Avatar had another remarkable weekend for 20th Century Fox. The 3D sci-fi epic from director James Cameron pulled in an extraordinary $75,617,183. That’s a new record for a second weekend and down just 1.8% from the weekend prior ($77.025 million). Avatar grossed $23,095,046 on Friday, grew 10.8% on Saturday to $28,274,406 (a new best for the film) and had a better than expected Sunday hold — -14.2% — to $24,247,681. Domestic cume stands at $212,711,184.
It did impressively overseas as well, adding another $152 million (down just 7.6%) and pushing its overseas total to $410,864,537 ($623,575,721 worldwide).
The second place finisher for the weekend was Sherlock Holmes, which beat expectations with a solid $62.304 million from 3,626 theaters, while Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel rounded out the top three with a very respectable $48.875 from 3,700 theaters.
