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1. “Avatar” ($7.5 million)
2. “Edge of Darkness” ($5.7 million)
3. “When in Rome” ($4.4 million)
4. “The Book of Eli” ($2.5 million)
5. “Tooth Fairy” ($2.3 million)

After seven straight weeks in theaters, you didn’t really think that “Avatar” would fall from the top of the charts, did you? James Cameron’s science fiction epic continued to barrel ahead of the competition on Friday with a $7.5 million intake, bringing the record-smashing film’s cumulative domestic tally up to $572 million.

Already, “Avatar” has taken the all-time worldwide record away from “Titanic,” Cameron’s previous record holder, though the 1997 Oscar winner remains the film to beat when it comes to the domestic box office with a $600.8 million total. Given the success that “Avatar” continues to have, however, it’s a sure bet that the Na’vi of Pandora will claim that record from “Titanic” as well.

But “Avatar” wasn’t the only noteworthy film at the box office on Friday, as Mel Gibson made his return to acting in “Edge of Darkness,” director Martin Campbell’s adaptation of his BBC television series from the 1980s. The thriller earned a second place finish worth $5.7 million, certainly an admirable effort but not quite the result that Gibson was used to seeing in his prime.

Third place went to “When in Rome,” the romantic comedy starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel. Denzel Washington’s “The Book of Eli” continued to impress with a respectable fourth place finish, bringing the movie’s domestic total up to $68.1 million thus far. “Tooth Fairy,” the Dwayne Johnson family comedy now entering its second week in theaters, took the top five’s final spot with $2.3 million.

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