"Avatar" Continues to Dominate Box-Office!
For the fourth straight weekend, James Cameron's "Avatar" remained on top, earning $48.5 million. Overseas, the sci-fi flick earned $143 million, bringing its total to $906 million. Worldwide, "Avatar" has pulled in $1.34 billion, a shy away from beating Cameron's own record, "Titanic" at $1.8 billion.
"Avatar" beat "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" to become the No. 1 release of 2009. "Avatar's" $429 million take lorded over "Transformers'" $402.1 million domestic total. The 20th Century Fox flick is only $100 million shy from beating "The Dark Knight's" $533.3 million domestic record.
Meanwhile, "Sherlock Holmes" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" remained at No. 2 and No. 3 respectively. The Robert Downey Jr.-Jude Law starrer took the second place with $16.6 million, while the "Chipmunks" sequel sold $16.3 million worth of tickets to hold steady at No. 3.
The vampire thriller "Daybreakers" was the strongest among the latest batch of films to open last weekend. The Lionsgate scare-a-thon starring Ethan Hawke made $15 million to debut at No. 4.
Moviegoers didn't take a leap of faith with Universal's new film "Leap Year." The romantic comedy starring Amy Adams only made $9.2 million to place at No. 6. "Youth in Revolt" didn't fare well either, debuting at No. 9 with $7 million.
Here's the estimated Top 10 films at the box-office for weekend of Jan. 8th:
1. "Avatar," $48.5 million.
2. "Sherlock Holmes," $16.6 million.
3. "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," $16.3 million.
4. "Daybreakers," $15 million.
5. "It's Complicated," $11 million.
6. "Leap Year," $9.2 million.
7. "The Blind Side," $7.8 million.
8. "Up in the Air," $7.1 million.
9. "Youth in Revolt," $7 million.
10. "The Princess and the Frog," $4.7 million.
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