest installment of the 'Star Wars' saga sank to third place, according to box office returns released Sunday.
DreamWorks' animated "Madagascar," which debuted last weekend in second place, topped the list of most viewed movies, according to Encino, California-based Exhibitor Relations, which monitors ticket sales.
"Madagascar" is expected to gross 28.7 million dollars this weekend, boosting its estimated two-week take to 101 million, according to Exhibitor Relations.
"The Longest Yard," which pits inmates and guards against each other in an American football prison game, moved from third place to second, earning about 26.1 million dollars this weekend.
The movie, starring comedians Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, is the remake of a 1974 movie starring Burt Reynolds, who has a role in the re-made version.
Meanwhile "Star War: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith," which held the top spot for two weeks, fell to third place with an expected gross of 26 million dollars.
That would raise the three week domestic take for the movie, the last of George Lucas' six-part Star Wars franchise, to 308.8 million dollars.
Trailing in fourth and fifth place are two debuts: the boxing flick "Cinderella Man," starring Oscar winner Russell Crowe, which grossed some 18.6 million dollars, and "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," a teenage girl movie that raked in some 10.2 million dollars.
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