14 DAY TRIAL // Tim Burton’s latest film, “Alice in Wonderland,” was received with mixed reviews by critics but, judging from box office gross, fans love it nonetheless. The film ended its second week of release with an extra $62 million in domestic gross, totaling over $200 million domestically and over $400 million internationally, as CNN informs, citing a report by Entertainment Weekly.
Though a very optimistic report of a few days ago said that “Alice” stood great chances of taking down “Avatar” at the box office, for the time being, it’s good to note that the film was not just a one-weekend performer, managing to hold on to the number one spot despite several hyped film opening this Friday. These would include Matt Damon’s “Green Zone” and Robert Pattinson’s “Remember Me,” which came out on second and fourth position, respectively.
“‘Alice in Wonderland’ proved this frame that it’s no one-weekend phenomenon. The Tim Burton-Johnny Depp collaboration had audiences coming back for more. After holding extremely well throughout the week, the Disney film dropped a scant 47 percent its second weekend in theaters for an additional $62 million. It’s 10-day total now adds up to $208 million – besting 2005’s ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ to become Burton’s highest grossing film. A good 13 percent of its dollars came from its IMAX 3-D screens,” the report says.
“Alice’s release far outshone any of the newcomers, with Matt Damon’s ‘Green Zone’ being the best performer of the bunch. Despite coming from Bourne director Paul Greengrass, this Iraq war drama didn’t connect with audiences anywhere near as well as the duo’s previous collaborations. The Universal film cost $100 million and only opened to $14.5 million, a gross below even the studio’s modest expectations going into the weekend. ‘She’s Out of My League’ nabbed the third spot for the frame, with a better-than-expected Saturday that gave the R-rated comedy a $9.6 million opener,” the same report informs.
Quite surprisingly, the drama “Remember Me” opened to just $8.3 million, just a little over Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island,” which has been around for several weeks now. “Our Family Wedding” made $7.6 million, while “Avatar” landed on the seventh spot, with $6.6 million. “Brooklyn’s Finest,” “Cop Out” and “The Crazies” round up the top ten most seen productions of this weekend.