While business has slid off a bit – about 29 percent – James Cameron’s blockbuster technopic, Avatar, is still far and away the top movie in the nation and the world. With Sunday estimates figured in, the film is looking at a $48.5 million weekend, bringing its domestic gross to $429 million and although worldwide box office won’t be calculated until later today, Avatar is already the number two movie of all time in worldwide box office.
Just maybe Cameron and company have finally made enough money on this one to book a pleasant suite of rooms at some Orlando hotels.
Meanwhile, Sherlock Holmes looks to stay steady at number two, drawing a $16.7 million weekend, and the Chipmunks movie sequel drew $16.3 million, just behind Holmes, to stay latched onto the third spot without quite overtaking Holmes.
Coming in at the four spot is the vampire flick, Daybreakers, which appears headed toward an “only OK” $14.5 million debut. It’s Complicated rounded out the fifth spot with what’s shaping up to be an $11 million weekend, beating out the new rom-com, Leap Year, which looks to draw in only $9.5 million. But the biggest disappointment had to be Youth In Revolt, the latest Michael Cera teen flick, which may be lucky to draw $6.5 million, well below expectation.
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