LOS ANGELES?Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" retained the box office lead for the third week running, pulling in $34.5 million for the weekend, industry figures showed Sunday.

Starring Johnny Depp and Mia Wasikowska, the live-action, 3-D version of Lewis Carroll's children's classic, has earned $265.7 million since its release, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations reported.

The surprise of the weekend was "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," 20th Century Fox's newly released live action adaptation of the Jeff Kinney cartoon novels, which came in second in the box office with $21.8 million.

That put it ahead of "Bounty Hunter," a comedy starring Jennifer Anniston and Gerard Butler, and the science fiction morality tale "Repo Men," which came in third and fourth at $21 million and $6.1 million respectively in their first week in theaters.

"She's Out of My League," in which a stunning woman and a dorky guy fall in love, slipped to fifth place from third last week, earning $6 million.

"Green Zone," an Iraq war film, took in $5.9 million, dropping to sixth place from second.

Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" was in seventh place in its fifth week in theaters. It made $4.7 million.

"Avatar," the top grossing movie of all time, added another $4 million to the pile, bringing its North American box office total to $736.9 million. On its 14th week in theaters, it was the eighth top earner.

Behind it in ninth place was the interracial romantic comedy "Our Family Wedding," which earned $3.8 million, and in tenth romantic drama "Remember Me" at $1.5 million.