Terrific movie - AVATAR!

[Nemesis]

It might catch up to titanic. It all depends on repeat business. Titanic had 1.2 worldwide, + over 600 million in the US alone. I thought Dark Knight could catch up but it fizzled out by the 5th week. Hope this doesn't happen to Avatar. Titanic the most successful movie of all time is an embarrassment to mankind.

I saw Avatar in 3-d at a mutiplex, amazing experience!! If Delhi had an Imax theater, might have gone for a second viewing. But unfortunately we just have two Imax theaters for the entire country. BS.

 

[Skies]

Sherlock Holmes beats out Avatar at box office | Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British director Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes" set a Christmas Day sales record at the box office in North America, taking a narrow lead over last weekend's champ, "Avatar," according to early estimates released on Saturday.

"Sherlock Holmes," in which Robert Downey Jr. reinvents the ascetic Victorian sleuth as a dashing superhero, earned $24.9 million during its first day of release on Friday, distributor Warner Bros. Pictures said.

The record for a Christmas Day opening was set last year when "Marley and Me" launched with $14.4 million.

"Avatar" earned $23.5 million on Friday, taking the eight-day total for director James Cameron's costly 3-D extravaganza to $160.8 million, said 20th Century Fox.

Fox also released "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," which opened at No. 3 with $14.5 million. The family-oriented sequel got an early start on the holiday by opening on Wednesday, and its total stands at $41.3 million.

Betty Thomas directed the follow-up to the 2007 live-action animated hit that grossed more than $360 million worldwide.

Another new release, director Nancy Meyers' "It's Complicated," followed at No. 4 after earning $7.1 million during its first day on Friday. The Universal Pictures comedy stars Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin.

"Up in the Air" rose three places to No. 5 in its first weekend of national release, with Friday sales of $3.7 million. Director Jason Reitman's meditation on love and loneliness in corporate America has earned $16.4 million since Paramount Pictures released it in 15 theaters on December 4.

The studios will release data for the Friday-Sunday period on Sunday.

Warner Bros. is a unit of Time Warner Inc.. 20th Century Fox is a unit of News Corp.. Universal Pictures is a unit of General Electric Co.. Paramount Pictures is a unit of Viacom Inc..