Avatar Still at No. 1 During a Record-Breaking Holiday Weekend

Box Office: Avatar Is Still Wowing Audiences at No. 1

December 28, 2009

Thanks to a few film juggernauts, it was a record-breaking weekend at the movies, with the industry taking in an unprecedented $278 million in sales. Leading the pack was reigning champ, Avatar. Despite three big releases breaking into the top five, no one was able to unseat James Cameron's sci-fi spectacle, which brought in $75 million in its second week (that's an incredibly small drop off of only 2.6 percent from last weekend's final gross).

Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law gave a strong showing at No. 2 with their Sherlock Holmes raking in $65.3 million and breaking the record for biggest Christmas opening ever. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel followed at No. 3 with $50.2 million. The Meryl Streep comedy It's Complicated earned $22.1 million for fourth place, and finishing out the top five was Up in the Air with $11.7 million.

5 Comments

reesiecup 3 years 21 weeks

i concur with the amazing 3D-ness! i can't wait to see what cameron comes up with for his follow up movies

ilanac13 3 years 21 weeks

avatar was DEF amazing in 3D - we saw it last weekend. this weekend we saw Sherlock Holmes AND up in the air. i really enjoyed SH but i'm not surprised that avatar did so well. i feel like a lot of people were holding out in seeing avatar to see how it would do, and maybe some were just making sure that it was suitable for younger viewers and get reviews from friends.