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Avatar's dominance at the UK box office continued as it comfortably held onto the top spot.

The movie has taken another £4.8 million at the box office extend it's worldwide gross to over $2billion.

James Cameron's si-fi epic has become the first movie in history to break that $2 billion barrier after toppling Titanic as the biggest grossing movie of all time last week.

It's been a good week all around for Avatar after picking up nine Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel broke Sherlock Holmes' strangle hold on the top spot to move up one from last week's three. Sherlock Holmes dropped two places to number four.

Mel Gibson was back in the UK box office charts this week as Edge of Darkness opened at number three, it's the actors first movie in nearly eight years.

It's Complicated held onto the fifth spot while Up In The Air dropped two places from four to six.

Toy Story 2 and The Book of Eli both dropped one place to end the week at seven and eight respectfully.

There was a new entry at nine in the form of the Oscar nominated Precious, based on the novel Push by Sapphire.

Daybreakers is this week's biggest faller dropping three places from seven to round off the top ten.

1. Avatar - £4,865,081
2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel - £1,195,220
3. Edge of Darkness - £1,172,927
4. Sherlock Holmes - £1,149,268
5. It's Complicated - £849,416
6. Up In The Air - £735,463
7. Toy Story 2 - £690,291
8. The Book of Eli - £484,983
9. Precious - £260,921
10. Daybreakers - £238,840


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