We're almost in April, and only three non-3D films have held the top spot so far in 2010: "Valentine's Day," "Shutter Island," and "Dear John." However, unlike "Alice in Wonderland" (which likely kept "Dragon" from even higher numbers), at least the Dreamworks film is about more than just wacky visuals. We hear there's even something resembling a decent plot. Gasp!
"Alice" fell to second place with $17.3 million, but we can't imagine Disney is shedding too many tears. In its fourth weekend, "Alice" is closing in on a $300 million total. This would be the box office story of the year, if it weren't for that pesky little film called "Avatar," which finally missed the top ten this week for the first time since it opened back in December.
The unfortunately (yet awesomely) titled "Hot Tub Time Machine" made a mediocre showing in third with $13.6 million. It reportedly cost $36 million to make, but hopefully its low take means we won't be subjected to a '90s-set sequel, likely called something along the lines of "Dodge Neon Time Machine." We just hope it doesn't mean a drop in offers for the always hilarious Craig Robinson, who's made more than a few very bad films (*cough* "Dragon Wars") almost watchable. Fellow R-rated comedy "She's Out of My League" dropped to sixth place in its third week with $3.5 million, but it's quite impressive considering the opener shares its audience.
Also, for those that are curious since we never reviewed it properly, "Hot Tub Time Machine" was perhaps the most hilarious, poorly thrown together/shoddily conceived story we've ever seen. In other words, it has many awesome absurd laughs -- Rob Corddry steals the show at every turn -- and the story really doesn't matter one iota (its script feels like its duct-taped together at the falling-apart seems, but yes, ultimately, who cares).
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