Tuesday January 19, 2010 7:29 pm
Box Office Breakdown: Avatar Makes It a Five-Peat
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, Lionsgate, Paramount, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Biopics, Drama, Family, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Sports, Box Office, Lists
The Titanic has slowly started to take on water.
Over the holiday weekend, Avatar added another $54.6 million to its domestic total ($505 million), bringing it that much closer to The Dark Knight‘s second-place spot. The Golden Globe-winning film, which now stands at approximately $1.6 billion internationally ($200 million shy of Titanic), also became the first film since The Sixth Sense to win five straight weeks in a row.
Meanwhile, The Book of Eli - starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman - put up good numbers despite finishing in second place. Allen and Albert Hughes’ first movie since 2001’s From Hell raked in an impressive $38.4 million, giving Washington his second best debut ever. (American Gangster took in $43.6 million in 2007.) The receipts also made the film Warner Bros.’ best January opener to date.
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- Avatar, 20th Century Fox, $54,401,446 (avg. $16,561)
- The Book of Eli, Warner Bros., $38,437,553 (avg. $12,355)
- The Lovely Bones, Paramount, $19,910,348 (avg. $7768)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, 20th Century Fox, $15,305,808 (avg. $4644)
- The Spy Next Door, Lionsgate, $12,877,043 (avg. $4404)
- Sherlock Holmes, Warner Bros., $12,033,507 (avg. $3792)
- It’s Complicated, Universal, $9,622,810 (avg. $3604)
- Leap Year, Universal, $7,071,470 (avg. $2815)
- The Blind Side, Warner Bros., $6,972,350 (avg. $2895)
- Up in the Air, Paramount, $6,530,101 (avg. $3099)
(You can review last week’s numbers here.)
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