“AVATAR” TOPS THE BOX OFFICE FOR THE SIXTH WEEK IN A ROW:
“Avatar” held onto the top spot of the box office for its sixth straight week. “Legion” led the weekend’s new movies at #2, with THE ROCK’S “Tooth Fairy” trailing at #4. Here are the Top 10 movies in the country . . .
1.) “Avatar”, $36 million (–Up to a total of $553 million in its 6th week.)
2.) (NEW) Paul Bettany’s “Legion”, $18.2 million
3.) Denzel Washington’s “The Book of Eli”, $17 million (–Up to a total of $62 million in its 2nd week.)
4.) (NEW) The Rock’s “Tooth Fairy”, $14.5 million
5.) “The Lovely Bones”, $8.8 million (–Up to a total of $31.6 million in its 7th week.)
6.) “Sherlock Holmes”, $7.1 million (–Up to a total of $192 million in its 5th week.)
7.) (NEW) Brendan Frasier’s “Extraordinary Measures”, $7 million
8.) “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel”, $6.5 million (–Up to a total of $204 million in its 5th week.)
9.) “It’s Complicated”, $6.2 million (–Up to a total of $98.7 million in its 5th week.)
10.) Jackie Chan’s “The Spy Next Door”, $4.8 million (–Up to a total of $18.7 million in its 2nd week.)
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“AVATAR” HAS ALMOST CAUGHT UP TO “TITANIC”:
It’s more than obvious now that “Avatar” WILL surpass “Titanic” to become the highest-grossing movie in the history.
—“Titanic’s” worldwide gross stands at $1.843 billion. And, as of last night, “Avatar” had raked in $1.841 billion . . . just $2 million shy. Since “Avatar” had made another $36 million this weekend, it’s a safe bet that it’s got at least another $2 million in it.
—“Titanic” is still the highest-grossing movie in the U.S., with $600.8 million. “Avatar” is only up to $552.8 million.
–But “Avatar” has topped “Titanic” in international box office . . . which means everywhere BUT the U.S. “Avatar” has $1.29 billion, compared to “Titanic’s” $1.24 billion.
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