If early estimates for weekend movie ticket sales can be believed, Disney’s new “Alice in Wonderland” had the eighth biggest film opening, with $116 million, bumping 2001′s “Spider-Man” ($114 million) to ninth place on the all-time list. Tim Burton’s take on the Lewis Carroll classics — which mixes live-action, motion-capture technology and computer-generated imagery — also had the biggest 3D opening ever (as much as 80 percent of its opening grosses may have come from 3D showings of the movie), as well as the biggest IMAX format opening weekend ($11. When bad Will Smith movies make money . Good, clean movies rule the roost . read more

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