It was not a good weekend for the newbies. Daybreakers was the only new release to make the top five with Leap Year and Youth in Revolt taking sixth and ninth respectively. Here’s the top five:
- Avatar:](Avatar (2009) - Movie | Moviefone) $48.5 million
- Sherlock Holmes](Sherlock Holmes (2009) - Movie | Moviefone): $16.6 million
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel](Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009) - Movie | Moviefone): $16.3 million
- *Daybreakers: *](Daybreakers (2010) - Movie | Moviefone)$15 million
- It’s Complicated: ](It's Complicated (2009) - Movie | Moviefone)$11 million
Two new releases this week, with another going into wider release.http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2010/01/eliaboxoffice.jpg**The Book of Eli](The Book of Eli (2010) - Movie | Moviefone)
What’s It All About: **In a post-apocalyptic world (not to be confused with a Post Raisin Bran world) Denzel Washington fights to protect a book that might save humanity. **
Why It Might Do Well: **End of the world themes are big lately (2012, Daybreakers, The Road) so what’s one more look at Armageddon among friends?
Why It Might Not Do Well: 13% at Rottentomatoes.comdoesn’t fill me with confidence, though at the moment that only includes 8 reviews.
**Number of Theaters: 3,000
Prediction: **$36 million
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