Top 10 Weekend Box Office: January 15 to 17, 2010

It is the fifth week where James Cameron’s Avatar continues to lead the top 10. Probably it will mark a new record.

New Movies

• The Book of Eli: Denzel Washington
• The Spy Next Door: Jackie Chan, George Lopez, Billy Ray Cyrus
• The Lovely Bones: Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli

The Lovely Bones from Peter Jackson was 5 weeks in the theters but just in 3 movie theaters, this week is its official release in USA to 2,563 theaters.

Box Office USA

1. Avatar, 20th Century Fox. Budget: $237 millions.
   Weekend Gross: $42,800,000. Total Gross: $429,040,000 in 5 weeks.
2. The Book of Eli, Warner Bros. Budget: $80 millions.
   Weekend Gross: $32,770,000. Total Gross: $32,770,000 in its first week.
3. The Lovely Bones, Paramount. Budget: $100 millions.
   Weekend Gross: $17,020,000. Total Gross: $17,487,000 in 6 weeks.
4. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Fox. Budget: —.
   Weekend Gross: $11,650,000. Total Gross: $192,742,000 in 4 weeks.
5. Sherlock Holmes, Warner Bros. Budget: $80 millions.
   Weekend Gross: $9,880,000. Total Gross: $180,073,000 in 4 weeks.
6. The Spy Next Door, Lionsgate. Budget: —.
   Weekend Gross: $9,600,000. Total Gross: $9,600,000 in its first week.
7. It’s Complicated, Universal. Budget: $70 millions.
   Weekend Gross: $7,672,000. Total Gross: $88,224,000 in 4 weeks.
8. Leap Year, Universal. Budget: $19 millions.
   Weekend Gross: $5,828,000. Total Gross: $17,529,000 in its 2 weeks.
9. The Blind Side, Warner Bros. Budget: $29 millions.
   Weekend Gross: $5,555,000. Total Gross: $226,764,000 in 9 weeks.
10. Up in the Air, Paramount. Budget: $25 millions.
    Weekend Gross: $5,458,000. Total Gross: $62,831,000 in 7 weeks.

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Post author: Daniel Semper