Alice remains the queen of the box office.
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland took in $34.5 million to remain the No. 1 movie for a third-straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The Disney release raised its domestic haul to $265.8 million and its worldwide total to $565.8 million after just three weekends in theatres, a huge result for a film playing in the typically slow month of March.
Alice in Wonderland easily beat a rush of new movies led by 20th Century Fox’s family film Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which opened at No. 2 with $21.8 million. The movie is adapted from Jeff Kinney’s cartoon novel about a sixth grader manoeuvring through the intricate social structure at his middle school, which includes its own “cooties” game known as the “cheese touch.”
Debuting at No. 3 was Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler’s action comedy The Bounty Hunter with $21 million. Released by Sony, the movie follows a bounty hunter chasing his ex-wife, a reporter with an arrest warrant over her head.
Jude Law and Forest Whitaker’s action thriller Repo Men flopped with a No. 4 opening of $6.2 million. The Universal release features Law as a repo man on the run in a future where organs are bloodily repossessed if patients miss their payments.
In narrower release, Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning’s Joan Jett music drama The Runaways opened weakly with $803,629.
1. Alice in Wonderland, $34.5 million.
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, $21.8 million.
3. The Bounty Hunter, $21 million.
4. Repo Men, $6.2 million.
5. She’s Out of My League, $6 million.
6. Green Zone, $5.96 million.
7. Shutter Island, $4.8 million.
8. Avatar, $4 million.
9. Our Family Wedding, $3.8 million.
10. Remember Me, $3.3 million.