‘Avatar’ has 7th weekend on top with $31.3 million, closes on domestic box-office record

‘Avatar’ has 7th weekend on top with $31.3 million

LOS ANGELES — James Cameron’s science-fiction sensation “Avatar” remained on top of the domestic box office for the seventh-straight weekend, pulling in $31.3 million to raise its total to $595.8 million.

Worldwide, “Avatar” has topped $2 billion, a record that surpasses the $1.84 billion of Cameron’s “Titanic,” which had been the No. 1 modern blockbuster.

“Avatar” also is about to pass the domestic record of $600.8 million held by “Titanic.”

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are:

1. “Avatar,” Fox, $31,280,029, 3,074 locations, $10,176 average, $595,752,416, seven weeks.

2. “Edge of Darkness,” Warner Bros., $17,214,384, 3,066 locations, $5,615 average, $17,214,384, one week.

3. “When in Rome,” Disney, $12,350,041, 2,456 locations, $5,029 average, $12,350,041, one week.

4. “The Tooth Fairy,” Fox, $9,998,109, 3,345 locations, $2,989 average, $26,104,387, two weeks.

5. “The Book of Eli,” Warner Bros., $8,908,286, 3,075 locations, $2,897 average, $74,511,765, three weeks.

6. “Legion,” Sony Screen Gems, $7,176,375, 2,476 locations, $2,898 average, $29,022,786, two weeks.

7. “The Lovely Bones,” Paramount, $4,726,828, 2,638 locations, $1,792 average, $38,005,738, eight weeks.

8. “Sherlock Holmes,” Warner Bros., $4,515,344, 2,250 locations, $2,007 average, $197,601,522, six weeks.

9. “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,” Fox, $3,997,136, 2,526 locations, $1,582 average, $209,294,997, six weeks.

10. “It’s Complicated,” Universal, $3,804,215, 2,096 locations, $1,815 average, $104,111,035, six weeks.

11. “The Blind Side,” Warner Bros., $3,021,317, 1,751 locations, $1,725 average, $237,914,805, 11 weeks.

12. “Up in the Air,” Paramount, $2,801,141, 1,430 locations, $1,959 average, $73,273,658, nine weeks.

13. “Extraordinary Measures,” CBS Films, $2,619,257, 2,548 locations, $1,028 average, $10,445,568, two weeks.

14. “Crazy Heart,” Fox Searchlight, $2,309,245, 239 locations, $9,662 average, $6,657,379, seven weeks.

15. “The Spy Next Door,” Lionsgate, $2,075,020, 1,851 locations, $1,121 average, $21,539,791, three weeks.

16. “Leap Year,” Universal, $1,015,910, 1,135 locations, $895 average, $24,734,590, four weeks.

17. “The Princess and the Frog,” Disney, $800,570, 728 locations, $1,100 average, $100,352,358, 10 weeks.

18. “To Save a Life,” IDP-Samuel Goldwyn, $733,457, 440 locations, $1,667 average, $2,569,965, two weeks.

19. “Daybreakers,” Lionsgate, $699,338, 725 locations, $965 average, $29,423,555, four weeks.

20. “The Young Victoria,” Apparition, $584,399, 390 locations, $1,498 average, $8,271,771, seven weeks.

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Universal Pictures and Focus Features are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co.; Sony Pictures, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount and Paramount Vantage are divisions of Viacom Inc.; Disney’s parent is The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is a division of The Walt Disney Co.; 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox Atomic are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a consortium of Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Sony Corp., Comcast Corp., DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and Quadrangle Group; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.; Rogue Pictures is owned by Relativity Media LLC; Overture Films is a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp.