Weekend Box Office Actuals: June 1-3
Mon, June 4, 2012 
Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. Snow White and the Huntsman - $56.2 million
2. Men in Black 3 - $28 million
3. The Avengers - $20.4 million
4. Battleship - $5 million
5. The Dictator - $4.7 million
6. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - $4.48 million
7. What to Expect When You're Expecting - $4.40 million
8. Dark Shadows - $3.7 million
9. Chernobyl Diaries - $3.1 million
10. For Greater Glory - $1.8 million
Better late than never, here's the weekend wrap-up: Snow White and the Huntsman exceeded expectations and opened with an impressive $56.2 million. With an ad campaign that was surprisingly quite cool for this dark take on the Snow White fairy tale, appeal clearly went beyond just Twilight fans wanting to see a non-Bella Swann Kristen Stewart, and maybe a few Avengers fans looking to check out a non-Thor Chris Hemsworth. Frankly, the whole movie was worth it for Charlize Theron's Evil Queen. But, definitely a great start for Snow White and the Huntsman.
Last week's champ, Men in Black 3, held up nicely in its second weekend, dropping just less than 50% to earn a solid $28 million, easily passing the $100 million mark this weekend. Overseas, the threequel has earned $274 million.
The Avengers remains crazy-popular, earning another $20 million to bring is domestic total to a staggering $552 million. It also passed The Dark Knight this weekend to become the third-highest grossing film of all time.
For the grown-ups, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel expanded its theater count and had another good weekend $4.48 million. Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom continues to do gangbusters in limited release, earning $876,881 in just 16 theaters.
Before we take a look at next week's releases, let's take a moment to remember The Hunger Games, which finally dropped out of the top ten this week, nearly three months after its release. However, it will almost certainly pass $400 million domestically before that blu-ray arrives in stores in August.
Next weekend sees the release of Ridley Scott's oh-just-admit-it's-an-Alien-prequel, Prometheus, which has already earned $35 million overseas this past weekend. For the kids, we've got the 3D sequel Madagascar 3. Or just take them to see Prometheus, if you want to traumatize them.
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