Box Office Charts: w/c 8 January 2010

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In the US: The Avatar craziness continued, as it's still at the US #1 having taken $45m, and is now the second-biggest box office success of all-time (just behind Cameron's other goliath, Titanic)... DAYBREAKERS bites into #4, with an unremarkable $15m... badly-reviewed Amy Adams rom-com LEAP YEAR flops with $9m to debut at #6... and there's terrible news for Michael Cera's new movie YOUTH IN REVOLT, which has to make do with $7m and #9...

US TOP 10

1. (1) Avatar - $48,500,000
2. (2) Sherlock Holmes - $16,610,000
3. (3) Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel - $16,300,000
4. (-) Daybreakers - $15,000,000
5. (4) It's Complicated - $11,007,000
6. (-) Leap Year - $9,165,000
7. (5) The Blind Side - $7,750,000
8. (6) Up In The Air - $7,100,000
9. (-) Youth In Revolt - $7,000,000
10. (7) The Princess And The Frog - $4,700,000

In the UK: Avatar retains the #1 spot with an impressive £4.7m... vampire thriller DAYBREAKERS is a decent hit with £1.3m to take #3... Nancy Meyers' IT'S COMPLICATED debuts at #5 with £1.09m... post-apocalyptic drama THE ROAD actually does surprisingly well to nab #6 with £624k... and the Ian Drury biopic SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL bows in at #10 with £173k...

UK TOP 10

1. (1) Avatar - £4,770,980
2. (2) Sherlock Holmes - £2,026,732
3. (-) Daybreakers - £1,344,588
4. (3) Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel - £1,220,271
5. (-) It's Complicated - £1,098,659
6. (-) The Road - £627,147
7. (4) Did You Hear About The Morgans? - £558,415
8. (5) Nine - £338,454
9. (6) St Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold - £293,904
10. (-) Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll - £173,831