Variety reports the top movies, in terms of box office take, for the week of 1-7 January 2010. James Cameron’s animated Avatar continues to dominate the charts, holding strong at #1 for a third straight week. This week, it grabbed $96.9 million, for a three-week total of $380.5 million. Robert Downey Jr’s Victorian James Bond, Sherlock Holmes also held strong, maintaining the #2 spot, and snatching $46.5 million, for a two-week total of $148.6 million. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel held steady at #3, grossing $41.2 million, for a more-than-two week total of $161.9 million. The Princess and the Frog slipped from #6 to #7, earning $11.9 million, for a six-week total of $87.9 million.
Twilight: New Moon held steady at #11, sucking in $4.5 million, for a seven-week total of $289.0 million. Disaster-porn flick 2012 actually climbed a spot, from #15 to #14, and grabbed $1.4 million, for an eight-week total of $163.7 million. The Road held steady at #18, bringing in $800 thousand, for a six-week total of $47.4 million. Disney’s A Christmas Carol fell from #13 to #20, earning just under $700 thousand, for a nine-week total of $137.6 million. Fantastic Mr. Fox slipped from #19 to #21, nabbing $600 thousand, for an eight-week total of $19.3 million.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs returned to the top 25 at #24 (it fell out of our list an astonishing six weeks ago, in the fourth week in November), gobbling up another $350 thousand, for a sixteen-week total of $124.3 million. Where the Wild Things Are returned to the #25 spot (it fell out of the top 25 four weeks ago, in the first week in December), scaring up another $350 thousand, for a twelve-week total of $76.7 million.
Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which is still in exceedingly limited release (actually, fewer screens than last week), fell out of the top 25 (last week it just squeaked into the #23 spot). Heath Ledger’s swan song, in two weeks in the US theatres, has earned $400 thousand.
SFScope reviews of movies mentioned in this article:
Forget the Sherlock Holmes you’ve read; this one’s more a Victorian James Bond, but a heck of a lot of fun by Ian Randal Strock