Los Angeles ? James Cameron’s “Avatar” had a $41.3 million weekend to shoot past “Star Wars” as the No. 3 movie on the all-time domestic box office charts. Next stop, “The Dark Knight.”

No. 1 for the fifth straight weekend, Cameron’s sci-fi saga raised its domestic total to $491.8 million and should top $500 million after revenues are counted on Martin Luther King Day, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Worldwide, 20th Century Fox’s “Avatar” lifted its total to $1.6 billion, second only to Cameron’s last movie, 1997’s “Titanic,” at $1.8 billion.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood .com.

1. “Avatar,” $41.3 million.

2. “The Book of Eli,” $31.6 million.

3. “The Lovely Bones,” $17.1 million.

4. “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,” $11.5 million.

5. “Sherlock Holmes,” $9.8 million.

6. “The Spy Next Door,” $9.7 million.

7. “It’s Complicated,” $7.7 million.

8. “Leap Year,” $5.8 million.

9. “The Blind Side,” $5.6 million.

10. “Up in the Air,” $5.5 million.