The cartoon critters of "Madagascar" ended the two-week reign of the final "Star Wars" movie at the North American boxoffice Sunday, while Russell Crowe's boxing movie "Cinderella Man" opened at a disappointing fourth, according to studio estimates collected Sunday. Final data will be issued Monday. "Madagascar" sold about $28.7 million worth of tickets for the three days beginning June 3, according to closely held DreamWorks SKG, which distributed the film on behalf of corporate sibling DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. Its two-week total rose to $101 million. Paramount Pictures' Adam Sandler comedy "The Longest Yard" also inched up one place in its second weekend, to No. 2, with $26.1 million. Close behind was 20th Century Fox's "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith" with $26.0 million. "Cinderella Man," director Ron Howard's critically acclaimed study of Depression-era pugilist Jim Braddock, trailed at No. 4 with $18.6 million. The $88 million picture was released by Universal Pictures, which had hoped it would hit $20 million.
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