Jack Sparrow
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May 8, the movie has been playing for 2 months now and it still plays 4 times daily in my theatre here in Ottawa. This week it has been moved to a smaller theatre room. Until this week, it has been playing in the biggest theatre room and was still selling really well. (Sometimes I sneek in there after watching another movie so that is how I know they are still selling really well.)
We can no longer see the movie in 2D for the last 3 weeks it has been playing only in 3D.
Found an interesting article today.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Alice-in ... 1404.shtml
âAlice in Wonderlandâ Is Tenth Biggest Movie of All Times With sales of close to $1 billion By Elena Gorgan, Life & Style Editor
May 6th, 2010, 07:27 GMT
Critics were not exactly feeling Tim Burtonâs adaptation of Lewis Carollâs classic story âAlice in Wonderlandâ shortly after release. Many of them continue to feel the same, while many moviegoers canât but agree. Be that as it may, figures indicate that the majority of the public loved the film, as it registered sales of close to $1 billion, which literally places it as the tenth biggest selling movie in the history of cinema, Entertainment Weekly informs.
Clearly, âAliceâ was a wild card even for quirky director Tim Burton. A big budget production literally packed full with A-list stars, the film could have taken quite a hit in sales precisely because it aimed to get so high. Nevertheless, despite negative reviews, it made nearly $200 million in its opening weekend alone, which prompted some analysts to venture to say that it could actually pass âAvatar.â âAliceâ is far from that â but tenth place on the best-selling list should suffice, one may say.
âDo you think Tim Burton ever imagined his adaptation of Alice in Wonderland would have become such a behemoth? Well, itâs certainly become one: The directorâs seventh collaboration with Johnny Depp is officially the most successful film of Burtonâs career â and the tenth highest-grossing film of all time. As of this morning, Disneyâs Alice in Wonderland reached $928.9 million worldwide, surpassing The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which, back in 2002, topped out at $925.3 million,â EW writes.
While numbers donât lie, thereâs also the context in which they were registered that should be taken into account, the publication further says. âOf course, that was a whole eight years ago and the second film in Peter Jacksonâs trilogy didnât have the benefit of 3-D to give it that extra jolt at the box office. Still, itâs quite a feat for Burton and Alice. One that Burton will have a hard time topping, no doubt,â goes the explanation.
And thatâs one of the reasons why âAliceâ made so much money: it was released in 3D, which means a ticket for it cost more. Though many say that the entire film could have done without the 3D treatment because few were the instances in which it brought any depth to it, the fact that remains is that the higher ticket price helped âAliceâ secure a place in cinema history. That, and Tim Burtonâs genius, of course.
We can no longer see the movie in 2D for the last 3 weeks it has been playing only in 3D.
Found an interesting article today.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Alice-in ... 1404.shtml
âAlice in Wonderlandâ Is Tenth Biggest Movie of All Times With sales of close to $1 billion By Elena Gorgan, Life & Style Editor
May 6th, 2010, 07:27 GMT
Critics were not exactly feeling Tim Burtonâs adaptation of Lewis Carollâs classic story âAlice in Wonderlandâ shortly after release. Many of them continue to feel the same, while many moviegoers canât but agree. Be that as it may, figures indicate that the majority of the public loved the film, as it registered sales of close to $1 billion, which literally places it as the tenth biggest selling movie in the history of cinema, Entertainment Weekly informs.
Clearly, âAliceâ was a wild card even for quirky director Tim Burton. A big budget production literally packed full with A-list stars, the film could have taken quite a hit in sales precisely because it aimed to get so high. Nevertheless, despite negative reviews, it made nearly $200 million in its opening weekend alone, which prompted some analysts to venture to say that it could actually pass âAvatar.â âAliceâ is far from that â but tenth place on the best-selling list should suffice, one may say.
âDo you think Tim Burton ever imagined his adaptation of Alice in Wonderland would have become such a behemoth? Well, itâs certainly become one: The directorâs seventh collaboration with Johnny Depp is officially the most successful film of Burtonâs career â and the tenth highest-grossing film of all time. As of this morning, Disneyâs Alice in Wonderland reached $928.9 million worldwide, surpassing The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which, back in 2002, topped out at $925.3 million,â EW writes.
While numbers donât lie, thereâs also the context in which they were registered that should be taken into account, the publication further says. âOf course, that was a whole eight years ago and the second film in Peter Jacksonâs trilogy didnât have the benefit of 3-D to give it that extra jolt at the box office. Still, itâs quite a feat for Burton and Alice. One that Burton will have a hard time topping, no doubt,â goes the explanation.
And thatâs one of the reasons why âAliceâ made so much money: it was released in 3D, which means a ticket for it cost more. Though many say that the entire film could have done without the 3D treatment because few were the instances in which it brought any depth to it, the fact that remains is that the higher ticket price helped âAliceâ secure a place in cinema history. That, and Tim Burtonâs genius, of course.
