Avatar hits the top in US and Canada Christmas box office
US and Canada-Avatar has topped the Christmas box office in a record-breaking weekend for cinemas.
Sci-fi epic Avatar took $75m (£47m) in its second weekend, according to early studio estimates.
In its 10 days of release, Avatar has made $212m (£132.6m) in the US, and could be on its way to grossing more than $1bn (£625.6m) worldwide.
“This thing is going to be playing and playing, I can tell you that,” said Bert Livingston, 20th Century Fox distribution executive. “There’s a lot of business out there. Everybody’s got good movies out.”
In second place was Sherlock Holmes, which stars Robert Downey Jr as Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective with a weekend total of $65.4m (£41.m), taking $24.9m (£15.6m) on Christmas Day alone.
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, which opened on Wednesday, took the third place with $50.2m (£31.4m) at the weekend and $77.1m (£48.2m) in its five days of release.
It’s Complicated, a love triangle comedy starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, opened in fourth place with $22.1m (£13.8m) in takings.
In fifth place acquired $11.8m (£7.26m) was Up in the Air, starring George Clooney.
