Avatar, Avatar and Alvin Canadian, North American & UK Box Office December 25, 2009 Weekend

Avatar did well in both Canada and North America over the holiday weekend, in both cases making almost as much as it did in it's first weekend of release - which is very unusual. Sherlock Holmes debuts 2nd in both cases but 3rd spot in the UK whose top place went to none other than Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel which I never would have guessed. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus had it's debut week here in Canada and landed at #12. It's strange to see that it's the last weekend of the 2009 year, it's certainly been an interesting year.

Top 20 Movies in Canada for the December 25, 2009 weekend
1. Avatar
2. Sherlock Holmes *
3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel *
4. It's Complicated *
5. Up In the Air
6. Nine *
7. The Princess and the Frog
8. Did You Hear About the Morgans?
9. Invictus
10. The Blind Side
11. The Twilight Saga: New Moon
12. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus *
13. 3 Idiots *
14. The Girl Who Played With Fire *
15. 2012
16. Disney's A Christmas Carol
17. The Young Victoria
18. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
19. A Single Man
20. Old Dogs

Top 20 Movies in North America for the December 25, 2009 weekend
1. Avatar
2. Sherlock Holmes *
3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel *
4. It's Complicated *
5. The Blind Side
6. Up In the Air
7. The Princess and the Frog
8. Nine
9. Did You Hear About the Morgans?
10. Invictus
11. The Twilight Saga: New Moon
12. 3 Idiots *
13. Disney's A Christmas Carol
14. Brothers
15. 2012
16. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
17. Old Dogs
18. The Young Victoria
19. The Road
20. A Single Man

Top 10 Movies in the UK for the December 25, 2009 weekend
1. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel *
2. Avatar
3. Sherlock Holmes *
4. 3 Idiots *
5. St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
6. Nine
7. Nowhere Boy *
8. A Christmas Carol
9. The Twilight Saga: New Moon
10. Law Abiding Citizen

* indicates opening weekend in noted location, red text indicates Canadian film release

Source: Canada & North America info, UK info