Avatar busts $707 million domestic

By Jeffrey Jolson

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today)  2/28/10 –Shutter Island ($22m)held off all attackers including Cop Out with Bruce Willis ($19M) – and Willis is not easy person to beat.

Martin Scorsese and LeoDiCaprio’s Shutter Island now has a cume of $80 million. The only other picture that had a chance of beating it was The Crazies which did $17M in its first week.

Avatar continues its record climb, picking up another $14M for a historical $707M total in the U.S., putting it well ahead of James Cameron’s Titanic, so the director beat himself. One big difference was 3-D as those theaters cost more to attend.

Lightening Thief stole another $10M and Valentine’s Day won an extra $10M hearts with $10M, winding out a record February.

1 1 Shutter Island Par. $22,200,000 -45.9% 3,003 +12 $7,393 $75,076,000 $80 2 2 N Cop Out WB $18,565,000 – 3,150 – $5,894 $18,565,000 $30 1 3 N The Crazies Over. $16,521,000 – 2,476 – $6,672 $16,521,000 $20 1 4 3 Avatar Fox $14,000,000 -13.8% 2,456 -125 $5,700 $706,904,000 – 11 5 4 Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief Fox $9,800,000 -35.8% 3,302 -94 $2,968 $71,214,000 $95 3 6 2 Valentine’s Day WB $9,505,000 -43.0% 3,578 -87 $2,657 $100,358,000 $52 3 7 6 Dear John SGem $5,000,000 -29.9% 3,006 -56 $1,663 $72,624,000 $25 4 8 5 The Wolfman Uni. $4,123,000 -58.3% 3,043 -180 $1,355 $57,244,000 $150 3 9 7 Tooth Fairy Fox $3,450,000 -20.8% 2,249 -274 $1,534 $53,866,000 $48 6 10 8 Crazy Heart FoxS $2,540,000 -14.3% 1,148 +59 $2,213 $25,087,000 $7 11 11 13 The Blind Side WB $1,295,000 -10.8% 945 -115 $1,370 $248,813,000 $29 15 12 11 The Book of Eli WB $1,130,000 -40.2% 975 -480 $1,159 $92,524,000 $80 7