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"Avatar" hits $352 million at box office
"Avatar" crushed its rivals at the New Year holiday weekend box office in North America and was poised to challenge "The Dark Knight" as the second-biggest movie ever, according to data released on Sunday.
James Cameron's 3-D sci-fi epic earned $68.3 million in the three days beginning Friday, setting a record for a film in its third weekend of release, distributor 20th Century Fox said. The old mark of $45 million was set by "Spider-Man" in 2002.
After 17 days in cinemas across the United States and Canada, "Avatar" has earned $352.1 million, placing it at No. 15 among all movies in terms of ticket sales. Fox, a unit of News Corp, forecast the film would end up in the $500 million range.
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