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‘Alice in Wonderland’ Tops Box Office For Third Week – Beats ‘Wimpy Kid,’ ‘Bounty Hunter’ and ‘Repo Men’

Posted: March 21, 2010 at 7:38 pm   /   by   /   comments (0)

Alice in Wonderland 3D Movie Poster Johnny DeppTim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” has done it again. For the third straight week since it’s release, ‘Alice’ has managed to take the number one spot at the weekend box office.

Opening this week in theaters was “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” coming in second place with $21.8 million. In an extremely close third place, “The Bounty Hunter” starring Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston brought in around $21 million during opening weekend. “Repo Men,” starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker had a lack-luster release at just about $6.15 million.

Here are more of this weekend’s box office results –

TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #
1 1 Alice in Wonderland (2010) BV $34,500,000 -45.0% 3,739 +11 $9,227 $265,800,000 $200 3
2 N Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fox $21,800,000 3,077 $7,085 $21,800,000 $15 1
3 N The Bounty Hunter Sony $21,000,000 3,074 $6,831 $21,000,000 $40 1
4 N Repo Men Uni. $6,151,000 2,521 $2,440 $6,151,000 $32 1
5 3 She’s Out of My League Par. $6,015,000 -38.5% 2,958 +2 $2,033 $19,954,000 $20 2
6 2 Green Zone Uni. $5,963,000 -58.3% 3,004 +1 $1,985 $24,702,000 $100 2
7 4 Shutter Island Par. $4,755,000 -41.6% 2,704 -652 $1,759 $115,770,000 $80 5
8 7 Avatar Fox $4,000,000 -38.7% 1,236 -482 $3,236 $736,881,000 14
9 6 Our Family Wedding FoxS $3,800,000 -50.2% 1,609 +4 $2,362 $13,668,000 2
10 5 Remember Me Sum. $3,300,000 -59.2% 2,215 +3 $1,490 $13,900,000 $16 2
11 15 The Ghost Writer Sum. $2,100,000 +71.4% 819 +595 $2,564 $6,800,000 $45 5
12 8 Brooklyn’s Finest Over. $1,679,000 -62.5% 1,311 -628 $1,281 $24,859,000 $17 3