With yet another very strong weekend raking in another $41.3 million, James Cameron's Avatar has surpassed the original Star Wars on the all time domestic box office charts. A New Hope drops down to #4 as Avatar now holds the #3 spot with a new total of $491.8 million.

From ABC News:

'"Avatar" topped the original "Star Wars," which took in $460.9 million domestically in its original run and several reissues over the years. But factoring in today's higher admission prices, "Star Wars" remains well ahead of "Avatar" on actual number of tickets sold.

"Avatar" now is closing in on "The Dark Knight," No. 2 domestically with $533.3 million. After that, only Cameron's "Titanic" at $600 million will remain ahead of "Avatar" domestically."

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