14 DAY TRIAL // It was one of the most anticipated releases of the first half of 2010 and, undoubtedly, “Alice in Wonderland“ is now showing that all that hype was not without merit. After a very strong opening that set a new record in terms of ticket sales, Tim Burton’s film continues to stay strong at the box office, taking the number one position for the third consecutive week, MTV informs.
Though stiff competition was coming from behind in the form of the much hyped romantic comedy / action flick “The Bounty Hunter,” starring Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston, “Alice” stood its ground and maintain leading position almost without breaking a sweat. “Repo Men,” the bleak thriller starring Jude Law, Forest Whitaker and Liev Schreiber opened to a dismal $6.2 million to secure the fourth position, despite much hype prior to release.
“Though the subject matter is more than a little bit wacky, there’s nothing unusual about the continued success story of ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ director Tim Burton’s 3-D exploration of the bizarre world established by author Lewis Carroll. ‘Wonderland’ topped the box-office charts for its third weekend in a row, easily beheading the surrounding competition with a $34.5 million intake. After three weeks in theaters, the fantasy film has earned a walloping $565.8 million across the globe,” MTV says.
“Of the other box-office battlers, only newcomers ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ and ‘The Bounty Hunter’ came close to challenging ‘Wonderland’ for cinematic supremacy, but both films were too busy contending with each other to make a dent on Burton’s fantasy feature. Throughout the weekend, Fox’s family comedy and Sony’s romantic comedy alternated back and forth between second and third place, but ‘Wimpy Kid’ ultimately won out over Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler’s ‘Bounty Hunter.’ By Sunday’s conclusion, ‘Wimpy Kid’ earned back its entire production budget plus a profit of nearly $8 million, while ‘Bounty Hunter’ cracked just over half of its $40 million budget,” the same publication says.
“She’s Out of My League” made $6 million to land at number five, while Matt Damon’s “Green Zone” went down 58 percent in sales, also making $6 million. “Remember Me,” the romantic drama starring Robert Pattinson and Emilie de Ravin fell 59 percent, making $3.3 million more.