Alice in Wonderland Rules in North American box office
The newest film adaptation of the famous children’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland or commonly referred to as Alice in Wonderland hits the theaters last Friday, March 5, 2010. The seventh collaboration of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp broke through the looking glass all the way to the top of the North American box office chart this weekend, recording an estimate of $112 million on the box office.
The combination of live-action and CGI, a 3D version of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson’s (aka Lewis Carroll) classic fantasy tale starring Johnny Depp, Australian Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway has become the highest grossing film released on a weekend in the January-March period. Alice overtakes the record sets by Valentine‚Äôs Day last February.
Taking on the second place is the psychological drama Shutter Island starring Leonardo DiCarpio with $13 million.
Brooklyn’s Finest, a crime drama starring Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke and Don Cheadle as three burnt-out cops transformed by the same violent assignment opened in third place with $12 million.
On the fourth place is the Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan action comedy Cop Out with $9 million ticket sales. Followed on fifth place with the ‚ÄúThe Crazies,” a movie about the military’s containment of a man-made virus that causes permanent insanity and death. The film took $7 million in its second weekend.
On number six is the science-fiction epic “Avatar,” the highest-grossing film of all time with more than $2 billion worldwide to date. Completing the list is Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief on number seven, Valentine‚Äôs Day on eighth, Crazy Heart on ninth place and the tear-jerking drama on the 10th place.
