ALICE IN WONDERLAND box office makes Tim Burton a $1billion director

ALICE IN WONDERLAND box office makes Tim Burton a $1billion director

May 27

Disney is jumping for joy and rolling around in large wads of cash as Tim Burton’s CGI-heavy version of Alice in Wonderland just become the sixth film in history to crack the illustrious $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. To date, Alice has earned over $332 million in the US and almost $670 million in worldwide cinemas. This makes Tim Burton a billion dollar director– just think of the wild and crazy things he can dream-up and shoot now!

With the 3D movement and inflation continue to gently nudge movie ticket prices upwards, certain milestones in film box office takings become easier to obtain. Like Avatar reaching a staggering $2.7 billion, for instance. Technically, more people still saw Gone With The Wind in theatres back in 1939/40, but we let that slide because, unlike the music industry, the Hollywood spotlight is shone on how much money a film earns and not how many people bought a ticket (which is a shame).

As slashfilm reports, Alice in Wonderland now sits with other $1billion earners:

1. Avatar ($2.7 billion)
2. Titanic ($1.8 billion)
3. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King ($1.1 billion)
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($1.06 billion)
5. The Dark Knight ($1 billion)

Shouldn’t be much longer before the entire Top 10 earners of all time crack $1 billion. Christopher Nolan’s third Batman, perhaps?