So the first big hit of 2010 is a movie about a girl.  Uh oh.  Remember yesterday’s post about Degenderizing Disney?  Funny thing is Alice in Wonderland over the last two weeks has made $221 million in the US and $221 million overseas is a Disney movie, it is released by their Buena Vista division.  So Disney, which one day says it needs to get rid of princesses to bring in the boys, is also making money hand over fist on a girl’s story.

Clearly, Alice had wide appeal (I saw a big line at the theatre this past weekend when I saw The Green Zone) from all the quadrants.  Opening weekend numbers had women buying 55% of the tickets and 39% were families.  70% of the tickets were purchased for 3-D screens.

And while I haven’t seen it yet, lots of people have talked about it being a feminist film. Here’s a great review from AutoStraddle I read that has convinced me to go and see it.

Has anyone seen it?

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