MUMBAI: Icelandic comedy Mr Bjarnfredarson has elbowed out James Cameron‘s Avatar into second place by topping the box-office in the US.

The $1.2 million film based on a popular Icelandic TV series is the story about the lives of an overbearing communist and his former co-workers, took $115,000 in its second weekend at the Icelandic box office (January 1-3), compared to Avatar‘s $111,000.

The film, directed by Ragnar Bragason and produced by local outfit Sagafilm, grossed $104,000 in its opening weekend (26 -28 December) making it the most successful Icelandic film opening to date.

On the other hand, Avatar took $89,700 over the same weekend but grossed $115,000 over its opening weekend (18 - 20 December).

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