In the UK: Avatar is still at #1, having now become the highest-grossing film in British cinemas ever, beating Mamma Mia! (with £72m so far)... Disney's return to "traditional" filmmaking with the "2D" PRINCESS & THE FROG debuts at #2 with a healthy £2.2m... Japanese CGI adaptation ASTRO BOY manages £1.09m to enter the chart at #3, rather surprisingly given the bad reviews... and Clint Eastwood's sports biopic INVICTUS is a relative disappointment given its high praise and marketing push, in at #4 with £1.06m... and Michael Cera's YOUTH IN REVOLT only manages £743 to debut at #7...
UK TOP 10
1. (1) Avatar - £4,338,774
2. (-) The Princess And The Frog - £2,219,769
3. (-) Astro Boy - £1,091,872
4. (-) Invictus - £1,068,388
5. (4) Sherlock Holmes - £783,681
6. (3) Edge Of Darkness - £768,013
7. (-) Youth In Revolt - £743,932
8. (2) Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel - £729,683
9. (5) It's Complicated - £560,573
10. (6) Up In The Air - £481,810
In the US: The Channing Tatum/Amanda Seyfried romcom DEAR JOHN dethrones Avatar from #1 finally, taking $32m... John Travolta's thriller FROM PARIS WITH LOVE debuts at #3 with a fairly poor $8m... and CRAZY HEART enters the Top 10, no doubt because of Oscar acclaim for star Jeff Bridges...
US TOP 10
1. (-) Dear John - $32,400,000
2. (1) Avatar - $23,600,000
3. (-) From Paris With Love - $8,120,000
4. (2) Edge Of Darkness - $7,005,000
5. (4) The Tooth Fairy - $6,500,000
6. (3) When In Rome - $5,504,000
7. (5) The Book Of Eli - $4,835,000
8. (14) Crazy Heart - $3,650,000
9. (6) Legion - $3,400,000
10. (8) Sherlock Holmes - $2,630,000
