The competition ( including singing chipmunks and the human race ’s greatest detective ) was tough , but Avatar still came out on top of this weekend’sbox office . All the more impressive , consider it was the biggest weekend catch in US movie house history .
Despiteearly concernsthat Alvin And The Chipmunks : The Squeakquel would topple James Cameron ’s peak this weekend base on advance ticket sale , the 2d calendar week of release for Avatar bodes incredibly well for the long - full term prospects for the movie;it fetch in an calculate $ 75 million , a hugely down in the mouth drop - off when compared with its opening $ 77 million .
More impressively , Avatar ’s success number despite the second most - successful film of the weekend , Sherlock Holmesbreaking the record for the most successful Christmas opening night of all time ( Its estimated $ 65.4 million easily beating former holder Meet The Fockers ’ $ 46.2 million ) , and amid the most successful weekend domestic box seat office revenue of all time ; this weekend , American cinemas took an reckon $ 285 million , up from July last twelvemonth , when the opening of The Dark Knight led American theaters to a $ 260 million best . With these sort of numbers , it ’s no surprise thatbox office staff track record for IMAX were broken this weekendthanks to Avatar ( Earning $ 12.1 million globally ) , or that the movie is#1 in all but one of its 108 countries of release right now ( India is the only postponement - out , but even there , it’s#2 ) . If this keeps up , then we may have discovered a film that ’ll topple Titanic off the most successful movie of all time title after all …
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