Avatar broke Spider-Man's record ($45 million) for the highest third weekend gross of all time, and Cloverfield's record ($40.1 million) for the highest weekend gross in January.
Avatar broke Titanic's record ($28.7 million) for the highest fourth weekend gross of all time. It also became the first film since The Dark Knight to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. It also broke Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest's record (63 days) for the fastest film to gross $1 billion worldwide, crossing the mark in 19 days.
Avatar broke Titanic's record ($30 million) for the highest fifth weekend gross of all time, and Cloverfield's record ($40.1 million) for the highest Martin Luther King Jr. Day long-weekend gross ever. It also became the first film since The Sixth Sense to top the box office for five consecutive weekends and the first film since Signs to top the box office in its fifth weekend.
Avatar broke Titanic's record ($25.5 million) for the highest sixth weekend gross of all time. It also became the first film since Titanic to top the box office for six consecutive weekends. With this intake, it became the highest-grossing film of all time.
Avatar broke Titanic's record ($25.9 million) for the highest seventh weekend gross of all time. It also became the first film since Titanic to top the box office for seven consecutive weekends and the first film since The Passion of the Christ to top the box office in its seventh weekend.
Alice in Wonderland broke 300's record ($70.9 million) for the highest weekend debut in March and Fast & Furious' record ($71 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spring release. It also broke Spider-Man's record ($114.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-sequel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire's record ($102.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a live-action fantasy film, and Avatar's record ($77 million) for the highest weekend debut for a 3-D film.
How to Train Your Dragon reclaimed the #1 spot in its fifth weekend of release. It became the first film since Avatar to top the box office in its fifth weekend.
Toy Story 3 broke Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's record ($109 million) for the highest weekend debut in June and Finding Nemo's record ($70.3 million) for the highest opening weekend for a G-rated film. Its $41.1 million opening day gross broke Shrek the Third's record ($38 million) for the biggest single day gross for an animated film.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's $30.1 million gross from midnight showings broke The Twilight Saga: New Moon's record ($26.3 million) for the highest midnight opening ever. It also broke Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's records for the highest midnight gross in IMAX ($959,000) with $1 million and the highest Wednesday gross of all-time with $68.5 million.
Jackass 3D broke Scary Movie 3's records ($48.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in October and for any fall release. Jackass 3D also broke Brüno's record ($30.4 million) for the biggest weekend debut for a docu-comedy.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1's $1.4 million midnight gross in IMAX broke The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's record ($1 million) for the highest midnight gross in IMAX. It also broke Alice in Wonderland's record ($116.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a live-action fantasy film.