Ben Fritz (LA Times): 'Wimpy Kid' scores an upset, 'Bounty Hunter' solid, 'Repo Men' empty-handed

Jennifer Aniston and Jude Law were overpowered at the box office this weekend by the unlikeliest of heroes.

20th Century Fox's adaptation of the comic and book series "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" scored a surprise victory at the box office this weekend, selling a studio-estimated $21.8 million worth of tickets from Friday through Sunday, more than any other new film in the U.S. and Canada.

Walt Disney Studio's 3-D "Alice in Wonderland" was, as expected, No. 1, declining 45% on its third weekend to $34.5 million and bringing its domestic total after 17 days to a fantastic $265.8 million.

The new Jennifer Aniston-Gerard Butler romantic comedy "The Bounty Hunter," which Sony Pictures and Relativity Media paid a little over $40 million to produce, opened to a good but not great $21 million.

via latimesblogs.latimes.com