‘Avatar’ leads US box office for fifth weekend running
January 18th, 2010 - 9:15 am ICT by IANSLos Angeles, Jan 18 (DPA) Even the box office power of Denzel Washington can’t beat the phenomenon of “Avatar”.
Washington’s new movie, the post-apocalyptic religious thriller “The Book of Eli”, debuted with $31.6 million for second place at US cinemas, while “Avatar” continued its march in first place with an estimated $41.3 million, according to figures released by Box Office Mojo.
With an additional $125 million coming from international markets the most expensive movie of all time is now just $200 million short of the all-time box office record of $1.8 million held by “Titanic”.
Third place went to Peter Jackson’s thriller, “The Lovely Bones” with $17.5 million, followed by “Alvin” and the “Chipmunks: The Squeakquel”, ($11.5 million) and “Sherlock Holmes” ($9.8 million).
The other movies in the top 10 were “The Spy Next Door”, “It’s Complicated”, “Leap Year”, “The Blind Side” and “Up in the Air”.
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