The estimates are slowly but surely rolling in for Friday’s Christmas Day box office as Deadline Hollywood reports that Sherlock Holmes ended up running away with first place. However, Holmes did not get away scott-free without the huge obstacle that is James Cameron’s Avatar. In a very close finish, the monster movie made $24 Million while Sherlock Holmes barely edged it out with its $25 Million earnings.

Let us not forget that these two were not the only films out in theaters on the holiday. The super kid-friendly CGI animated and live action hybrid film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel got away with $12 Million little nuts in their pockets, not surprising since the first flick made a nice chunk of money it’s opening weekend as well. The Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin starring film It’s Complicated $7.5 Million, which is not too bad for the comedy of sorts. Up in the Air did a couple of million better than it did a couple of days ago, making about $4 Million on Friday and tying up with The Blind Side. The unfortunate part is that the Jason Reitman flick is not showing too much improvement with revenue in regards it finally opening up nationwide. Perhaps the studios played it out a little wrong with the every-other-week openings and might have let the Oscar-contention steam that was flowing from this movie from so long finally start to slip away.

Last but not least is the Rob Marshall directed feature Nine which is not only one of the lowest grosses out of all of the weekend openers, with $2.2 Million, but could more than likely skid under the radar with audiences and not gather that much revenue for it’s opening weekend. Here’s the rest of the Christmas Day estimates below, with a special thanks to Coming Soon for digging up the estimates.:

Christmas Day Box Office (December 25th)

1. Sherlock Holmes  ($25 M)
2. Avatar  ($24 M)
3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel  ($12 M)
4. It’s Complicated  ($7.5 M)
5. Up in the Air  ($4 M)
6. The Blind Side  ($4 M)
7. Nine  ($2.2 M)
8. The Princess and the Frog  ($2 M)
9. Did You Hear About the Morgans?  ($1.6 M)
10. Invictus  ($1.3 M)

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