Well, it is the first box office recap of 2010, and it looks like I’ll be dropping the “B” word, as in “Billion.” Avatar sailed over the billion dollar mark in only its third week in release. Thanks to this worldwide total, it now sits comfortably at the number four position of highest grossing movies of all time, right behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.
It has already exceeded the total that took The Dark Knight its entire theatrical run to achieve, and Avatar has shown no signs of slowing down. The movie dropped less than 10% from last weekend and made $68.3 Million, bringing its domestic total to over $352 Million.
There was plenty of box office love to go around this weekend, and several movies did exceptionally well. Sherlock Holmes added another $38.3 Million to its two week total, which now stands at over $140.7 Million. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel made $36.6 Million, for an impressive two week cumulative of $157.3 Million.
The adult comedy It’s Complicated only dropped 15% from its Christmas weekend opening, and racked up $18.7 Million for a strong fourth place. Fifth place went to The Blind Side, which has been in the top ten for over seven weeks now. It actually increased its total 10% over last weekend, and has made over $209 Million now.
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