Box Office Charts: w/c 15 January 2010

In the US: Avatar makes it five weeks at the top of the US chart, and will perhaps be further buoyed by its recent Golden Globes wins... post-apocalyptic drama THE BOOK OF ELI is a surprisingly big hit at #2 with $31m... Peter Jackson's THE LOVELY BONES enters at #3 with $17m, despite some very mixed reviews... and the poorly-reviewed Jackie Chan comedy THE SPY NEXT DOOR bows in at #6 with a weak $9m...

US TOP 10

1. (1) Avatar - $41,300,000
2. (-) The Book Of Eli - $31,615,000
3. (-) The Lovely Bones - $17,060,000
4. (3) Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel - $11,500,000
5. (2) Sherlock Holmes - $9,825,000
6. (-) The Spy Next Door - $9,700,000
7. (5) It's Complicated - $7,672,000
8. (6) Leap Year - $5,828,000
9. (7) The Blind Side - $5,565,000
10. (8) Up In The Air - $5,460,000

In the UK: Avatar still reigns supreme at #1, having taken £49m, so it's on target to break Mamma Mia!'s UK box-office record if it can earn another £20m from British filmgoers... critical darling UP IN THE AIR debuts at #5 with £1.2m, which is a slight disappointment... Denzel Washington's THE BOOK OF ELI opens to £1.2m to take #6... and there's terrible news for ALL ABOUT STEVE, as Sandra Bullock's latest doesn't enter the top 10, with only £275k to its name...

UK TOP 10

1. (1) Avatar - £5,527,039
2. (2) Sherlock Holmes - £2,028,282
3. (4) Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel - £1,542,970
4. (5) It's Complicated - £1,300,580
5. (-) Up In The Air - £1,298,023
6. (-) The Book Of Eli - £1,232,001
7. (3) Daybreakers - £804,762
8. (6) The Road - £470,652
9. (7) Did You Hear About The Morgans? - £396,106
10. (9) St Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold - £282,047