WEEKEND BOX-OFFICE
AVATAR
= 1 BILLION $$$$!!!
Seriously, will anyone EVER doubt James
Cameron and his big budget movies ever again!?! The man
takes 10 years off after putting together the highest-grossing
motion picture of all-time in TITANIC, then returns to the
big-screen with an "odd looking" sci-fi picture
featuring really tall blue creatures and after only 17 days,
AVATAR has already grossed over 1 BILLION dollars around
the world, is the 4th
highest grossing worldwide movie of all-time (yes, it’s made
more than THE DARK KNIGHT already!) and sits in 15th
place domestically. Oh, and it’s still at #1 on the box-office
charts, so God knows how much further it can go now!
And look at its consistency over the first 3
weekends of North American release. Weekend 1 ($75M). Weekend
2 ($73M). Weekend 3 ($68M). Anyone else seeing a
pattern? The film has become a juggernaut-and-a-half while mowing
down its competition and skeptics alike and now vying to break the
$500M domestic gross mark, if not more? (only TITANIC
and THE DARK KNIGHT have grossed more than that)
The rest of the top 10 stayed pretty much the same
as last weekend (in fact, they were the exact same 10 movies
as last week), although with a couple of minor moves up/down. Both
SHERLOCK HOLMES and ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS 2 also continued to do
brisk business, while flying past the $100M mark respectively like
it was a pit-stop on their way to the more serious $200M marker.
And speaking of $200M, Sandra Bullock and THE BLIND SIDE finally
managed to surpass that lauded point, which also happens to be
Bullock’s first movie ever to pass that mark (THE PROPOSAL
was her 2nd highest grossing picture at $163M).
Next week finally sees the release of some
new movies (feels like forever since we got some new blood!), but
as we all know by now, the first week of January is usually
reserved for "dump movies", so let’s not get our hopes
too high.
First up is a film that does actually look pretty
cool in DAYBREAKERS,
which our man Chris Bumbray reviewed
and enjoyed. Same can be said about Michael Cera’s YOUTH
IN REVOLT, which has a pretty funny red-band
trailer and also got a pretty sweet review
from our man Bumbray. LEAP
YEAR, on the other hand, starring the adorable Amy Adams…meh.
Oh, and if you’re lucky enough to be in one of the "limited
cities" in which BITCH SLAP is being presented…well, that
flick doesn’t look too shabby either, especially in the boobage
area!
But the big news of the weekend (and maybe the
entire year) is how amazing Jimmy Cameron’s AVATAR has been
performing so far. So how well do you think it can ultimately do?
$500M? $600M? $700M?!?! VOTE
HERE!
| 1. Avatar | $68.3 Million | $352.1 Million |
| 2. Sherlock Holmes
| $38.3 Million | $140.6 Million |
| 3. Alvin and the… | $36.6 Million | $157.3 Million |
| 4. It’s Complicated | $18.7 Million | $59.1 Million |
| 5. The Blind Side | $12.6 Million | $209 Million |
| 6. Up in the Air | $11.3 Million | $45 Million |
| 7. The Princess and… | $10 Million | $86 Million |
| 8. Did You Hear about… | $5.2 Million | $25.6 Million |
| 9. Nine | $4.2 Million | $14 Million |
| 10. Invictus | $4.1 Million | $30.7 Million |