Alice in Wonderland is a adventure fantasy movie directed by Tim Burton, written by Linda Woolverton, and starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Michael Sheen and Stephen Fry. It is an extension of Lewis Carroll’s novels Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The film uses a technique of combining live action and animation.
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In the film, Alice is now 19 years old and accidentally returns to Underland (misheard by Alice and believed to be called Wonderland), a place she visited thirteen years previously. She is told that she is the only one who can slay the Jabberwocky, a dragon-like creature controlled by the Red Queen who terrorizes Underland’s inhabitants. Burton said the original Wonderland story was always about a girl wandering around from one weird character to another and he never felt a connection emotionally, so he wanted to make it feel more like a story than a series of events. He does not see this as a sequel to previous films, nor as a re-imagining.
It premiered in London at the Odeon Leicester Square on Feb 25, 2010, and was released in Australia on Mar 4, 2010, and the United States and the United Kingdom on March 5, 2010, through IMAX 3D and Disney Digital 3D, as well as in traditional theaters. It has become the highest grossing film of 2010 and the 22nd highest grossing film of all time.
Box office performance
Alice in Wonderland opened at number one with over $41 million in North America, setting a new record for an opening-day in March. Alice made an estimated $116.1 million in its opening weekend, beating the biggest March opening ever, which was previously held by 300 with $70 million. It is the sixth highest grossing opening weekend of all time, and the highest opening weekend for a non-sequel, taking the record from Spider-Man. The film made an additional $94 million in 40 other countries in its opening weekend, putting its worldwide total at $210 million. The film broke the previous IMAX record held by Avatar of $9.5 million by earning $11.9 million on 188 of the large format screens, with an average of $64,197 per site.
The film grossed $62.7 million in its second weekend, the 5th biggest second weekend gross and remained at number one. On its third weekend, it opened at number one with $34.1 million, the sixth-biggest third weekend gross, and beat that weekend’s opening releases: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Bounty Hunter, and Repo Men, respectively. In just over six weeks, the film has grossed $324,131,301 in the United States and Canada, and $503,500,000 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $827,631,301. It has become the highest grossing film of 2010 and the 22nd highest grossing film of all time.
Plot
Troubled by a strange recurring dream, 13-year-old Alice Kingsleigh attends a party where she is faced with the expectations of marriage and of the society she lives in. Unsure of how to reply and increasingly confused, she runs away to chase after a rabbit in a waistcoat, and accidentally falls into a rabbit hole. She is transported to a world called Underland where she is greeted by the White Rabbit, the Dormouse, the Dodo, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and several talking flowers. They argue over her identity as “the right Alice,” who it is foretold will slay the Red Queen’s Jabberwocky on the Frabjous Day and restore the White Queen to power. They consult Absolem[6] the Caterpillar, who decides that she is “not hardly Alice.” The group is then ambushed by the Bandersnatch and a group of playing-card soldiers led by the Knave of Hearts. Alice escapes and flees into the woods.
The Knave informs the Red Queen that Alice has returned to Underland and is a threat to her reign. The red army is ordered to find Alice immediately. Meanwhile, the wandering Alice encounters the Cheshire cat, who takes her to the Mad Hatter and March Hare. On the way to the White Queen’s castle, Hatter relates the terror of the Red Queen’s reign, and comments that Alice is not the same as she once was. The Hatter helps Alice avoid capture by allowing him self to be seized instead. Later, Alice is found by Bayard the bloodhound, who wishes to take her to the White Queen, but Alice insists upon helping the Hatter, so they go to the Red Queen’s castle.
The Red Queen is unaware of Alice’s identity and therefore welcomes her as a guest. Meanwhile, the Hatter persuades the Queen to let him serve as her personal milliner in an attempt to delay his execution. Alice learns that the Vorpal Sword is locked away in a case inside the Bandersnatch’s den; she manages to retrieve the sword and befriend the beast. However, the Knave finds her with the sword and attempts to arrest her. Alice escapes with the aid of the Bandersnatch and delivers the sword to the White Queen. The Cheshire Cat saves the Hatter from execution, and the Hatter calls for rebellion against the Red Queen. The resistance flees to the White Queen’s castle, and both armies prepare for battle. Alice remains unsure about the expectation for her to champion the White Queen, and meets once more with Absolem. He reminds her of past visit to Underland (which she mistakenly called “Wonderland” at the time) and helps give her the courage to fight the Jabberwocky.
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