Box Office: 'Alice in Wonderland' takes $62M!
Franck Tabouring
Weekend of March 12 – 14, 2010: 'Alice' still going strong while new releases struggle...
Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” continued its North American box office reign this weekend with a stunning three-day gross of $62 million in ticket sales at 3,728 locations, according to studio estimates Sunday. Domestically, “Alice” has now grossed $208.6 million in a little more than one week.
New entry “Green Zone,” Paul Greengrass’ explosive war thriller starring Matt Damon, debuted in second place with $14.5 million. Playing at 3,003 locations, the film scored an average of $4,840 per theater. Damon plays a U.S. soldier who starts doubting the existence of the Iraqi WMDs program.
Following at No. 3 this weekend was Jim Field Smith’s charming comedy “She’s Out of My League,” which bagged $9.6 million from ticket sales at 2,956 sites. The Paramount release stars Jay Baruchel as an insecure airport security guard whose life takes a surprising turn when a hot event planner asks him on a date.
Meanwhile, Robert Pattinson’s new film “Remember Me” finished fourth on the chart, earning $8.3 million. The “Twilight” star plays a young man who struggles with the suicide of his brother and falls in love with a young woman whose mother was murdered when she was a young girl.
Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island” slipped to fifth place with $8.1 million, reaching a domestic total gross of $108 million after a solid four-week run. Following in sixth place was new entry “Our Family Wedding,” which took home $7.6 million. The comedy follows what happens in the weeks leading up to a couple’s wedding.
After 13 successful weeks in release, James Cameron’s hit movie “Avatar” is heading to the bottom of the top 10. The film scored $6.6 million at No. 7 this weekend, lifting its cumulative gross to a record-breaking $730.3 million. “Brooklyn’s Finest” followed at No. 8 with $4.2 million for a total haul of $21.3 million.
At No. 9, Kevin Smith’s comedy “Cop Out” picked up another $4.2 million, bringing its cume to $39.4 million. Rounding out the top 10 this week was “The Crazies,” which reached a total gross of $33.3 million after weekend earnings of $3.6 million.
Even though I expected “Alice in Wonderland” to win this one easily, I admit I am surprised “Green Zone” failed to perform any better. The other surprise for me is “Our Family Wedding,” which I thought would totally crash. I guess some folks heard about it after all.
Next weekend will be another busy one, although I don’t expect any of the new releases to really score big time. Opening are “The Bounty Hunter,” which looks awful, “Repo Men,” which could be entertaining, and “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” which I can’t really say too much about at this stage.
Source: Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com)
Reader Comments (1)
I heard that Alice brought 72 million at international box office that's huge for Disney as the movie is doing really good in 3d theatres .Let see till the movie How to Train a Dragon comes out how much does it make it in worldwide collection because once the 3d screens are gone to How to Train a Dragon it collections will literally fall down.I predict buy the end of it's run somewhere 450 to 500 or 550 million worldwide collection for this movie.