{"id":4757,"date":"2010-01-24T14:53:35","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T19:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=4757"},"modified":"2010-01-24T14:53:35","modified_gmt":"2010-01-24T19:53:35","slug":"avatar-tops-dark-knight-legion-over-tooth-fairy-at-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/01\/24\/avatar-tops-dark-knight-legion-over-tooth-fairy-at-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"“Avatar” Tops “Dark Knight,” “Legion” over “Tooth Fairy” at Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

As “Avatar” chalked up another weekend box office victory to its resume, it accomplished a far more important milestone–it topped “The Dark Knight” to become the second-highest domestic grossing film of all-time.<\/p>\n

After adding $36 million to its total this weekend, “Avatar” now sits less than $50 million behind the gross for “Titanic,” the current record-holder and another film from director James Cameron.<\/p>\n

Among new releases, “Legion” managed to claim the prize, landing in second place with $18.2 million. With “The Book of Eli” close behind at $17 million, fellow new release “The Tooth Fairy” settled for fourth with $14.5 million.<\/p>\n

“The Lovely Bones” rounded out the top five with $8.8 million.<\/p>\n

“Extraordinary Measures,” the only other major new release, landed at seventh with $7 million.<\/p>\n

Weekend Top Ten:<\/b>
\n1) Avatar – $36 million ($552.8 million)
\n2) Legion – $18.2 million
\n3) The Book of Eli – $17 million ($62 million)
\n4) The Tooth Fairy – $14.5 million
\n5) The Lovely Bones – $8.8 million ($31.6 million)
\n6) Sherlock Holmes – $7.1 million ($191.6 million)
\n7) Extraordinary Measures – $7 million
\n8) Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel – $6.5 million ($204.2 million)
\n9) It’s Complicated – $6.2 million ($98.7 million)
\n10) The Spy Next Door – $4.8 million ($18.7 million)<\/p>\n

\"Dwayne<\/a>