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 The World of Film in Australia - on the Internet Updated Tuesday March 11, 2010 - Edition No 679 

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Monday, March 8, 2010

Mary Sum Says: Alice was in box office Wonderland at the weekend with a madhatter $10.33 M gross ($23,163 avg per 448 screens), helping to make it the biggest weekend for 201 and the best ever weekend for March. (Top 20 took 19.16 M, up 63%.) It is also the third best Disney opening ever behind only Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3. Also opened: Separation City (MA, Hoyts) $15,278 on 15. #Figures in [brackets] indicate number of screens and average; takings are in Aus dollars.

Most Popular Films For Period Weekend, March 4 - 7, 2010
WIR = Weeks In Release
No WIR Title $ %
Total $
1 1 ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG), WALT DISNEY [448/ $23,163] 10,377,137 N/A
10,377,137
2 2 THE BLIND SIDE (PG), ROADSHOW [222/ $7,781] 1,727,328 -33%
5,564,104
3 1 DEAR JOHN (M), ROADSHOW [196/ $8,525] 1,670,913 N/A
1,670,913
4 3 SHUTTER ISLAND (MA15+), PARAMOUNT [245/ $4,926] 1,206,963 -41%
7,790,034
5 12 AVATAR (M), FOX [205/ $4,895] 1,003,500 -41%
109,539,127
6 4 VALENTINE`S DAY (M), WARNER BROS [323/ $1,759] 568,002 -63%
15,270,698
7 3 THE HURT LOCKER (MA15+), ROADSHOW [48/ $10,617] 509,593 -10%
1,843,276
8 1 THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (M), SONY PICTURES [58/ $8,264] 479,322 N/A
527,892
9 4 PERCY JACKSON & THE LIGHTNING THIEF (M), FOX [195/ $1,903] 371,130 -54%
4,661,595
10 3 FROM PARIS WITH LOVE (MA15+), HOYTS [137/ $1,850] 253,514 -49%
1,728,531
11 2 A SINGLE MAN (M), ICON [26/ $8,436] 219,337 -16%
637,093
12 4 THE WOLFMAN (MA15+), UNIVERSAL [156/ $1,055] 164,635 -63%
4,156,560
13 3 CRAZY HEART (M), FOX [76/ $1,611] 122,422 -16%
645,516
14 8 UP IN THE AIR (M), PARAMOUNT [84/ $1,347] 113,147 -42%
7,957,995
15 8 BRAN NUE DAE (PG), ROADSHOW [93/ $830] 77,159 -52%
7,231,477
16 5 PRECIOUS (MA15+), ICON [40/ $1,923] 76,922 -20%
1,063,027
17 7 INVICTUS (PG), WARNER BROS [75/ $953] 71,488 -49%
6,949,225
18 9 IT`S COMPLICATED (M), UNIVERSAL [103/ $656] 67,584 -47%
15,621,882
19 6 LAW ABIDING CITIZEN (MA15+), ROADSHOW [31/ $1,538] 47,679 -60%
4,932,580
20 8 TOOTH FAIRY (G), FOX [45/ $797] 35,859 -67%
10,433,861




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