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Avatar beats Star Wars to become No 3 at all-time US box office Avatar doesn't need James Cameron's Golden Globe double 窶 it already has irresistible momentum of its ownThe winnerAvatar overcame a potentially tricky challenge in its fifth weekend, beating new release The Book of Eli into second place as a further $41.3m (ﾂ｣25.3m) saw it hold on to pole position. Heading into Monday's Martin Luther King Day US public holiday on $491.8m, James Cameron's blue-skinned and now blue-blooded blockbuster has overtaken Star Wars to rank as the third highest North American release of all time. By the end of Monday it will have crossed $500m (ﾂ｣306m) with $533.3m firmly in its sights. That's how much The Dark Knight took when all was said and done, and Avatar should have no trouble coasting past to place second in the pantheon behind Cameron's previous epic, Titanic.Whether Avatar can best Titanic's $600.8m North American record is another story. As the movie's two Golden Globe wins last night for dramatic film and director proved, it would take a brave soul to bet against it. Avatar has amassed $1.606bn globally and will overtake Titanic's $1.842bn worldwide tally within two weeks to become the highest grossing release in history, unadjusted for inflation, of course.The Book of Eli marks the return of Albert and Allen Hughes to the fray for the first time since 2001's absorbing albeit uneven From Hell. Denzel Washington plays an enigmatic warrior with cool shades who wanders a barren, post-apocalyptic landscape with an important tome. It opened well in second place through Warner Bros on $31.6m and next weekend will be make-or-break as it faces genre competition from Screen Gems' supernatural thriller (and truly apocalyptic tale) Legion. Paramount's The Lovely Bones, directed by Peter Jackson, climbed up to third place after expanding wide and added $17.1m for a $17.5m running total. It may not stick around for long.The loserThe Amy Adams-Matthew Goode romcom Leap Year fell two places to eighth and has racked up a little over $17m in 10 days, which I can assure you was not the plan at Universal Pictures. Lionsgate's family adventure The Spy Next Door boasts Jackie Chan but little else and launched in sixth place on $9.7m. This is a problem because next weekend Fox unleashes Tooth Fairy, a major family fantasy with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and the latter is odds-on favourite to be the bigger family draw.The real storyHow much is a Golden Globe win worth in box-office dollars? This year I'd be surprised if it's worth much at all to any movie except perhaps Crazy Heart. The type of movies that gain from Golden Globe wins or Oscar nominations are small arthouse releases that need greater exposure. Conventional wisdom dictates that an Oscar nomination, for example, can add up to one-quarter of an arthouse movie's domestic gross from the date of nomination to the ceremony. It happened on a small release several years back 窶 Monster's Ball 窶 but a movie like Avatar doesn't require such a fillip because it has irresistible momentum of its own. Ditto The Blind Side and Sherlock Holmes, which earned acting prizes at the Globes for Sandra Bullock and Robert Downey Jr, respectively. The Hangover, the best comedy or musical winner last night, is already out on DVD and has made tons of money.Up in the Air is very much still in active release in 2,107 cinemas but it's hard to see audiences getting enthused about its screenplay award. The Hurt Locker would have been a prime beneficiary in this scenario had it still been in release, because it's a low-budget, extraordinary movie that should have received a far wider profile. However, its theatrical run has ended and I fear, on last night's showing, it may now not get the recognition it deserves at the Academy Awards on 7 March. Avatar may sweep best picture, director, and all the effects and technical awards going. There's still hope for Jeremy Renner, who incidentally wasn't nominated for a Globe, in the best actor Oscar race. Crazy Heart, starring Globes dramatic actor winner Jeff Bridges, could prosper here. It ranks 19th and after five weekends is playing in 47 theatres and stands at a little over $2m. Watch Fox Searchlight go to work. They know a thing or two about awards campaigns; after all, they orchestrated Slumdog Millionaire's Oscar sweep last year.The futureLegion stars Paul Bettany and Dennis Quaid, and if you like stories about avenging angels and gloomy prophecies of global catastrophe then this might be for you. The start of the year is a good time for horror so we shall see 窶ｦ but Quaid? Tooth Fairy with The Rock is expected to be big, and finally there is Extraordinary Measures, a drama starring Brendan Fraser as the father of adorable children with a rare genetic disorder and Harrison Ford as the eccentric scientist who may be able to help.North American top 10, 15-17 January1. Avatar, $41.3m. Total: $491.8m2. The Book of Eli, $31.6m3. The Lovely Bones, $17.1m. Total: $17.5m4. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, $11.5m. Total: $192.6m5. Sherlock Holmes, $9.8m. Total: $180m6. The Spy Next Door, $9.7m7. It's Complicated, $7.7m. Total: $88.2m8. Leap Year, $5.8m. Total: $17.5m9. The Blind Side, $5.6m. Total: $226.8m10. Up in the Air, $5.5m. Total: $62.8mJames CameronScience fiction and fantasyDenzel WashingtonGolden GlobesOscarsJeremy Kayguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
窶連 Prophet窶 a gritty look at prison life The sort of film, it being French, that somehow you feel Hollywood wouldn窶冲 have managed to get right. breakingnews.ie |
Jude and Sienna set up love nest Sienna Miller is putting her house up for sale so she can move in with her ex-fiance, Jude Law. news.com.au |