Avatar Estimated Admissions: Daily, Weekend, Weekly, Total

Admissions figures are always problematic in North America, since films are simply not tracked that way, but Avatar poses a particular challenge, because of the 3D and IMAX effect. The New York Times recently gave 56m as the rough estimate for tickets sold through last Monday, at which point Avatar's gross stood at $554.9m. You can read the article here.

The relevant passage:

Fox said 72 percent of worldwide sales for “Avatar” came from 3-D screens. If Mr. Dergarabedian’s estimates are correct, the movie has accounted for roughly 56 million admissions in domestic theaters to date.

That means that Avatar's average ticket price is around $9.9, which is astonishingly high. Almost 35% higher than the 2009 average of $7.35. Using that figure as the benchmark, then, here are the estimated admissions figures for Avatar's daily numbers:

Day	Weekday	Daily #	Weekend #	Weekly #	Total #
1	Friday	2,702,232			2,702,232
2	Saturday	2,578,691			5,280,923
3	Sunday	2,499,429	7,780,352		7,780,352
4	Monday	1,655,133			9,435,485
5	Tuesday	1,624,895			11,060,380
6	Wednesday	1,661,141			12,721,521
7	Thursday	1,126,363		13,847,884	13,847,884
8	Friday	2,332,833			16,180,717
9	Saturday	2,856,001			19,036,717
10	Sunday	2,449,261	7,638,094		21,485,978
11	Monday	1,961,428			23,447,406
12	Tuesday	1,847,538			25,294,945
13	Wednesday	1,865,265			27,160,209
14	Thursday	1,488,701		14,801,026	28,648,910
15	Friday	2,552,930			31,201,840
16	Saturday	2,609,652			33,811,492
17	Sunday	1,755,670	6,918,251		35,567,161
18	Monday	817,632			36,384,793
19	Tuesday	740,125			37,124,918
20	Wednesday	697,896			37,822,813
21	Thursday	615,601		9,789,504	38,438,414
22	Friday	1,341,480			39,779,894
23	Saturday	2,148,438			41,928,332
24	Sunday	1,591,518	5,081,436		43,519,850
25	Monday	516,282			44,036,132
26	Tuesday	511,791			44,547,923
27	Wednesday	479,168			45,027,091
28	Thursday	474,626		7,063,304	45,501,718
29	Friday	1,049,926			46,551,643
30	Saturday	1,742,839			48,294,483
31	Sunday	1,529,014	4,321,779		49,823,497
32	Monday	1,173,317			50,996,813
33	Tuesday	423,328			51,420,141
34	Wednesday	383,112			51,803,253
35	Thursday	398,506		6,700,042	52,201,759
36	Friday	911,969			53,113,728
37	Saturday	1,649,096			54,762,824
38	Sunday	968,640	3,529,705		55,731,465
39	Monday	327,292			56,058,757
40	Tuesday	323,035			56,381,792