Some critics (like the two on
At The Movies) have recommended
Alice - even praising much of it, particularly Depp. And actually, bringing in $116.1 million domestically is only part of the story because the worldwide boxoffice is $310 million. And considering that the movie was budgeted at $200 million, that means that in three days it's already made back what it cost to make as well as much, if not all, of its promotion costs. And also,
Alice blew away the movies that had previously held the March (
300, which brought in $70.9 million in it's opening weekend back in '07) and Spring (
Fast and Furious, which brought in $71 million) opening weekend records.
I suspect Disney and Burton are laughing off all of the bad reviews/comments. And while publications like Variety predicted "wondrous early B.O. numbers," I doubt even they foresaw numbers this huge.
Let's light candles and hope that in a year or two we'll read that kind of news RE the DS film!
Yes, it would be nice if the Depp/DS film was also able to smash records but, quite honestly, given that DS probably won't appeal to the same wide demographics as any of those three films, I'd be quite happy just to see it bring in respectable numbers for its opening weekend and for it to ultimately make a profit. That way there would be the possibility of a franchise.