May 31, 2005 - Adam Sandler and a pack of CG wild animals couldn't take down Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith at the box office this weekend. The final flick in George Lucas' epic space saga topped the Memorial Day weekend box office, grossing an estimated $70.8 million during the Friday-to-Monday period. It's earned $271.2 million in two weeks.

The race for second place was seriously tight with DreamWorks' latest computer-animated comedy, Madagascar, bringing in approximately $61 million and the new Adam Sandler/Chris Rock comedy, The Longest Yard, earning around $60 million over the long weekend.

In less lofty territory, the Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda comedy, Monster-in-Law, fell from second to fourth this weekend with just over $11 million.

Universal's Kicking and Screaming was fifth in its third week of release. The Will Ferrell starrer brought in around $6.5 million.

Crash, from director Paul Haggis, fell from fourth to sixth with right around $6 million.

Nicole Kidman's thriller, The Interpreter, ended the four-day period with $2.6 million and seventh place.

The eighth spot went to Jet Li's Unleashed, which made approximately $2.3 million.

Ridley Scott's crusades epic, Kingdom of Heaven, slid to ninth with around $2.2 million.

Rounding out the top ten this weekend, the hottie-filled horror flick House of Wax made $1.6 million.

	-Lucasfilm Ltd.

Here's the weekend breakdown...

Rank	Prior	Film Title	Distributor	Weekend	Total	Weeks	Theaters
1	1	Star Wars: Episode III	Fox	$70,750,000	$271,193,000	2	3663
2	-	Madagascar	DreamWorks	$61,000,000	$61,000,000	1	4131
3	-	The Longest Yard	Paramount	$60,000,000	$60,000,000	1	3634
4	2	Monster-in-Law	New Line	$11,075,000	$60,730,000	3	3230
5	3	Kicking & Screaming	Universal	$6,554,000	$44,168,000	3	2966
6	4	Crash	Lions Gate	$6,000,000	$36,138,000	4	1680
7	8	The Interpreter	Universal	$2,640,000	$69,233,000	6	1171
8	5	Unleashed	Rogue	$2,348,000	$21,916,000	3	1419
9	6	Kingdom of Heaven	Fox	$2,150,000	$44,974,000	4	1328
10	7	House of Wax	Warner Bros.	$1,640,000	$29,873,000	4	1635