On its third weekend, the Sam Worthington-starring film has collected a worldwide cume of $1.02 billion, making it the fourth-highest grossing movie worldwide ever. At the beginning of 2010, "Avatar" has ruled the North American Box Office for the third straight weekend. The James Cameron's big budget film raked in an estimated $68.3 million, for a total of $352.1 million after being released in U.S. theaters 17 days ago.
Internationally, the sci-fi movie has taken in an approximately $670.2 million which brought its worldwide total to $1.02 billion. The amount has surpassed the worldwide gross for "The Dark Knight" and made "Avatar" the fourth-highest grossing movie worldwide ever, behind "Titanic" ($1.84 billion), "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King" ($1.12 billion) and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" ($1.07 billion)."
Meanwhile, highly-anticipated movie "Sherlock Holmes" still sat on the second spot with an estimated $38.4 million haul on its second weekend. The movie has dropped 38.5% in ticket sales and earned $140.7 million domestically since its debut on last Christmas. Following the Robert Downey Jr.-starring film was "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" which raked in an additional $36.6 million.
The fourth and fifth places went to "It's Complicated" and "The Blind Side" respectively. The Alec Baldwin's comedy took in an approximately $18.7 million haul for a total of $59.1 million, while the Sandra Bullock's drama grossed an additional $12.6 million on its seventh weekend.
Top Ten Movies at Box Office for January 1-3:
1. "Avatar" - $68.3 million
2. "Sherlock Holmes" - $38.4 million
3. "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" - $36.6 million
4. "It's Complicated" - $18.7 million
5. "The Blind Side" - $12.6 million
6. "Up in the Air" - $11.4 million
7. "The Princess and the Frog" - $10 million
8. "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" - $5.2 million
9. "Nine" - $4.2 million
10."Invictus" - $4.1 million
source: aceshowbiz
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