LOS ANGELES (AP) — The sci-fi saga "Avatar" maintained its blockbuster trek with a $68.5 million weekend domestically. The film shot past $1 billion worldwide, becoming only the fifth movie to hit that mark.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are:
1. "Avatar," Fox, $68,490,688, 3,461 locations, $19,789 average, $352,114,898, three weeks.
2. "Sherlock Holmes," Warner Bros., $36,612,481, 3,626 locations, $10,097 average, $138,715,437, two weeks.
3. "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," Fox, $35,189,653, 3,747 locations, $9,391 average, $155,916,935, two weeks.
4. "It's Complicated," Universal, $18,802,965, 2,897 locations, $6,490 average, $59,178,840, two weeks.
5. "The Blind Side," Warner Bros., $11,912,749, 2,926 locations, $4,071 average, $208,476,067, seven weeks.
6. "Up in the Air," Paramount, $10,720,052, 1,895 locations, $5,657 average, $44,375,265, five weeks.
7. "The Princess and the Frog," Disney, $9,824,311, 3,328 locations, $2,952 average, $85,859,339, six weeks.
8. "Did You Hear About the Morgans?", Sony, $4,932,338, 2,718 locations, $1,815 average, $25,312,384, three weeks.
9. "Invictus," Warner Bros., $3,909,312, 2,170 locations, $1,802 average, $30,586,445, four weeks.
10. "Nine," Weinstein Co., $3,901,203, 1,412 locations, $2,763 average, $13,745,976, three weeks.
Although out of the top ten, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," Summit, is still hanging on. It grossed $3,442,263, 1,627 locations, $2,116 average. The movie has grossed $287,954,655, in seven weeks.
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