Source: Variety

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DreamWorks' CGI toon Madagascar moved up to the No. 1 spot with $28.7 million this weekend, a modest 39% from last weekend's three-day number and bringing it's 10-day total to $101 million. The film passed the $100M mark one day faster than the original "Shrek" and five days quicker than last fall's "Shark Tale." 

Also moving up on the chart was Paramount's The Longest Yard which at $26.1 million, a mellow 45% drop, claimed the No. 2 spot. With a two-week total of $95.8 million, the football remake is running ahead of star Adam Sandler's biggest picture, "Big Daddy," which ultimately brought in $163 million.

Though it dropped in the rankings, Fox's Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith is still doing massive biz. Its weekend result of $26 million not only slipped the film in the No. 3 spot, but won it the crown for the fastest pic to gross $300 million. George Lucas's sci-fi finale hit the rarefied mark on Saturday, its 17th day of release, which is a day sooner than previous record-holder "Shrek 2."

With a total of $308.8 million, "Sith" passed the 1977 original's $307 million haul and is now the second-biggest grosser in the series, behind only "The Phantom Menace's" $431 million run.

Universal's Cinderella Man had the best showing among the newcomers, generating $18.6 million from 2,812 theaters and grabbing the No. 4 spot.

Opening at No. 5 was Warner Bros.' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, which collected $10.2 million over the weekend from 2,583 venues. Since bowing on Wednesday, pic has taken in $14 million.

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