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Bad reviews notwithstanding, the built-in fanbase for The Last Airbender](http://www.cinematical.com/2010/06/30/review-the-last-airbender/) was sufficient to rocket the much-ridiculed M. Night Shyamalan adaptation to a respectable second place with $70 million over five days (and making the predictions that the film will end the director’s career kind of silly). That said, the poor word-of-mouth will likely make the movie’s returns drop like a stone over the coming weeks, and it will have to look overseas to recoup its inflated budget. The promised sequel is, I think, doubtful; this could be a repeat of The Golden Compass](The Golden Compass (2007) - Movie | Moviefone).
Twilight faces no such problems. Eclipse](http://www.cinematical.com/2010/07/01/review-the-twilight-saga-eclipse/) had itself a field day, raking in almost as much since its Wednesday opening as the first of the series did in its entire run. The Twilightflicks generally have pretty steep second-weekend drops, but Eclips**e should still end up the highest-grossing of the three films. Determined to milk this cow dry, Summit has split the last novel in the franchise, Breaking Dawn, into two films, a la Harry Potter. I remain somewhat outraged over the Potter split, since Deathly Hallows is the one book that doesn’t merit that treatment (it’s kinda uneventful). Can’t comment on Breaking Dawn.
*Toy Story 3*held up very well and crossed the $300 million mark. It should be the highest-grossing Pixar movie ever by the end of next weekend. The Karate Kid](http://www.cinematical.com/2010/06/11/review-the-karate-kid/) is also holding well, and will push toward $180 million. Knight & Day](http://www.cinematical.com/2010/06/23/knight-and-day-review/), which will struggle to get to $75 million, will go down as one of the summer’s biggest disappointments. And the indie Cyrus](http://www.cinematical.com/2010/06/18/review-cyrus/) expanded to just over 75 screens and snuck into the top 10.
The 4-day top 10 after the jump.
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