Sherlock Holmes beats out Avatar at box office

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Sherlock Holmes in which Robert Downey Jr reinvents the ascetic Victorian sleuth as a dashing superhero, earned $24.9 million during its first day of release on Friday, distributor Warner Bros Pictures said.

Avatar earned $23.5 million on Friday, taking the eight-day total for director James Cameron's costly 3-D extravaganza to $160.8 million, said 20th Century Fox.

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