I might have thought I was looking at the wrong report when I saw this weeks boxoffice draw, but then I noticed Leap Year, Daybreakers, and Youth in Revolt (way down) on the list.
But it does look a lot like last week, with Avatar sitting firmly on top with Sherlock Holmes right behind it, and still filling seats, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. It isn’t until the #4 spot that we start seeing the week’s new releases.
Boxoffice Mojo dutifully compiles:
Avatar $48,500,000 Domestic Total$429,040,000
Sherlock Holmes $16,610,000 Domestic Total $165,178,000
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel $16,300,000 Domestic Total $178,184,000
Daybreakers $15,000,000 Domestic Total $15,000,000
It’s Complicated $11,007,000 Domestic Total $76,370,000
Leap Year $9,165,000 Domestic Total $9,165,000
I am not at all surprised to see Avatar STILL sitting way out in front, but what I was surprised with is that the current releases couldn’t crack the top three…. even Alvin’s Squeakquel is holding off the competition after its 3rd week in that spot.
I would have thought the buzz on such films might have waned after a couple of weeks leaving the theaters ripe for new audiences to check out a non-sparkly vampire flick, or even Amy Adams latest dose of charm personified.
Even Youth in Revolt, the first Cera flick I have actually WANTED to see in a while came in ninth!
But Cameron won’t give up that top spot, and there is little sign of it slowing down. I wonder just how many weeks it will sit at #1. The January/February release schedule is where they send movies to die, so when will it see any real competition?
There isn’t a lot of high profile/broad appeal films coming out in the next month or so.
Maybe Shutter Island?
Kids these days.
A film has to be rather special to get me to go more than once, I’ve seen Avatar in the standard and 3D modes but I can’t see a reason to go see it any more than that.
Visually the film is stunning, I don’t think there has been anything which comes close. I can see some of the great SF novels coming to life because of the FX techniques in the future.
In terms of the story, I found my interest flagging at times, it was sometimes a little slow and the fact I’d seen this story before (Dances with Wolves, etc..) you knew what was going to happen.
Will be worth adding to the DVD collection eventually but I can’t see myself going to see it again, I can’t really understand why others are going 4+ times.
second that ezell..on my top 10 anticpated for the year
I want to see book of Eli
Some say that Avatar has some racial themes…. Uh yeah! Duh! This movie replicates history from many different eras. It is so funny that the ‘rare’ and priceless metal called unobtanium is called ‘unobtanium.’ Anyway, if anyone knows history, slavery was started as a result of a search for gold and then the Portugese realized that human trading was just as lucrative. Then of course you have the blood diamonds where you pitted one tribe of people against another over greed. However, the people of pandora (another irony) aren’t corruptible because they are ‘in tune’ with their world and nature. Those bad white people did it again! lol
Well, those bad white people also have some black, asian and latin amongst them. Just sayin’ :D
well it is a canadian director :p
The ashes on the ground and the floating specs-flies were cool, The command center was cool as well with the computer screens and such, even in the military briefings the quality was superb.
but the last battle scene with the Robot and Jake were stunning! my mouth is still open from my memory of the imagery… to see this in 2D wont come close to the 3D experiance.. it’s how Cameron would want you to see the film..
anything less would not do it justice!
I went to see it again, this weekend. 2nd time. First since opening weekend. The theater was packed.
The first time I saw it on IMAX, this time I saw it at a regular theater in 3d. I found the 3d effects *very* different between the two theaters. The regular theater’s 3d was more pronounced, some of the things did almost ‘jump out’ at you (though still in a good way, not in a gimmicky way, because usually I find it gimmicky), and I could see the smoke and ashes of things up pretty close, too (an effect I really enjoyed).
I also found that I could see *much more* of the film at the regular theater. My senses were completely overwhelmed watching this equally giant and intricate world on 3d IMAX. I’m still glad I went to see it on IMAX, because it was so huge, but I’m also glad I saw it at a regular theater, because there were definitely little things that I had missed on the bigger screen.
@Lumpy Krump:”Higher priced 3D tickets are certainly helping :)”
Well the 3D thing is part of it’s appeal.
People are willing to pay the price for a superior quality.
I believe this movie will keep on drawing people into theaters untill the next big-budget 3D Blockbuster will Top the Experience (and that will take time). Any other 2D movie is simply not competing with Avatar. You can watch this movie with your buddies your girlfriend your father… etc. and they’ll be blown away. It’s Entertainment at its best. I’ll go to watch it for the 3rd time this weekend, just for the eyecandy.
Cameron achieved what he was aiming for: Bringing Magic back to Theaters
Finally saw it yesterday 3-D at a noon showing and when we came out there were lines of people waiting to see the next showing..
My eyes are still smiling at what I saw..
and for those complaing about lack of story originality-BULLSHIT!
what movie doesn’t borrow from simular themes?
Buddy-cop film-all the same
Vampire flicks-do I have to explain?
Romantic comedies- almost all the same
Crime Dramas- blah,blah,blah
Same formulas for the most part.
This film absorbs you in and doesn’t let go or LET DOWN.
All hail the king: CAMERON!
I’m still dragging my feet with Avatar. I chose to go see Sherlock Holmes this weekend, which was a heck of a lot of fun.
Higher priced 3D tickets are certainly helping :)
Cut the numbers in HALF and its still killing.
Helping like my 7 year old helps me carry in the groceries.
wow. really? by any chance rodney, would any of you guys have the numbers on how much avatar has made if the ticket prices where all for 2d? Like instead subtract the cost of the incremental 3d $ imax ticket prices multiplied by the number of 3d/imax tickets sold? I know this is nitpicking, but i’m just curious how much avatar would have made if it was just a 2d movie.
I’m guessing the Book of Eli will do strong numbers this weekend.
Yep… I think The Book of Eli beats it.
I can’t wait for Shutter Island!
Holy cow. Avatar is completely dominating, isn’t it? I went and saw it a couple days ago, and the theater was packed with people of all ages. There were 80-year-old grandpas and two-year-old kids. A a bunch of them said that it was their 2nd-4th time seeing it. Holy cow. It’s amazing to me.
Crazy isn’t it? I saw it for the second time on Saturay, and I still want to see it again.
Congrats to Cameron.
I saw it 3 times. Very cool movie.