Update: Click over the jump for the updated chart with Friday actual numbers.
Original article follows below.
After a strong opening last Friday, Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island had a nice hold in its second Friday with an estimated $6.675 million ($59.551 million domestic cume). The film held off two openers; Kevin Smith’s buddy cop comedy Cop Out ($5.975 million) and Breck Eisner’s remake of The Crazies ($5.97 million). [Note: In the final numbers, The Crazies topped Cop Out on Saturday. Cop Out still placed #2 for the weekend. See updated chart below the jump for Friday finals].
Meanwhile, Avatar took fourth for the day with an estimated $3.1 million. That puts the film’s domestic cume at $696.005 million and the film will clear $700 million sometime tonight (in just 72 days of release). Head on over the jump for the daily chart.
Daily Box Office Chart for Friday, February 26, 2010 [Update: Chart updated with the final actual numbers for Friday]
| Rank | Movie | Friday Gross |
Percent Change from Thursday | Theaters |
| 1 | Shutter Island | $6,645,378 | +147.2% | 3,003 |
| 2 | The Crazies | $5,981,133 | NEW | 2,476 |
| 3 | Cop Out | $5,948,012 | NEW | 3,150 |
| 4 | Avatar | $3,076,750 | +155.8% |
2,456 |
| 5 | Valentine’s Day | $2,925,623 | +200.4% |
3,578 |
| 6 | “Percy Jackson’ | $2,374,210 | +249.1% |
3,302 |
| 7 | Dear John | $1,540,286 | +243.1% |
3,006 |
| 8 | The Wolfman | $1,125,915 | +74.7% |
3,043 |
| 9 | The Tooth Fairy | $733,128 | +327.8% |
2,249 |
| 10 | Crazy Heart | $619,824 | +159.2% |
1,148 |
Source: Box Office Mojo
