In the US: Avatar is still flying high at #1 in the States, having taken an impressive $36m last weekend, and it's now the highest-grossing movie of all time (having toppled Cameron's own Titanic on Monday with a worldwide gross of $1.843 billion)... Paul Bettany's supernatural action-thriller LEGION does quite well, in at #2 with $18m... Dwayne Johnson's critically slated comedy TOOTH FAIRY makes $14m to grab #4, which isn't too bad considering the bad reviews... and the Harrison Ford/Brendan Fraser drama EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES debuts at #7 with just $7m, which isn't good news...
US TOP 10
1. (1) Avatar - $36,000,000
2. (-) Legion - $18,200,000
3. (2) The Book Of Eli - $17,000,000
4. (-) Tooth Fairy - $14,500,000
5. (3) The Lovely Bones - $8,800,000
6. (5) Sherlock Holmes - $7,115,000
7. (-) Extraordinary Measures - $7,000,000
8. (4) Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel - $6,500,000
9. (7) It's Complicated - $6,190,000
10. (6) The Spy Next Door - $4,750,000
In the UK: There's still no stopping James Cameron's Avatar in the UK, as it's still sitting pretty at #1 with a mighty £5m over the weekend (repeat business?)... the 3D re-release of TOY STORY 2 perhaps didn't do as well as one would hope, in at #6 with £909k... Tobey Maguire drama BROTHERS doesn't open very well, taking just £366k to debt at #9... French prison drama A PROPHET actually does quite well considering its lack of advertising and reliance on word-of-mouth, in at #10 with £312k... and there's terrible news for NINJA ASSASSIN and THE BOYS ARE BACK, with both failing to make the Top 10, in at #11 and #14 respectively...
UK TOP 10
1. (1) Avatar - £5,155,844
2. (2) Sherlock Holmes - £1,632,172
3. (3) Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel - £1,454,278
4. (5) Up In The Air - £1,205,881
5. (4) It's Complicated - £1,140,684
6. (-) Toy Story 2 - £909,093
7. (6) The Book Of Eli - £825,508
8. (7) Daybreakers - £420,199
9. (-) Brothers - £366,290
10. (-) A Prophet - £312,237
