MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures‘ Madagascar 3, released in India by Viacom18 Motion Pictures, has secured the 3rd highest weekend opening for any animation film in India, the movie company said.

The film, which hit the theatres across the nation on 8 June, opened up to packed screens.

With multiplexes witnessing packed houses, the film has done a business of Rs 53 million at the box office in its first weekend, Viacom18 said.

The third installment of the film scored better than the first two films of the series.

The success of Madagascar 3 comes close on the recent successes of Kahaani and Blood Money in Hindi and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol for Viacom 18 Motion Pictures.