Avatar #1 in Week 7: Canadian, North American, UK & Australian Box Office January 29, 2010 Weekend

Oscar nominations are out and if two film are leading the race: The Hurt Locker and Avatar with 9 nominations each but with The Hurt Locker on DVD and Avatar still in the theatre it feels that Avatar continue to dominate the box office in the upcoming weeks. I had a look back at last years pre and post Oscar nominations box office and there was little movement in terms on nominations on the lists with Slumdog Millionaire a firm #1 while Paul Blart vs Taken jockeyed to be #1.

I do hope that we see increase for several of the nominated films, because there are lots of great films out there. I recently caught up in the beautiful Tolstoy biopic The Last Station and I can widely recommend it. Also still in theatres is the wonderous journey that is The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and touching & strong biopic The Young Victoria.

But since I've already seen them and most of the nominated films out there, it looks like I'll finally end up seeing Avatar. Now... where is it playing in 2D?

Top 20 Movies in Canada for the January 29, 2010 weekend
1. Avatar
2. Edge of Darkness *
3. When in Rome *
4. Tooth Fairy
5. The Book of Eli
6. Legion
7. Sherlock Holmes
8. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
9. The Lovely Bones
10. It's Complicated
11. Up In the Air
12. The Spy Next Door
13. Extraordinary Measures
14. The Blind Side
15. Leap Year
16. Crazy Heart
17. Daybreakers
18. The Princess and the Frog
19. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
20. Youth in Revolt

Top 20 Movies in North America for the January 29, 2010 weekend
1. Avatar
2. Edge of Darkness *
3. When in Rome *
4. Tooth Fairy
5. The Book of Eli
6. Legion
7. The Lovely Bones
8. Sherlock Holmes
9. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
10. It's Complicated
11. The Blind Side
12. Up In the Air
13. Extraordinary Measures
14. Crazy Heart
15. The Spy Next Door
16. Leap Year
17. The Princess and the Frog
18. To Save a Life
19. Daybreakers
20. The Young Victoria

Top 10 Movies in the UK for the January 29, 2010 weekend
1. Avatar
2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
3. Edge of Darkness *
4. Sherlock Holmes
5. It's Complicated
6. Up in the Air
7. Toy Story 2
8. The Book of Eli
9. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire *
10. Daybreakers

Top 20 Movies in Australia for the January 28-31, 2010 weekend
1. Avatar
2. Law Abiding Citizen *
3. Invictus
4. It's Complicated
5. Tooth Fairy
6. Bran Nue Dae
7. Up in the Air
8. Sherlock Holmes
9. Nine
10. The Road *
11. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel
12. Toy Story 1 & 2 in 3D
13. The Princess and the Frog
14. The Lovely Bones
15. Old Dogs
16. Fantastic Mr. Fox
17. Bright Star
18. In the Loop
19. Precious
20. Did You Hear About the Morgans?

* indicates opening weekend in noted location

Source: Canada & North America info, UK info, Australia Info