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 US$28.7 million this weekend, boosting its estimated two-week take to US$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 US$26.1 million lat 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 US$26 million.
That would raise the three week domestic take for the movie, the last of George Lucas' six-partStar Warsfranchise, to US$308.8 million.
Trailing in fourth and fifth place are two debuts: the boxing flick Cinderella Man, starring Oscar winner Russell Crowe, which grossed some US$18.6 million, and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, a teenage girl movie that raked in some US$10.2 million.
Rounding out the top 10 were the debut of Lords of Dogtown (5.7 million), Monster-in-Law (US$5.3 million), Crash (US$3.3 million), Kicking and Screaming (US$2.1 million) and Unleashed (US$889,576).
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