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...that B list, the weekend's winner was Daybreakers, a vampire thriller that dared to make the creatures icky and predatory, not sweet and sexy in the Twilight fashion. A three-day total of $15 million doesn't seem like a bundle, in Avatar terms, but when you consider that the film was made in Australia back in 2007 for just $20 million, the Daybreakers gross was, if not a box-office banquet, at least a decent bite...
...standard, that is, but Avatar's. Records have fallen, and will continue to topple. Currently seventh on the all-time list of domestic moneymakers, Avatar should pass Star Wars: Phantom Menace ($431.1 million), E.T. ($435.1 million) and Shrek 2 ($441.1 million) in a few days, and by next weekend it will overtake the original Star Wars ($461 million) for third place. That leaves only The Dark Knight ($533.3 million) and the all-time champ, Cameron's own Titanic ($600.7 million). In worldwide gross, Avatar is just as impressive: it made another $300 million or so this past week...
Titanic made Cameron king of the world. With Avatar showing no signs of box-office fatigue, he is now lord of the galaxy; only the cosmos remains...
...Avatar, $48.5 million; $429 million, fourth week 2. Sherlock Holmes, $16.6 million; $165.2 million, third week 3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, $16.3 million; $178.2 million, third week 4. Daybreakers, $15 million, first weekend 5. It's Complicated, $11 million; $76.4 million, third week 6. Leap Year, $9.2 million, first weekend 7. The Blind Side, $7.8 million; $219.2 million, eighth week 8. Up in the Air, $7.1 million; $54.7 million, sixth week 9. Youth in Revolt, $7 million, first weekend 10. The Princess and the Frog, $4.7 million; $92.6 million, seventh week...
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