Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- “Avatar” was the top film in the U.S. and Canada for the fourth straight weekend with $50.3 million in sales for News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox, while becoming the second-highest-grossing film ever.
Time Warner Inc.’s “Sherlock Holmes” was the No. 2 movie with $16.59 million, researcher Hollywood.com Box-Office said today in an e-mailed statement. Fox’s “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel” was third, with $16.57 million.
“Avatar,” the 3-D adventure from director James Cameron, has taken in $1.34 billion worldwide since its Dec. 18 release, placing it second in terms of total receipts. Cameron’s “Titanic,” released in 1997, is the top-grossing movie of all time with $1.84 billion.
“‘Avatar’ stands an excellent chance of outgrossing ‘Titanic’ both domestically and overseas,” said Brandon Gray, president and publisher of film researcher Box Office Mojo.
Gray said the movie could surpass the $2 billion mark for total receipts.
“It’s a global blockbuster, not simply appealing to American audiences,” he said.
News Corp.’s Fox ranked second among the six major studios in U.S. ticket sales last year with $1.65 billion, according to Box Office Mojo, based in Sherman Oaks, California.
$1 Billion Mark
In addition to “Titanic,” other films that have crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide are “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” ($1.13 billion), “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” ($1.06 billion) and “The Dark Knight” ($1 billion).
“Sherlock Holmes,” the Guy Richie-directed detective adaptation starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, has brought in $165.2 million in North America for Warner Bros. since its Christmas release. “Alvin and the Chipmunks” has made $178.5 million since opening Dec. 23.
“Daybreakers,” a vampire thriller, opened in fourth place, bringing in $15.1 million for Santa Monica, California- based Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. The film, starring Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe, takes place in the future when a plague has turned most of the human race into vampires.
‘It’s Complicated’
“It’s Complicated,” the romantic comedy featuring Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin, fell to fifth place from fourth in its third week with $11 million for General Electric Co.’s NBC Universal.
Sales for the top 12 films rose 16 percent to $148.5 million from $128.2 million a year earlier, Hollywood.com said. Year-to-date receipts total $447.1 million, up 31 percent from a year earlier. Attendance is also up 31 percent.
The following table has figures provided by studios to Hollywood.com. The amounts are based on actual ticket sales from Jan. 8-9 and estimates for yesterday.
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