Another spectacular weekend overseas puts Avatar $460 million short of Titanic for the all-time box office record -- so close! Domestically, its $49 million haul puts it at seventh-highest grosser of all time, poised to overtake Star Wars in a matter of days. On the flipside of the equation, critically trounced McChick flick Leap Year (womanly, yes, but I hate it, too!) pooped in its pot o' gold, while two-times-the-Cera didn't prove to be two-times-the-cash for the underperforming Youth in Revolt, no matter how mercilessly he tickled our belly buttons from the inside. Hard numbers are after the jump.
1. Avatar
Gross: $48,500,000 (cume: $429,040,000)
Screens: 3,422 (PSA: $14,173)
Weeks: 4 (Change: -29.2%)
2. Sherlock Holmes
Gross: $16,610,000 (cume: $165,178,000)
Screens: 3,626 (PSA: $4,581)
Weeks: 3 (Change: -54.6%)
3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Gross: $16,300,000 (cume: $178,184,000)
Screens: 3,641 (PSA: $4,477)
Weeks: 3 (Change: -53.7%)
4. Daybreakers
Gross: $15,000,000 (cume: $76,370,000)
Screens: 2,523 (PSA: $5,945)
Weeks: 1 (Change: -15.4%)
5. It's Complicated
Gross: $11,007,000 (cume: $76,370,000)
Screens: 2,955 (PSA: $3,725)
Weeks: 3 (Change: -41.5%)
6. Leap Year
Gross: $9,165,000
7. The Blind Side
Gross: $7,750,000
8. Up in the Air
Gross: $7,100,000
9. Youth in Revolt
Gross: $7,000,000
10. The Princess and the Frog
Gross: $4,700,000
[All figures courtesy of Box Office Mojo.]