Top 10 at the Weekend Box Office

Notes:

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• James Cameron's Avatar soared to No. 1 with $73 million domestically and $159.2 million overseas, for a $232.2 million worldwide total. The film cost an estimated $400 million to make.
• A massive snowstorm on the East Coast kept many people at home, cutting into overall weekend movie business -- and preventing Avatar from breaking the December opening record of $77.2 million set two years ago by Will Smith's I Am Legend.
• A review of Up in the Air can be found by clicking on the Film Reviews archive image at left.
• All figures are industry estimates. Actual figures are released on Monday.
• Monday, 12/21 Update -- Avatar tally bumped up from $73 million to $77 million
• Sources: Nielsen EDI, ew.com, AP, Variety
• Reviews of Brothers and It's Complicated (opening Christmas Day) will be posted here soon.