Avatar: The Movie....wow

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Avatar, Sherlock Holmes…: Blows the box office creating history!

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<!-- spost --> Weekend of 2009 is turning out to be a boon for Box Office in US and Canada. Everyone is out in the theatres to enjoy some of the biggest flicks ever released on screen.
Let’s checkout some of the huge collections made by three films namely “Avatar “, “Sherlock Holmes” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel”. The trio simply blew the box office with sky rocketing collection of $278 million in USA and Canada over three day weekend.
Let’s check out the individual collection of the films. Avatar gathered a whooping sum of $75 million worth of tickets in the U.S. and Canada, “Sherlock Holmes” went with a bang of $65.4 million in pocket while “Alvin” not far behind a huge total of $50.2 million.
“It’s amazing to see one weekend with so many movies doing so much business,” said Rob Moore, vice chairman of Paramount Pictures.
The weekend’s one disappointment was “Nine,” which debuted nationwide to a weak $5.5 million. Though the film claimed to turn out big but somehow failed even with big star cast on board.
Avatar’s worldwide collection is $617.3 million in just 10 days, making it very likely to be only the fourth picture in history to top $1 billion worldwide. Does anyone know that the film spent $430-million behind the creation? In one word it was quite risky to for the producers but got its fruits in the end.

Films have added spice in the festive mood of the people this weekend with Christmas and New Year on the run. Truly a remarkable achievement for the producers we can say.

 

[CoachCB]

And again....it's nothing but a cheap knock-off of Star Wars!!

 

[RobFunk]

And again....it's nothing but a cheap knock-off of Star Wars!!

In what way. Did you even see it. You do realize pretty much everyone has seen this movie and absolutely no one agrees with you on this.

 

[whyguy223]

Just saw last night. Top 10 movie of mine all time for sure, i am 40 next month. Amazing all two and half hrs i was into this movie, never a dull min.

 

[festeringZit]

Lots of gays protesting that there aren't enough gays
in the picture, here is just one of the
stupid sites:

http://stopavatarmovie.blogspot.com/

 

[Rambo]

If you dont see this movie in 3-d, you have no idea what you're missing. Was truly an experience.

 

[jwblue]

If you dont see this movie in 3-d, you have no idea what you're missing. Was truly an experience.

Can you breing your own 3D glasses? I don't want cooties from someone else who wore glasses.

 

[LostBankroll]

I saw this thread a while back but never came in to read. So I go to watch this ONLY because I get in for free and WOW! This movie was so deep! Fuck Star Wars this went above and beyond!

 

[LostBankroll]

Ive never felt this way about a movie before. In a way I could see planet earth in this movie. Not literaly but definately when they try to destroy for profit. Climate change came into mind aswell.

 

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Avatar Takes in Another $19 Million on Monday at the Box Office

December 29th, 2009
It seems that moviegoers can't get enough of the magical world of Pandora at the box office these days. Box Office Mojo is reporting that James Cameron Avatar has taken in an astonishing $19.4 million on Monday, its 11th day in theatrical release.

The site is also reporting that the figure is the second-highest non-holiday Monday gross, behind The Dark Knight's $24.4 million last summer. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel took second place on Monday with just over $12 million and Sherlock Holmes came in third on Monday with $11.1 million.

Avatar currently has a domestic gross of $232.1 million and a worldwide haul of over $600 million after just 11 days. Cameron's film could make a run for the box office record books if it keeps up with torrid pace, so be sure to stay tuned right here as we'll be filling you in with all the Avatar box office news as soon as the new numbers come in.

 

[RobFunk]

Just booked tickets for IMAX 3D yesterday. Going on Sunday. I'm siked!

This is one of those films that should be experienced in the theater while you can.

Though I am sure the 3D Blu Ray release of this will be pretty sweet.

 

[Dr.T]

I've heard they are working on pornos in 36D.

It sucks and blows.....but that's a good thing.


:lol:

 

[HacheMan]

Just booked tickets for IMAX 3D yesterday. Going on Sunday. I'm siked!

This is one of those films that should be experienced in the theater while you can.

Though I am sure the 3D Blu Ray release of this will be pretty sweet.

Absolutely Rob...Must see on the big screen

 

[quantumleap]

If you dont see this movie in 3-d, you have no idea what you're missing. Was truly an experience.

I hate going to the theater but I may go to IMAX to see this film. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[RobFunk]

I hate going to the theater but I may go to IMAX to see this film. Thanks for the heads up.

I would book the TIX ASAP. Lot of days sold out already.
I didn't really want a 10am show on Sunday, but that was the soonest that was open for me that was feasible for my guest.

http://www.imax.com/

 

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AVATAR Zooms Past $800 Million Worldwide on Its Way to $1 Billion

by Brendan Bettinger [SIZE=-2]Posted:January 1st, 2010 at 11:44 am[/SIZE]


The worldwide box office total of Avatar is growing so fast our updates are quickly outdated. Yesterday, we reported that after twelve days in release, Avatar had reached $727 million, according to Box Office Mojo. As of this writing, the site shows the film at just shy of $750 million, but Deadline reports with seemingly more current data that Avatar already passed $800 million worldwide on Thursday. That is a lot of money for only two weeks in release. The film appears eager to pass $900 million over the weekend, and reach $1 billion mere days after that. More on Avatar’s runaway success after the jump.

The most recent numbers we’ve seen suggest that after Thursday, the total is now at $283.8 million domestically and upwards of $550 million internationally. With estimates placing Avatar’s domestic take this weekend between $50-$65 million, the film will breeze past $300 million domestically (and $900 million worldwide) in the next couple days. In doing so, it will outdo Harry ****** and the Half Blood Prince to become the number two film of 2009 in America, right behind Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Avatar will be a formidable challenge to Transformer’s title, which earned $402.1 million domestically this year, but it has already outearned the Autobots abroad, as Transformers ended its run with an international cume of $432.9 million. Meanwhile, Avatar is fast approaching the overseas gross of Harry ****** ($627.4 million),the current leader in international ticket sales.
To put Avatar’s success in perspective concerning all-time box office records, Cameron’s Titanic has the top worldwide gross of $1.8 billion while Avatar currently sits at #31. In terms of domestic box office, Ttianic is also the record holder with $600 million. By comparison, Avatar currently sits at #43 on the list. Clearly, the film has a way to go but it’s only been in theaters for 14 days. The question comes down to competition. If you’re wondering how Titanic reached such a record gross, it’s wasn’t just popularity. Titanic was #1 at the box office for 15 consecutive weeks.
Sherlock Holmes has been its most serious competition so far, but no film currently in release is poised to overtake Avatar as cinema’s top earner. As January’s releases are traditionally on the lighter side, Avatar’s success may go relatively unchallenged for quite some time. What will be the first movie to top Avatar: Leap Year on January 8^th? The Book of Eli on January 15^th? Iron Man 2 on May 7^th? I joke, but it does seem increasingly likely that Avatar could wear the box office crown every week until February.
With such rapid success, it might be worth starting a daily “Avatar Watch” to keep you updated on how ridiculously well the sci-fi sensation is doing every new day. At the very least, stay tuned for box office news on Avatar (and other top ten movies) as part of our weekly weekend updates. We’ll make sure you’re informed as Avatar races toward (and then prances across) the magic $1 billion line.

 

[DeathEatsaCracker]

Over the weekend, Avatar hit $1 billion worldwide gross.

In 17 days.


Another interesting fact: Only 5 movies have ever crossed $1 billion world wide gross.

James Cameron has directed 2 of them.

 

[red007]

i liked sherlock holmes more

 

[RaoulDuke]

And again....it's nothing but a cheap knock-off of Star Wars!!

Saw it last night...Was completely blown away....I thought the plot was good wasn't weak like alot of the critics have said. Defintely see the dances with wolves comparision. But it didn't bother me.. CoachCb lay off the crackpipe it was in no way like star wars.....

 

[DeathEatsaCracker]

...and it definitely wasn't cheap.