Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

[Krakalakachkn]

Yesterday, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Pictures) set a new benchmark for the director by grossing an estimated $41 million in a single day (including Thursday night midnights) in conventional, Digital 3D and IMAX 3D theaters.

 

It might just miss the Top 10 for opening days, but it's setting itself up to have the biggest March opening with roughly $110 to 115 million, leaving Zack Snyder's 300 in the dust. That would also make it the second-biggest non-summer opening weekend record after The Twilight Saga: New Moon, as well as giving Burton his biggest opening of all time, which was previously held by the $68 million opening of his Planet of the Apes remake in 2001.

[Krakalakachkn]

Walt Disney Pictures' Alice in Wonderland took over the worldwide box office this weekend, earning $116.3 million domestically and $94 million overseas for three-day total of $210.3 million! The domestic figure from 3,728 theaters marks the sixth-biggest opening weekend of all time and is a new record for a film opening in March, destroying the $70.9 million that 300 made in 2007. It's the biggest opening ever for Tim Burton (his previous top opener was Planet of the Apes' $68.5 million), the biggest non-sequel release of all time, and the biggest 3D release ever, besting the $77 million that Avatar earned in December. "Alice" is also the largest debut ever for a winter release, surpassing The Passion of The Christ ($83.8 million).

 

"Alice" took over the top spot in foreign markets from Avatar, which had been No. 1 for 11 consecutive weeks. Overseas, the film debuted at 5,600 theaters in 41 markets, which represents only about 60% of the international market. The $94 million marks the biggest international opening weekend ever for a movie released in the January-April period.

 

Alice in Wonderland also broke Avatar's previous IMAX record of $9.5 million by earning $11.9 million on 188 of the large format screens - that's an average of $64,197 per site!

 

Directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Crispin Glover, Matt Lucas, Mia Wasikowska, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Christopher Lee, Paul Whitehouse and Barbara Windsor, the fantasy-adventure was made for about $200 million.

[Silver]

Saw it. Very entertaining. There are some plot cliches but the path through those cliches is fun. Found the end pretty bad though. It just felt disjointed and anti-climatic.

[aemonkristen]

I honestly have no desire to see this movie.

[Krakalakachkn]

I very much want to see it, but I will probably wait until the 2D version comes to the dollar theater.

[Red2111]

:o  dude you still have a Dollar Theater!!!  i thought they were extinct like Drive-In's.  thats awesome :)

[Krakalakachkn]

actually, there's a drive-in theater near where I live too!  Never been there though.

[Thealynn Rosewolf]

Oh drive-ins, they're so awesome.

 

I'm actually really excited about this film. Forgetting the fact that I am a huge Burton fan, I'm interested in how he interpreted the storyline to freshen it up a big.

 

I've been struggling with myself on getting a copy of the original storybook. I like the pretty picture I have in my head!

[Krakalakachkn]

What I didn't know was that it wasn't an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, but of Through the Looking Glass (the sequel).  This makes me more excited to see it, but I haven't heard one person say that it was good.

[Thealynn Rosewolf]

I'm hoping that within the next couple of days I'll be able to see it. Since it's spring break, it means more free time! If and when I do see it, I'll give a full review

[Vemynal]

Drive in theater's, bringing back times when you could actually fool around in a theater without having to worry bout being kicked out or some kid seeing you >.>

[Red2111]

i'm goign to be renting it this weekand when we drop the movies off at blockbuster!!.  so i'll have a review for ya'll.

 

 

i figured it was the sequel 'Through the Looking Glass' because of how old Alice is.

 

reguardless, i'm a fan of Time Burton and his imagery style, so even if the movie itself lack i'm sure the artistry in it wont :)

[Krakalakachkn]

I'm going out on a limb and saying that I loved this movie.  It looked AMAZING, Danny Elfman outdid himself on the Score, and up until the very end, I was loving it.  The ending wasn't what I hoped for; it seemed like Burton copped out.  Overall though, I loved it.  7.75/10