WETA/ 20th Century FoxIf the question is, can anybody beat Avatar? The answer is: not yet.
James Cameron's titanic sci-fi tale notched its fifth straight weekend box-office win, with an estimated $41.3 million Friday-Sunday that pushed its domestic total to nearly $500 million.
Denzel Washington's apocalyptic The Book of Eli came the closest yet to matching Avatar's knack for ticket sales, which means it finished about $10 million behind, with a big $31.6 million.
Going for the Twilight crowd seemed to salvage a so-far disappointing run for Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones (third place, $17.1 million), while going for the Rock crowd didn't pay off for Jackie Chan's The Spy Next Door (sixth place, $9.7 million).
Stay tuned for the complete Top 10 standings.
________
Avatar is not the only movie out there. No, seriously. For proof, check out our Totally New Releases gallery.