Avatar breaks box office record

James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar has broken another record - the blockbuster has become the highest grossing film in UK box office history.

The Oscar-nominated movie pulled in £4,3 million in its eighth week of release (01-07Feb10), pushing it over the £72 million mark since it hit cinemas in December (09).

The massive ticket sales mean Avatar has now overtaken Abba musical Mamma Mia! to become the country's best-selling film ever.

The news comes just a week after the movie broke US box office records, putting it ahead of Cameron's 1997 hit Titanic as the best-selling North American release of all time.

In the box office chart, Disney's The Princess And The Frog was a new entry taking £2,2 million, followed by Astro Boy, Invictus and Sherlock Holmes.