MUMBAI: Not to be undone by this week‘s three releases like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Bounty Hunter and Repo Man, Disney‘s Alice in Wonderland topped the charts showing that its strength hasn‘t died down in its third weekend.
Director Tim Burton‘s 3-D film dropped 45 per cent domestically to $34.5 million and 41 per cent internationally to $47 million that brought its worldwide ticket sales total to a massive $565.8 million.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid opened to a studio-estimated $21.8 million in the US and Canada surpassing the $21 million for The Bounty Hunter starring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. Jude Law starrer Repo Men bombed roping in a mere $6.2 million.
Audiences gave Wimpy Kid an average grade of A-, according to the market research firm CinemaScore. That augurs good word of mouth in the coming weeks and a final gross of at least $60 million.
Bounty Hunter had a decent debut given its budget of a little more than $40 million. The film got a B-, indicating that word of mouth will be mixed in the coming weeks.
