Considering this will be our first formidable worldwide blockbuster of 2010 it certainly deserves its own international thread.


It is opening in every major market this weekend, except for:

Japan
China
Brazil
Spain
France
Netherlands


It's entering over 40 markets over the weekend and early results certainly sound good (looking at around 550,000 admissions in Germany).

Tim Burton's biggest movie overseas so far is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which grossed $268,509,687 overseas. Consdering the 3D bonus, inflation and simply Alice's bigger appeal, Alice in Wonderland is a lock to top that.


So, right now I'm thinking around $380-400 million overseas. This weekend should be in the range of $70-90 million, I'd say.


All in all, I think this stands a decent chance at getting to over $700 million worldwide.

But that would mean domestic gross would need to be at least $300m? =P

If the US opening is anything to come by i'm thinking $400m+ overseas is possible. The market is dieing for an interesting blockbuster and this one will tie us through to at least Clash of the Titans.

Domestic = $300m
Overseas = $500m
Worldwide = $800m

$93.7M weekend OS from most of major markets is good start but not that brilliant. Looks like it has a chance of $500M OS.

Considering it still has France, China, Japan and Spain ahead, that's a terrific start. With them, it probably would have been a $140+ million OS opening.

$93.7M weekend OS from most of major markets is good start but not that brilliant. Looks like it has a chance of $500M OS.

Top market for "Alice" was the U.K. where it generated $16.8 million from 532 screens, the third biggest opening tally for any Disney film released in the territory. In Italy, "Alice" was the second biggest opening of all time (behind 2007's "Spider-Man 3") with $13.9 million drawn from 533 sites for a whopping $26,079 per-screen average.

The Russian opening produced $12.3 million from 655 venues, the biggest opening of any Disney title in the market. Australia contributed $9.2 million from 345 locations while Mexico served up $7.5 million from 662 situations, again the biggest Disney opening in the market.

Alice In Wonderland reigned supreme in the international marketplace thanks to an estimated $94m haul from 40 territories in its launch weekend.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI) sources said the launch from 5,600 theatres generated the biggest sum for any international debut during the winter-spring corridor (January to April), adding that 70% of the result came from 3D locations.

Despite only launching in 60% of the overseas marketplace, this was the second best launch in Disney history behind Pirates Of The Caribbean 3, which took $216m from 102 territories in May 2007. Combined with this weekend’s $116m North American launch the film has amassed more than $210.3m worldwide in its first few days.

Opening top in all its markets, Alice presented director Tim Burton with a career high opening weekend, almost tripling the result of his previous best, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

Looking specifically at the month of March, Alice almost doubled the previous best weekend recorded by any film in the month, overhauling the $48.3m set by 300 in its third weekend back in 2007.

Driving the weekend business was a mighty launch in the UK on $16.8m (£11m) from 532 theatres. This was Disney’s third biggest debut of all time behind Pirates Of The Caribbean 2 (£11.5m) and Pirates Of The Caribbean 3 (£11.3m), and the third biggest non-sequel debut behind Harry Potter 1 and The Simpsons Movie.

The UK launch also gave Burton a career-best result and almost doubled the previous best March opening of £6.4m set by Mr Bean’s Holiday in 2007. 3D screens represented 44% of the total screen count and accounted for 70% of business.

Italy generated $13.9m (€10.2m) from 533 in the biggest Disney debut ever, the second biggest industry launch in history behind Spider-Man 3 in May 2007, the biggest non-sequel debut, and Burton’s biggest launch by far. 3D screens represented 52% of the screen count and earned 78% of revenue.

Russia delivered $12.3m (367m roubles) from 655 theatres for Disney’s biggest launch, the fifth biggest industry debut, and Burton’s best ever opening weekend result. 3D screens represented 54% of the screen count and generated 79% of the box office.

Australia produced $9.2m (AS$10.3m) from 345 in Disney’s third biggest launch behind Pirates Of The Caribbean 3’s AS$12.1m and Pirates Of The Caribbean 2’s AS$11.3m. This was the biggest march launch ever, the fourth biggest non-sequel debut, and easily set a new debut mark for Burton. 3D screens accounted for 43% of the total screens and drew 78% of box office.

In two further results of note, Alice In Wonderland grossed $7.5m (96.6m pesos) in Mexico from 662 for Disney’s biggest ever launch and the fifth biggest industry launch. This was the second biggest non-sequel opening in history behind only Spider-Man in 2002, and set the biggest March debut and a new career high for Burton.

South Korea generated $4.9m (5.6bn KRW) from 397 theatres for Disney’s third biggest launch behind Pirates Of The Caribbean 3 on 10.3KRW and Pirates Of The Caribbean 2 on 6.8bn KRW. The biggest March release was also a career-high for Burton.

Alice In Wonderland is set to roll out in Belgium on March 10, France on March 24, China on March 26, Spain on April 16, Japan on April 17, and Brazil on April 23.

Very strong openings in the European and English speaking countries, that opening in Italy is massive.

And as expected, not doing as well comparatively in Asia with Korea i'm sure a sign of things to come.

$450m+ for sure. Great start to the year.