James Cameron’s “Avatar” topped the domestic boxoffice for the seventh time, ringing up an estimated $30 million while pushing its cumulative boxoffice to within shouting distance of yet another record. The film is expected to take the all-time top spot from “Titanic” by mid-week.
The twelve estimated top producing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, January 31, 2010 include:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Weekend Gross | Cume | Locations |
1 | Avatar | 20th Century Fox (NYSE: NWS) | $30,000,000 | $594,472,387 | 3074 |
2 | Edge Of Darkness | Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) | $17,120,000 | $17,120,000 | 3066 |
3 | When In Rome | Disney (NYSE: DIS) | $12,065,000 | $12,065,000 | 2456 |
4 | Tooth Fairy | 20th Century Fox (NYSE: NWS) | $10,000,000 | $26,106,278 | 3345 |
5 | The Book Of Eli | Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) | $8,770,000 | $74,373,479 | 3075 |
6 | Legion | Sony (NYSE: SNE) | $6,800,000 | $28,646,411 | 2476 |
7 | The Lovely Bones | Paramount (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B | $4,735,000 | $38,013,910 | 2638 |
8 | Sherlock Holmes | Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) | $4,510,000 | $197,596,178 | 2250 |
9 | Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | 20th Century Fox (NYSE: NWS) | $4,000,000 | $209,297,861 | 2526 |
10 | It’s Complicated | Universal (NASDAQ: CMCSA) | $3,720,400 | $104,027,220 | 2096 |
11 | The Blind Side | Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) | $3,020,000 | $237,913,488 | 1751 |
12 | Up In The Air | Paramount (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) | $2,700,000 | $73,172,517 | 1430 |