Animated Madagascar 3 cruises to box office win By Lisa Richwine and Andrea Burzynski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Animated family movie "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" beat sci-fi thriller "Prometheus" to the top of weekend box office charts with $60.4 million in the United States and Canada, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. "Prometheus," an effects-filled film from "Alien" director Ridley Scott about a team of explorers who discover a clue to the origins of mankind, pulled in $50 million to finish second. In third place was action-filled "Snow White and the Huntsman," which sold more than $23 million of tickets, bringing its U.S. and Canadian box office total to nearly $98.5 million since its debut last weekend. Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures released "Madagascar 3." News Corp unit 20th Century Fox distributed "Prometheus." "Snow White" was released by Universal Studios, a unit of Comcast Corp. Additional reporting by Andrea; Burzynski, editing by Bob Tourtellotte; and Maureen Bavdek