Weekend Box-Office Results
| Estimated sales in the U.S. and Canada: | |||||
| Movie (studio) | 3-day gross (millions) | Percentage change from last weekend | Total (millions) | Days in release | |
| 1 | Avatar (Fox/Dune/Ingenious) | $75.0 | -3% | $212.3 | 10 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes(Warner Bros./Village Roadshow) | $65.4 | NA | $65.4 | 3 |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (Fox/New Regency) | $50.2 | NA | $77.1 | 5 |
| 4 | It’s Complicated (Universal/Relativity) | $22.1 | NA | $22.1 | 3 |
| 5 | Up in the Air (Paramount/Montecito) | $11.8 | +266% | $24.5 | 24 |
| 6 | The Blind Side (Warner Bros./Alcon) | $11.7 | +17% | $184.4 | 38 |
| 7 | The Princess and the Frog (Disney) | $8.7 | -29% | $63.4 | 33 |
| 8 | Nine (Weinstein Co./Relativity) | $5.5 | +2,055% | $5.9 | 10 |
| 9 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? (Sony/Relativity) | $5.0 | -24% | $15.6 | 10 |
| 10 | Invictus (Warner Bros./Spyglass) | $4.4 | +4% | $23.4 | 17 |
Industry totals
| 3-day gross | Change | Year-to-date gross | Change |
| (in millions) | from 2008 | (in billions) | from 2008 |
| $278.0 | +39% | $10.4 | +9.2% |
| Sources: Times research and Hollywood.com Box Office |
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