"Avatar" heads the box office in North America

LOS ANGELES - "Avatar", the sci-fi super production tinged of Ecology, by James Cameron has kept heading at the box office in North America this weekend, cumulating in a month more than 430 million dollars in revenue according to figures of box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

•    James Cameron 3D Fresco has yet received 50.3 million dollars in revenue this weekend. Only 27% less than the previous weekend: a remarkable achievement at this level of revenue and after four weeks of operation.
  
     The film cost nearly $ 500 million - 300 million for production and 200 million for marketing - and has already far exceeded the billion dollars of revenue worldwide.
  
     Also in 2nd place, the action film "Sherlock Holmes", directed by Guy Ritchie and Robert Downey Jr. who plays the famous detective and Jude Law the faithful Dr. Watson, harvesting 16.6 million dollars (165 million after three weeks on screen).
  
     With 16.6 million over the weekend and 178.4 million since its release, the squirrels of children's film "Alvin and the Chipmunks 2" also retain their rank in 3rd position.
  
     A new vampire film "Daybreakers," by Michael Spierig, has garnered $ 15 million for its first weekend in cinemas and took 4th place.
  
     The romantic comedy "Not so simple," with Meryl Sreep, moves from 4th to 5th place with 11 million in revenue. "Leap Year", a new romantic comedy, makes its debut at 6th place with 9.2 million in revenue.
  
     At the 7th place, the feature film inspired by a true story of the American football, "The Blind Side", has garnered 7.5 million, accumulating since its release 219 million dollars.
  
     "In the air," directed by Jason Reitman, already noted for "Juno" moves from 6th to 8th place and harvest 7.2 million.
  
     The new comedy by teenagers "Youth in Revolt" by Miguel Arteta, based on a bestselling novel by CD Payne, begins at the 9th place (6.9 million), before the latest Disney cartoon, "Princess and the frog "(4.7 million).
  
      
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