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Alice in Wonderland Scores Record Opening for Burton

March 6, 2010

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.

Check back tomorrow for the final weekend estimates.

COMMENTS (55)

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Saintly

March 6, 2010

Wish I could be happy, but the movie was kinda bad. Poor lead actress, sub-par CGI, and a ho-hum story. Meh.

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K A R ii N A

March 6, 2010

Man, I'm excited to see this movie!

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bkt

March 6, 2010

With the help from 3D and IMAX there's no question that we will see new records so often that a new opening weekend record or something like that is no longer something I'm getting excited about

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SparrowSauce

March 6, 2010

"OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!!!!!"

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João Paulo - Brasil

March 6, 2010

Amazingb

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Frasier

March 6, 2010

Yes! This movie is great! It deserves this!

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James Bousema

March 6, 2010

Yes, it will have a big first weekend, but I think word of mouth will hurt this film a lot. The majority of people that I have heard from said that they really did not like this film (including myself) but good for Tim Burton , I guess

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Alan

March 6, 2010

Yeah! Good for them! Now my dad owes me 100 bucks! I'm seeing Alice today!!!!!!

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FILMfan

March 6, 2010

I'm happy for Burton. "Alice in Wonderland" is not his best movie, but it's pretty good. However, the screenplay did some weird stuff to the original story. But hey, it's Burton, so it's okay, I guess.

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João Paulo - Brasil

March 6, 2010

I really need to see this movie