Another weekend, more Alice, this time with $34.1 million, down 45.5% but overall business was up 20% from the same timeframe last year according to BoxOfficeMojo.

So what does $34.1 million mean besides another first place? Well this is the 6th third weekend ever and brings Alice in Wonderland to a US total of $265.4 million, kind of a big deal for Tim Burton since this just became his biggest hit ever (unadjusted for inflation, Batman from 1989 made $251.1 million). Its also his 11th fastest movie to get to $250 million, Alice did it in 16 days (on Saturday). Right now this stands at $565.4 million worldwide, more then any other Tim Burton movie ever. Looking back, besides the freak that was Avatar, Alice is the only movie to stay first for 3 weekends since August 29-31 2008 when Tropic Thunder was on top of the box office for a third week.

In second place we have a very surprising Diary of a Wimpy Kid with $22.1 million, more then enough for Fox to start a franchise based on this children’s book series. I figure with this kind of start Wimpy should go on to make around $45-$50 million in the US, a lot more then the $15 million budget this had and is leaps and bounds over similarly themed movies when it comes to box office.

The Bounty Hunter scores an impressive $20.6 million yet the closer I look at it the less impressive it actually seems coming from two bankable actors that scored much bigger hits in this genre.

Repo Man was as expected, dead on arrival with just $6.1 million while Green Zone in 5th place will surely go down as one of Universal’s biggest bombs of the year with $6.1 million and just $24.8 million in total, all of that on a $100 million budget. Now I know previous collaborations from Paul Grengrass and Matt Damon have scored two major hits for Universal but seriously, next time before they green light a similarly themed movie they should do some better budget management because this is just ridiculous.

For She’s Out of My League I’m not worried in any way because while this is in 6th place with $5.8 million and $19.7 in total, it only cost $20 million and will see far more success on DVD and Blu-Ray then something like Green Zone.

Shutter Island and Avatar are neck a neck in 7th and 8th place with $4.7 and $4 million, well, they are neck a neck as long as you don’t look at their totals, $115.7 million and $736.9 million ($2.66 billion worldwide).

Our Family Wedding and Remember Me finish the top 10 and by this time next week we won’t remember either.

Here’s a look at the top 10:

1. Alice in Wonderland (BuenaVista) $34.1M ($265.4M)
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Fox) $22.1M (NEW)
3. The Bounty Hunter (Sony) $20.6M (NEW)
4. Repo Man (Universal) $6.1M (NEW)
5. Green Zone (Universal) $6.1M ($24.8M)
6. She’s Out of My League (Paramount) $5.8M ($19.7M)
7. Shutter Island (Paramount) $4.7M ($115.7M)
8. Avatar (Fox) $4M ($736.9M)
9. Our Family Wedding (FoxSearchlight) $3.7M ($13.6M)
10. Remember Me (Summit) $3.2M ($13.9M)

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Alice in Wonderland set an all-time record for 3D releases and the January-April period last weekend by opening with a staggering $116.1 million in North America, way more then anyone could have expected. For Tim Burton it was his biggest opening ever while for Johnny Deep it was his 2nd biggest (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest opened with $135.6 million in 2006).

This weekend there are 4 movies opening wide, Green Zone, a thriller from Universal starring Matt Damon in 3003 theaters, She’s Out of My League, a romantic comedy from Paramount in 2956 theaters, Remember Me, starring Robert Pattison from Summit Entertainment in 2212 theaters and Our Family Wedding, a comedy starring Forest Whitaker from Fox Searchlight in 1605 theaters. None of them stand any chances of making more money then Alice in Wonderland, fact. Actually none of them look like they could open with more then 20 million, if that, while Alice might be in for a weekend of $50-$55 million and maybe more. That should bring it to a total of around 200 million in North America in just 10 days, easily making it one of the top 15 fastest 10-days grossing movies ever, either above or below Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with $201 million (top is here).

Green Zone is the movie most likely to finish second with around $20 million. This is another collaboration between director Paul Greengrass of Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum fame and Matt Damon, the star of those movies. The Bourne series has been very successful and Universal are planning a forth one in the coming years, but Green Zone isn’t Bourne, it is an R-rated thriller with average reviews (48% on RottenTomatoes).

She’s Out of My League looks as run-of-the-mill as you can get and having Jay Baruchel from Tropic Thunder and Knocked Up is not going to help it to much. Let’s see, Romantic Comedy-ish, check, R rating, check, average reviews (49% on RT) …yeah, this isn’t Knocked Up or even 40 Year Old Virgin. Probably $15 million for 3rd place.

Now how did Remember Me miss the opportunity to open closer to Valentine’s Day? So now this movie is standing only on Robert Pattison’s Twilight shoulders. I’m seeing 13-14 million but this could surprise and maybe even go for 3rd place, if not 4th place is also good.

My Family Wedding is a PG-13 comedy with awful reviews that could find an audience with the Tyler Perry crowd, maybe, maybe not. I still see this around $10 million for 5th place.

1. Alice in Wonderland (BuenaVista) $53M ($198.6M)
2. Green Zone (Universal) $20M (NEW)
3. She’s Out of My League (Paramount) $16M (NEW)
4. Remember Me (Summit) $14M (NEW)
5. My Family Wedding (FoxSearchlight) $10M (NEW)

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Yahoo! have released the first trailer for Green Zone which stars Matt Damon as a warrant officer who helps a senior CIA officer in the search for weapons of mass destruction. Yes, this is an Iraq film. A $100 million Iraq film to be exact, which was a risky move from Universal as these types of films haven’t exactly blown up the box office.

Damon is reunited with Paul Greengrass who directed him in The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, and as a result it has a Bourne vibe to it. Watch below:

Green Zone will be released next March.

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