Mel Gibson Can't Topple 'Avatar'

as well as the blue money just keeps rolling in.

The much-hyped return to the multiplex of Mel Gibson, whose drunken as well as anti-Semitic outbreak in 2006 turned him right into a Hollywood exile, proved no peril to James Cameron's "Avatar, " that was No. 1 in the weekend box office for that seventh weekend consecutively and passed the $2 billion mark globally.

"Avatar" sold approximately $30 million in tickets at United states theaters for any new domestic total of $594. 5 million.

Overseas "Avatar, " from Twentieth century Fox, did approximately $95 million running a business over the weekend. It now ranks as the No.


Heading in to the weekend, box office analysts were uncertain what to anticipate from Mr. Gibson's crime thriller "Edge of Darkness. " Had moviegoers forgotten his rant as well as the subsequent tabloid brush fire? Many people within the film business still harbor raw feelings approximately it.

"Edge of Darkness" wound up in second place with approximately $17 million, a good result given Mr. Warner said exit polls demonstrated that 69 percent of the audience listed Mr. Gibson's presence as the primary reason created for attending.

"I think strong person to person will propel the image forward very nicely. "

Mr. Gibson's company. Warner bought the distribution rights meant for about $27 million. The film, which received mixed reviews, was directed by Martin Campbell ("Casino Royale").

The inexpensive romantic comedy "When in Rome" (Disney world Studios) was third meant for the weekend within the location of $12 million, based on Hollywood. com, which tracks ticket sales.


"Tooth Fairy, " the Fox comedy starring Dwayne Johnson, was fourth with approximately $10 million along with a new total of $26 million. Denzel Washington's supernatural adventure "Book of Eli" (Alcon Entertainment via Warner) was fifth about $8. 7 million ($74 million total).


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