'Alice' goes down a rabbit hole, comes up a box office star

2010-03-15T15:15:35Z

<div><p>Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" fell down a rabbit hole and came up a box office winner, garnering nearly 63 million dollars in ticket sales over the weekend, industry figures showed on Monday.</p><p>The live-action, 3-D version of Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy tale, starring

`Alice' extends her No. 1 stay with $62 million

2010-03-14T18:00:12Z

<div id="subtitle">`Alice in Wonderland' extends No. 1 box-office stay with $62M, tops $200 million total</div><div><p>Alice is still ruling the movie palace.</p><p>Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" easily remained the No. 1 weekend draw with $62 million, according to st...

'Alice' extends her No. 1 stay with $62 million

2010-03-14T12:30:23Z

<div id="subtitle">'Alice in Wonderland' extends No. 1 box-office stay with $62M, tops $200 million total</div><div><p>Alice is still ruling the movie palace.</p><p>Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" easily remained the No. 1 weekend draw with $62 million, according to st...

"Alice" leads box office, as "Green Zone" flops

2010-03-14T11:45:12Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Alice in Wonderland" raced to a $430 million haul at the worldwide box office on Sunday, while Matt Damon's new Iraq war conspiracy thriller "Motion Picture Association of America.</p><p>The jump, from $27.8 billion a year earlier, was driven by a rise in ...

Summary Box: 3-D lifts world box office to $30 bln

2010-03-10T14:16:33Z

<div id="subtitle">Summary Box: 3-D movies help boost movie ticket sales worldwide to record $30 billion</div><div><p>3-D BOOM: 3-D movies helped boost movie ticket sales by nearly 8 percent to a record $29.9 billion worldwide in 2009.</p><p>SCREEN COUNT GROWING: The number of screens able to show 3-D movies in the U.S. and Canada more than doubled to 3,548. I...

Sandra Bullock delights at Razzie awards

2010-03-08T09:17:47Z

<div><p>Sandra Bullock was crowned top of the flops at the 30th Razzie Awards here Saturday, the annual eve-of-Oscars spoof which pays homage to the very worst of Hollywood.</p><p>Bullock -- who could complete an unprecedented double on Sunday if she...

`Alice' opens with $116.3 million, a 3-D record

2010-03-08T07:15:57Z

<div id="subtitle">Tim Burton's `Alice' opens with whopping $116.3 million at the box office, a 3-D record</div><div><p>Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's trip down the rabbit hole drew huge crowds, as "Alice in the Wonderland" earned a whopping $116.3 million in its opening weekend — a record for a 3-D film.</p><p>That total easily surpassed all other films in ...

'Alice' opens with $116.3 million, a 3-D record

2010-03-07T14:30:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Tim Burton's 'Alice' surprises with huge $116.3 million during opening weekend, a 3-D record</div><div><p>Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's trip down the rabbit hole drew huge crowds, as "Alice in Wonderland" earned a whopping $116.3 million in its opening weekend — a record for a 3-D ...

`Shutter Island' stays afloat at No. 1 with $22.2M

2010-02-28T11:15:13Z

<div id="subtitle">`Shutter Island' stays afloat at No. 1 with $22.2M; `Avatar' tops $700 million</div><div><p>Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese continue to lure movie-goers to "Shutter Island," while James Cameron's "Avatar" has surpassed $700 million domestically.</p><p>T...

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2010-02-14T10:30:40Z

FILE - In this film publicity image released by Warner Bros., Jessica Alba, right, and Ashton Kutcher are shown in a scene from "Valentine's Day." The star-studded romance "Valentine's Day" wooed audiences with a $52.4 million opening weekend, easily grabbing the No. 1 spot over Valentine'...

`Avatar' tops $600M, beats `Titanic' domestic haul

2010-02-22T12:13:17Z

<div id="subtitle">`Avatar' tops $600 million, breaks domestic box-office record held by `Titanic'</div><div><p>James Cameron's "Avatar" has sailed past his blockbuster "Titanic" to become No. 1 on the all-time domestic box-office chart.</p><p>"Avatar" climbed to $601.1 million domestically on Tuesday, putting it a fraction ahead of the $600.8 million haul...

'Avatar' wins box office, nears domestic record

2010-02-22T15:04:31Z

<div id="subtitle">'Avatar' wins box office for 7th straight week, nears domestic record set by 'Titanic'</div><div><p>"Avatar" is on the cusp of toppling the domestic box-office record after leading all movies for a seventh straight week.</p><p>James Cameron's 3-D epic earned $30 million over the weekend, and its domestic total reached $594.5 million, acc...

"Avatar" breaks $2 billion at worldwide box office

2010-02-22T13:38:53Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Avatar" ventured further into rarefied territory at the worldwide box office during the weekend, surpassing the $2 billion mark days after it broke the record held by "Titanic."</p><p>James Cameron's 3-D sci-fi spectacular has grosse...

'Avatar' soars to new box office record

2010-02-22T14:20:26Z

<div><p>Science-fiction epic "Avatar" soared to a new global box office record, taking in 1.85 billion dollars and sinking "Titanic" to become the biggest earning film of all time, figures show.</p><p>"On Monday, January 25, 'Avatar' officially passed 'Titanic' to become the highest grossing film in history at the worldwide box office," 2...

'Avatar' soars to new world box office record

2010-02-22T14:32:06Z

<div><p>Science-fiction epic "Avatar" has set a new global box office record, taking 1.85 billion dollars and sinking "Titanic" to become the biggest earning film of all time, figures showed Tuesday.</p><p>"On Monday, January 25, 'Avatar' officially passed 'Titanic' to become the highest grossing film in history at the worldwide box office," James Cameron is king of the world again.</p><p>20th Century Fox said Tuesday that the director's sci-fi spectacle, "Avatar," has passed his shipwreck sa...

'Avatar' tops box office for sixth-straight week

2010-02-22T15:32:22Z

<div id="subtitle">'Avatar' remains No. 1 at box office, topping 'Legion,' 'Book of Eli'</div><div><p>James Cameron's "Avatar" is on a course to sink "Titanic" at the box office.</p><p>No. 1 for the sixth-straight weekend with $36 million, the 20th Centu...

'Avatar' tops box office again; nears 'Titanic' record

2010-02-22T15:35:14Z

<div><p>Science-fiction epic "Avatar" topped the North American box office for the sixth week running and was two million dollars shy of the all-time ticket sales record set by his earlier film "Titanic," estimates showed Sunday.</p><p>Director James Cameron's groundbreaking 3-D spectacular raked in 36 million dollars this weekend, raising its North American takings to 552.8 million ...

'Avatar' passes 'Star Wars' with $491.8M in US

2010-02-22T22:00:02Z

<div id="subtitle">'Avatar' passes 'Star Wars' to become No. 3 on all-time domestic box office chart with $491.8M</div><div><p>James Cameron's "Avatar" has shot past "Star Wars" to become the No. 3 movie on the all-time domestic box office charts. Next stop: "The Dark Knight."</p><p>Cameron's sci-fi saga took in $41.3 million over the weekend, raising its ...

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