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Friday Box Office: Holmes For Christmas

Written by S.T. VanAirsdale | 26 Dec 2009, 11:30 AM | 1 comment

holmes_bo.jpgThere really was something elementary about uncoiling Robert Downey Jr.’s sly, sinewy Sherlock Holmes on Christmas Day, when nearly $25 million worth of holiday moviegoers flocked to the star’s action-comedy riff on the famous sleuth. Avatar was not far behind, continuing its own robust run with an estimated $23.5 million. Off in fourth place behind Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel was Nancy Meyers’s It’s Complicated, ably overriding its R-rating with a solid $7.1 million. Let it suffice to say these gifts fit Hollywood fine, and no returns will be necessary. Read on for the full top 10.

SHERLOCK HOLMES: $24.9 million (new)
AVATAR: $23.5 million ($160.8 million)
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKUEL: $14.5 million ($41.4 million)
IT’S COMPLICATED: $7.1 million (new)
UP IN THE AIR: $3.7 million ($16.4 million)
THE BLIND SIDE: $3.3 million ($176.2 million)
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG: $2.1 million ($56.9 million)
NINE: $2 million ($2.4 million)
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS?: $1.5 million ($12.4 million)
INVICTUS: $1.3 million ($20.3 million)

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From The Winchester | Reply
Posted 26 Dec 2009, 3:16 PM

Who are these Morgans everyone seems to be asking about?

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By the Numbers: weekend takes every Monday
Shutter Island Paramount
$22.67M
$75.54M
Cop Out Warner
$18.21M
$18.21M
Crazies Overture
$16.07M
$16.07M
Avatar Fox
$13.66M
$706.56M
Percy Jackson Fox
$9.58M
$71.00M
Valentine's Day Warner
$9.06M
$99.92M
Dear John Sony
$4.81M
$72.43M
Wolfman Universal
$4.26M
$57.38M
Tooth Fairy Fox
$3.43M
$53.84M
Crazy Heart Searchlight
$2.46M
$25.01M
Data courtesy of Rentrak