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'Avatar' Wins Fourth Weekend In A Row In The Sunday Box Office Report

Posted 1/10/10 1:36 pm EST by in Box Office

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)

The streak stays alive as James Cameron's "Avatar" won its fourth straight weekend victory at the box office, taking a commanding first place lead worth $48.5 million. Since its opening weekend, "Avatar" has grossed a domestic cumulative total of $429 million to become the seventh biggest movie of all time in North America. The weekend's foreign gross of $143 million puts the worldwide total at $1.34 billion, inching ever closer to the $1.84 billion record held by "Titanic." Read More...

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'Avatar' Stays On Top In The Saturday Box Office Report

Posted 1/9/10 1:59 pm EST by in Box Office

DESC1. "Avatar" ($13.3 million)
2. "Daybreakers" ($5.8 million)
3. "Sherlock Holmes" ($5.1 million)
4. "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" ($3.5 million)
5. "Leap Year" ($3.3 million)

If three times is the charm, then the fourth time is the icing on the cake for director James Cameron's "Avatar," the science fiction epic that continues to shatter box office records left and right. While the weekend is far from over, "Avatar" is well on its way towards a fourth straight weekend victory, having earned a $13.3 million first place finish on Friday night. Read More...

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'Avatar' And 'Titanic' By The Numbers: Will Records Be Broken?

Posted 1/4/10 4:00 pm EST by in Box Office, Commentary

'Avatar'The question is no longer whether or not James Cameron's "Avatar" will earn back its production budget, as the film's recent ascension past the $1 billion worldwide threshold addressed that factor rather decisively. Instead, the question has become whether or not Cameron will top himself.

For more than a decade now, "Titanic" has comfortably held the distinction of being the highest grossing feature film of all time, both domestic and worldwide. But in case you haven't noticed, there's a not-so-little iceberg called Pandora, filled with Na'vi and other dangerous indigenous creatures, heading straight for Cameron's previously established "Titanic" — and judging by the box office numbers, it's entirely possible that "Avatar" could sink the boat. Read More...

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'Avatar' Earns $1 Billion Worldwide In The Sunday Box Office Report

Posted 1/3/10 2:01 pm EST by in Box Office

DESC1. "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" ($12.7 million)

As expected based on Friday night's numbers, "Avatar" earned its third straight weekend box office victory with hardly any competition from its theatrical rivals. James Cameron's science fiction epic earned $68.3 million from Friday to Sunday, setting the box office record for a film in its third weekend in theaters. The final Sunday tally brings "Avatar's" domestic total to a walloping $352.1 million, with an even more massive foreign intake of $670.2 million. Read More...

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'Avatar' Crosses $300 Million Domestic In The Saturday Box Office Report

Posted 1/2/10 4:01 pm EST by in Box Office

DESC1. "Avatar" ($25 million)
2. "Sherlock Holmes" (14.9 million)
3. "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" ($13 million)
4. "It's Complicated" ($7.1 million)
5. "The Blind Side" ($4.5 million)

Moviegoers are proving that Pandora is a planet worthy of multiple visits, as James Cameron's "Avatar" managed a first place finish on Friday evening, well on track for its third weekend victory in a row.

Cameron's 3D science fiction fantasy took in $25 million on Friday, bringing the movie's current domestic tally to $308.8 million in just fifteen days. Aside from "Avatar," only two other films have crossed the $300 million threshold quicker — "The Dark Knight" in ten days and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" in fourteen. Read More...

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'Avatar' Gets The Better Of 'Sherlock Holmes' In The Sunday Box Office Report

Posted 12/27/09 4:35 pm EST by in Box Office

DESC1. "Avatar" ($75 million)
2. "Sherlock Holmes" ($65.4 million)
3. "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" ($50.2 million)
4. "It's Complicated" ($22.1 million)
5. "Up in the Air" ($11.8 million)

This holiday weekend, "Sherlock Holmes" fell victim to one of the classic blunders, and no, it wasn't: "Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line." Instead, Warner Bros. and the decision makers behind the sleuth supreme's onscreen rebirth made the mistake of going up against James Cameron's "Avatar," the 3D action epic that won first place for its second week in a row. Read More...

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'Sherlock Holmes' Outsmarts 'Avatar' In The Saturday Box Office

Posted 12/26/09 3:18 pm EST by in Box Office

1. "Sherlock Holmes" ($24.9 million)
2. "Avatar" ($23.5 million)
3. "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" ($14.5 million)
4. "It's Complicated" ($7.1 million)
5. "Up in the Air" ($3.6 million)

This weekend's battle of the blockbusters opened on Christmas Day yesterday in a close contest. Director Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes" just barely edged "Avatar" out of the top spot, with $24.9 million in ticket sales to the sci-fi epic's $23.5 million. Estimates pin both with a $70 million weekend, but the James Cameron flick has been turning in strong daily numbers, so a shortfall isn't out of the question. Read More...

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'Avatar' Wins The Weekend In The Sunday Box Office Report

Posted 12/20/09 4:32 pm EST by in Box Office

DESC1. "Avatar" ($73 million)
2. "The Princess and the Frog" ($12.2 million)
3. "The Blind Side" ($10 million)
4. "Did You Hear About The Morgans?" ($7 million)
5. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" ($4.4 million)

Blizzards are powerful forces to be reckoned with, but so are the natives of Pandora. The two forces went head-to-head this weekend as "Avatar" debuted worldwide alongside one of the worst snowstorms to hit the American Northeast in a decade, but not even the formidable weather could take down director James Cameron's return to feature filmmaking.

In its first weekend in theaters, "Avatar" managed to earn $73 million nationwide, combining with foreign box office results for a $232.2 million total. Variety describes the result as "the best global launch ever for a non-sequel," despite being the second best December launch behind Will Smith's "I Am Legend." It's unclear how much the bad weather effected "Avatar's" final domestic tally, but the coming holiday weekends — both Christmas and New Year's Day conveniently fall on Fridays this year — should help bolster the movie's continued success. Read More...

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'Avatar' Storms Moviegoers In The Saturday Box Office Report

Posted 12/19/09 3:24 pm EST by in Box Office

DESC1. "Avatar" ($27 million)
2. "The Princess and the Frog" ($3.4 million)
3. "The Blind Side" ($3.2 million)
4. "Did You Hear About The Morgans?" ($2.4 million)
5. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" ($1.4 million)

Director James Cameron stepped away from feature filmmaking following the success of "Titanic," vowing to return once technology caught up with his imagination. That promise was fulfilled on Friday with "Avatar," Cameron's latest sweeping epic that debuted in first place on Friday evening. Read More...

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'The Princess And The Frog' Rule Supreme In The Sunday Box Office Report

Posted 12/13/09 5:09 pm EST by in Box Office

The Princess and the Frog1. "The Princess and the Frog" ($25 million)
2. "The Blind Side" ($15.5 million)
3. "Invictus" ($9.1 million)
4. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" ($8 million)
5. "A Christmas Carol" ($6.9 million)

There's no scientific proof that kissing a frog can turn the creature into a prince, but the exchange of cold-hard cash for theater admission can certainly turn a frog-centric film into a royal hit. Such was the case with "The Princess and the Frog," Disney's animated picture that easily won first place at the box office this past weekend. Read More...

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