UPDATES ‘Avatar’ Crossed $800M Worldwide Thursday

SUNDAY AM UPDATE: Official numbers show Avatar‘s projected North American cume, after only 17 days in release from 20th Century Fox, will be $352.1 million. And with an international cume of $670.2 million, its worldwide box office figure should be $1.02 billion coming out of this weekend. Yikes! Then again, James Cameron’s big budget technopic was helped by higher 3D ticket prices. It had an amazing 3rd weekend hold of 10%, reflecting word of mouth. And the film already is the second highest grossing film released in 2009. Hollywood.com says the IMAX showings were off the chart with a global cume of $66.4 million — the highest ever for an initial IMAX release. As a Fox exec just gushed to me: “Mr. Cameron was king of the world but now has dominion over the universe. And he will own the top two slots on the worldwide all-time box office list!” Meanwhile, Warner Bros’ Sherlock Holmes will have a domestic cume of $140.6M in 10 days, while Fox’s Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel should see $157.3M after 12 days in theaters.

Here’s the Top 10:

1. AVATAR (Fox) [3,461 runs] Week 3 – Cume $352.1M

Friday $25M, Saturday $25.8M, Weekend $68.3M

2. SHERLOCK HOLMES (Warner Bros) [3,626] Week 2 – Cume $140.6M

Friday $14.8M, Saturday $14.4M, Weekend $38.3M

3. ALVIN SQUEAKQUEL (Fox) [3,747] Week 2 – Cume $157.3M

Friday $13M, Saturday $14.3M, Weekend $36.6M

4. IT’S COMPLICATED (Universal) [2,897] Week 1 – Cume $59.1M

Friday $7.1M, Saturday $7.6M, Weekend $18.7M

5. THE BLIND SIDE (Warner Bros) [2,926] Week 7 – Cume $209M

Friday $4.5M, Saturday $4.9M, Weekend $12.6M

6. UP IN THE AIR (Paramount) [1,895] Week 5 – Cume $45M

Friday $4M, Saturday $4.4M, Weekend $11.3M

7. PRINCESS & THE FROG (Disney) [3,328] Week 6 – Cume $86M

Friday $3.7M, Saturday $4M, Weekend $10M

8. MORGANS? (Sony) [2,718] Week 3 – Cume $25.6M

Friday $1.9M, Saturday $2M, Weekend $5.2M

9. NINE (The Weinstein Co) [1,412] Week 3 – Cume $14M

Friday $1.45M, Saturday $1.5M, Weekend $4.2M

10. INVICTUS (Warner Bros) [2,160] Week 4 – Cume $30.7M

Friday $1.47M, Saturday $1.6M, Weekend $4.1M

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Limited Runs

3 IDIOTS (Big Picture) [119] Week 2 – Cume $4.8M

Friday $633K, Saturday $550K, Weekend $1.5M

BROTHERS (Relativity/Lionsgate) [858] Week 5 – Cume $27.5M

Friday $480K, Saturday $500K, Weekend $1.2M

THE YOUNG VICTORIA (Apparition) [165] Week 3 – Cume $2.5M

Friday $315K, Saturday $360K, Weekend $935K

PRECIOUS (Lionsgate) [629] Week 9 – Cume $43.5M

Friday $340K, Saturday $380K, Weekend $950K

THE ROAD (Weinstein Co) [306] Week 6 – Cume $6.7M

Friday $211K, Saturday $205K, Weekend $560K

A SINGLE MAN (Weinstein Co) [46] Week 4 – Cume $1.7M

Friday $177K, Saturday $189K, Weekend $508K

IMAGINARIUM OF DR PARNASSUS (Sony Classics) [48] Wk 2 – Cume $1M

Friday $144K, Saturday $132K, Weekend $372K

BROKEN EMBRACES (Sony Classics) [71] Week 7 – Cume $1.9M

Friday $149K, Saturday $163K, Weekend $435K

CRAZY HEART (Fox Searchlight) [12] Week 3 – Cume $716K

Friday $83K, Saturday $88K, Weekend $235K

THE LOVELY BONES (Paramount) [3] Week 4 – Cume $383K

Friday $27K, Saturday $24K, Weekend $65K

THE WHITE RIBBON (Sony Classics) [3] NEW – Cume $86K

Friday $22K, Saturday $21K, Weekend $60K

THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND (Paladin) [6] NEW – Cume $30K

Friday $6K, Saturday $9K, Weekend $23K