Receipts Across the Pond: Prometheus Continues to Top While Newcomers Fizzle

Moviegoers in the U.K. continued to send Prometheus, Men in Black 3, and Snow White and the Huntsman into the top three spots of the box office, while '80s hair metal pic Rock of Ages, which landed at number four though its numbers actually suggested a softer opening than its U.S. equivalent, according to figures from The Guardian. Red Lights, which will not open in the U.S. until mid-July and starring Sigourney Weaver, Cillian Murphy and Robert De Niro, performed "landed limply."

With the U.S. number one release Madagascar 3 not in the mix yet in the U.K., Prometheus held supreme in the British box office, grossing £2,009,955 ($3,163,614) from 522 sites. That's a PSA that's roughly on par with its U.S. counterpart, though it's been in theaters an extra week. Men in Black 3 took in £1,544M ($2.429M) from 495 sites. Snow White and the Huntsman stayed at number three, taking in £1,297M ($2.041M) at 496 locations, while Rock of Ages managed just over £1M ($1.57M) at 479 sites. Converted to dollars, its Per Screen calculates to about $3,278 compared to its opening $4,340 Stateside. Rock of Ages placed fourth on the U.K. box office.

Red Lights landed sixth behind Sundance 2012 title The Pact, which will open in the U.S. on July 6th (it took in £475,936 -$749,433 - from 317 sites and has totaled just under £2 million since bowing June 8th there). Red Lights grossed £445,109 ($701,031) for a PSA around $2,434. Marvel Avengers Assemble (as it is called over there) placed 7th with £376,991 ($593,592) from 276 sites. Its U.K. £50.963M ($80.257M) cume is the 17th overall biggest so far. The pic opened there late April.

[Source: The Guardian]