'Alice in Wonderland' lands in top ten films of all time; bumps 'The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'

I don’t think ticket sales would even work. You have to realize that the population is so much bigger than it was in the Gone With the Wind Days. So how would you account for that. Problem is no matter what you did it would not be fair because of one reason or another. Like something I read that someone wrote once. You just can’t compare movies from times past to movies today. There are just to many changes to really keep it all on the same plane. Then who decides what equation to use. Really it just boils down to that most of the population doesn’t care about splitting hair like that. They just want to know what is doing well now. Not what did well 50 years ago. Heck not even 15 years ago. When I was a kid it was star wars was the big movie. It had its day and now that is over. I have no problem with that. I just don’t see why people are freaking out because one movie did better that another gross wise. Do people really need validation that much for a movie they like that didn’t go that far up the gross scale.

The only reason for this is the cost of 3D. Nowadays it’s not hard for a film to do well with the added 3-5 dollars for a pair of plastic glasses. It’s what made Avatar so much money. If you look at units sold, you’ll find there considerably less then movies like Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Gone with the Wind (the best selling movie of all time)

I’m a massive Burton fan [even that's underselling it to be honest] and even I thought that Alice was completely soulless.

Visually it was lovely and there were definately some great performances from stars like Depp, Carter, Glover, etc. But on the whole it was just, as so many people have stated, flat. It’s position in the highest grossing films is surely a product of the higher ticket price, 3D hype, savvy marketing, and the dual effect of both Depp and Burton’s popularity.

Personally, I’m torn with the whole 3D debate. As a viewer I find it extremely exciting, but as a film-maker I can’t help but feel that it has become a bit of a gimmick to gloss over a lack of proper plot/characerization/*insert common problem here* and I think it heavily detracts from a lot of the skill and ingenuity that went into developing the film in the first place.