'Alice in Wonderland' takes $17M Friday!
Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 1:03PM | By
Franck Tabouring
The estimates are in! Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" easily held on to the top spot at the North American box office Friday with a stunning $17.4 million in ticket sales. Disney's big 3D hit adventure reached a cumulative gross of $164 million after only one week in release, and that's quite a solid result.
The new releases occupied the rest of the top five Friday, according to estimates. Paul Greengrass' war thriller "Green Zone" took No. 2 with a daily gross of $5 million. The film stars Matt Damon as a soldier who's pissed that he can't find Saddam's WMDs anywhere. Universal's "Green Zone" is playing at 3,003 sites.
Following in third place with $3.6 million was "Remember Me," Robert Pattinson's new drama. The Allen Coulter-directed film follows two youngsters who fall in love. At No. 4, Paramount's new comedy "She's Out of My League" bagged $3.3 million. The film stars Jay Baruchel as a dude who meets a hot chick but can't understand why she would want to spend time with him.
"Our Family Wedding," the fourth wide release this weekend, debuted with $2,5 million in fifth place. Starring Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera and Regina King, the comedy follows what happens to a couple in the chaotic weeks leading up to their wedding.
Source: Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com)

















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