Weekend box-office receipts

Estimated sales in the U.S. and Canada:Movie (studio)3-day gross (millions)Percentage change from last weekendTotal (millions)Days in release 1Avatar (Fox/Dune/Ingenious)$36.0-16%$552.838 2Legion (Sony Screen Gems)$18.2NA$18.23 3The Book of Eli (Warner Bros./Alcon)$17.0-48%$62.010 4Tooth Fairy (Fox/Walden)$14.5NA$14.53 5The Lovely Bones (Paramount)$8.8-48%$31.645 6Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros./Village Roadshow)$7.1-28%$191.631 7Extraordinary Measures (CBS)$7.0NA$7.03 8Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (Fox/New Regency)$6.5-44%$204.233 9It's Complicated (Universal/Relativity)$6.2-24%$98.63110The Spy Next Door (Lionsgate/Relativity)$4.8-51%$18.710Industry totals

3-day gross Change Year-to-date grossChange (in millions)from 2009(in billions)from 2009$149.0-7%$0.893+10%Sources: Times research and Hollywood.com Box Office

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