Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland blew away all expectations by earning a stunning $116.3 million, totally smashing the previous March debut record of $70.9 million set by Zack Snyder’s 300.
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Weekend Box Office (Studio Estimates): March 5-7, 2010 | |||||
| Film | Wknd Gross | Screens | Avg./Screen | Total Gross |
1 | Alice in Wonderland | $116,300,000 | 3,728 | $31,196 | $116,300,000 |
2 | Brooklyn's Finest | $13,500,000 | 1,936 | $6,973 | $13,500,000 |
3 | Shutter Island | $13,300,000 | 3,178 | $4,185 | $95,825,000 |
4 | Cop Out | $9,145,000 | 3,150 | $2,903 | $32,360,000 |
5 | Avatar | $7,700,000 | 2,163 | $3,560 | $720,189,000 |
6 | The Crazies | $7,016,000 | 2,479 | $2,830 | $27,409,000 |
7 | Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief | $5,100,000 | 2,994 | $1,703 | $78,033,000 |
8 | Valentine's Day | $4,270,000 | 3,040 | $1,405 | $106,420,000 |
9 | Crazy Heart | $3,350,000 | 1,274 | $2,630 | $29,569,000 |
10 | Dear John | $2,850,000 | 2,496 | $1,142 | $76,694,000 |
Second place is still in doubt at this time with a slight edge apparently going to Antoine Fuqua’s cop drama Brooklyn’s Finest, which played well to urban audiences and appears to be a hair’s breath ahead of Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island, which fell just 41% in its third frame. Kevin Smith’s Cop Out dropped 49.8% and finished fourth with an estimated $9.1 million. Avatar took its biggest hit yet, a 44% decline resulting from the loss of 3-D and IMAX screens to
The wicked smart horror remake The Crazies fell 56% in its second weekend, but still brought in an estimated $7 million and finished sixth, while Percy Jackson and the Olympians slipped by 46.8% and finished seventh with an estimated $5.1 million.
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