Ben Kingsley, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Mark Ruffalo on the set of Shutter Island (top); America Ferrera, Lance Gross in Our Family Wedding (bottom)
Weekend Box Office: ALICE IN WONDERLAND Rules; GREEN ZONE, REMEMBER ME Disappoint
Right behind Remember Me, Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo, was #5 with $8.3 million. To date, the dark thriller has grossed $108 million.
New entry Our Family Wedding, featuring Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker and America Ferrera, was #6, with $7.6 million at 1,558 screens or $4,735 per screen.
James Cameron’s Avatar was #7 with $6.6 million. To date, the sci-fier has grossed $730.3 million. At #8, Antoine Fuqua’s Brooklyn’s Finest earned $4.29 million. Starring Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, and Wesley Snipes, the cop drama has grossed a total of $21.3 million.
Rounding out the top twelve were Kevin Smith’s Cop Out ($4.23 million; $39.4 million to date), Breck Eisner’s The Crazies ($3.65m; $33.3 million to date), and tied 11th place Jeff Bridges‘ Crazy Heart ($3.125 million; $34.2 million to date) and Chris Columbus‘ Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief ($3.125 million; $82.3 million to date).
According to Hollywood.com, for the year revenues currently stand at $2.24 billion, up 9 percent compared to last year, while actual movie attendance is 6.7 percent higher than at this time in 2009. That's all thanks to the Alice in Wonderland effect, which alone grossed nearly as much as this weekend's other top 10 movies combined.
Photos: Shutter Island (Andrew Cooper / Paramount); Our Family Wedding (Scott Garfield / Fox Searchlight)
I had the chance to see Shutter Island and must say, great film! Great surprises! It is not a typical easy film to figure out, the whole movie keeps you guessing!