'Avatar' starts weekend with $13M Friday

'Avatar' on track for another weekend win; 'Daybreakers' starts well

James Cameron's successful sci-fi action flick "Avatar" is still in the lead at the North American box office after picking up another $13.2 million Friday. That brings the film's domestic total to $393.8 million after 22 days in release.

With an average of $3,879 per theater at 3,422 locations, "Avatar" is on track to beat its competition this weekend. Case in point: the No. 2 film Friday was new release "Daybreakers," which bagged $5.9 million at 2,523 locations.

Following in third place with $5.1 million was Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes," which reached a domestic gross of $153.6 million. "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" bagged $3.5 million for a total haul of $165.4 million.

Debuting at No. 5 Friday was new entry "Leap Year," which generated $3.3 million in ticket sales at 2,511 locations. The film stars Amy Adams as a woman who falls for an innkeeper (Matthew Goode) while heading to Dublin to propose to her boyrfiend (Adam Scott).

"Youth in Revolt," this week's other wide release, only made it to seventh place Friday with $2.7 million at 1,873 locations. The comedy stars Michael Cera as a teenager creating an alter ego to win over the girl of his dreams.

Other results: "It's Complicated" pulled $3.2 million at No. 6, while "The Blind Side" took No. 8 with a daily gross of $2.2 million. All in all, it was a decent Friday in terms of earnings at the North American box office.

Source: Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com)