Avatar passed The Dark Knight to become the second highest grossing box office movie of all time, this weekend, pulling in an estimated $36 million (via BoM). This brings its grand total to $552 million, domestically, just shy of Titanic‘s $600 million. Internationally though Avatar has officially passed Titanic, THR reports. James Cameron‘s newest film has garnered $1.288 billion at the international box office, beating Titanic‘s $1.242 billion by $46 million. Back to domestic, Legion debuted in second with $18.2 million dollars, bumping The Book of Eli to third.
Noteworthy debuts include The Tooth Fairy in fourth and Extraordinary Measures in a lackluster seventh. With the latter only bringing in $7 million it may prove to difficult for it to cover Harrison Ford‘s price tag, so we will see how CBS will deal with that in the long run.
This weekend gives James Cameron the top two grossing domestic movies of all time, and it is only a matter of time now until Avatar eclipses Titanic here. I am anxious to see how far ahead it will stand when the ball stops rolling, as Cameron figures to deal in billions from here on out.
Check out the Top 10. (Movie- Weekend Gross; Total Gross)
1. Avatar- $36,000,000; $552,797,000
2. Legion – $18,200,000; $18,200,000 (debut)
3. The Book of Eli- $17,000,000; $62,003,000
4. The Tooth Fairy- $14,500,000; $14,500,000 (debut)
5. The Lovely Bones- $8,800,000; $31,624,000
6. Sherlock Holmes- $7,115,000; $191,564,000
7. Extraordinary Measures- $7,000,000; $7,000,000 (debut)
8. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel- $6,500,000; $204,237,000
9. It’s Complicated- $6,190,000; $98,650,000
10. The Spy Next Door- $4,750,000; $18,710,000
Are you surprised at Avatar‘s gross? How much do you think it will make total?