Avatar is a visual master piece with all the effects but story/plot/theme wise it is not original. Have you guys seen Ferngully (it is a cartoon)...it was an animated film from back in 1992....Avatar pretty much has the same story but it is in a different planet instead of the forests.
Avatar as a movie as a whole is very entertaining though but definitely not top 10 if you are a true movie buff. I can see lot of older generation saying this movie is top 5 or the best movie ever made because of all the visual effects.
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about the box office...this movie could easily break titanics box office record world wide. avatar has already crossed the 1 billion mark world wide just after 17 days....for titanic i beleive it took over 4 monhts to cross that mark!
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james cameron ego must be up the roof. he declared himself the KING OF THE WORLD in the oscar stage after titanics win....wonder what he would say if avatar wins best picture or best director
Avatar as a movie as a whole is very entertaining though but definitely not top 10 if you are a true movie buff. I can see lot of older generation saying this movie is top 5 or the best movie ever made because of all the visual effects.
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about the box office...this movie could easily break titanics box office record world wide. avatar has already crossed the 1 billion mark world wide just after 17 days....for titanic i beleive it took over 4 monhts to cross that mark!
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james cameron ego must be up the roof. he declared himself the KING OF THE WORLD in the oscar stage after titanics win....wonder what he would say if avatar wins best picture or best director
Some good quotes from the movie :
"I dreamed I was a soldier who could bring peace. But eventually, you always have to wake up." -- Jake Sully
"Do as we do, and learn it well. Then we will see if your insanity can be cured" -- Moat, to Jake Sully
"One life ends; another begins" -- Jake Sully
"I have already chosen. But this female; she must also choose me."
"She already has." -- Sully and Neytiri
"Colonel, there's a native doing the funky chicken" -- bulldozer pilot
"Find out what those blue monkeys want." -- Selfridge
"Does anyone see what's wrong with this picture? Where's my cigarette?" -- Grace
"Hey, check it out - meals on wheels." -- random soldier
"Well, well, well - looks like diplomacy has failed." -- Quarich
"You have a strong heart; no fear. But stupid! Like a child." -- Neytiri
"She says that all energy is borrowed; at some point you have to return it" - Sullly
"I dreamed I was a soldier who could bring peace. But eventually, you always have to wake up." -- Jake Sully
"Do as we do, and learn it well. Then we will see if your insanity can be cured" -- Moat, to Jake Sully
"One life ends; another begins" -- Jake Sully
"I have already chosen. But this female; she must also choose me."
"She already has." -- Sully and Neytiri
"Colonel, there's a native doing the funky chicken" -- bulldozer pilot
"Find out what those blue monkeys want." -- Selfridge
"Does anyone see what's wrong with this picture? Where's my cigarette?" -- Grace
"Hey, check it out - meals on wheels." -- random soldier
"Well, well, well - looks like diplomacy has failed." -- Quarich
"You have a strong heart; no fear. But stupid! Like a child." -- Neytiri
"She says that all energy is borrowed; at some point you have to return it" - Sullly
"Avatar" Headed to No. 2 at All-Time Box Office
"Avatar" Headed to No. 2 at All-Time Box Office
By Carl DiOrio
January 4, 2010
(Hollywood Reporter) - By this time next week, James Cameron should have the two highest-grossing films in history.
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Like that film, "Avatar" is ringing up far more foreign revenues than in the United States and Canada. In fact, the pricey picture only now is poised to crack the list of top 10 all-time domestic grossers.
"It doesn't matter where we are domestically," said Jon Landau, Cameron's producing partner at Lightstorm. "The movie business has become an international business. When you release movies, you have to figure out whether the movies will play internationally."
Landau deflected a question about how high "Avatar" could fly by recalling the comment of one-time Fox distribution executive Tom Sherak, now president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "It depends how many people go to see it," Landau deadpanned.
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Meanwhile, even executives at rival studios seem to be getting a kick out of the mind-bending performance of Fox's motion-capture/live-action 3-D blockbuster, and Landau said he knows why.
"It shows the potential of the industry," he said. "It shows people want to go to the movies."
The eventual rise of "Avatar" to the silver-medal position among all-time global grosses will see the December 18 opener blow past two pictures still ahead in the pecking order. Coming off the weekend with $1 billion and counting, "Avatar" in coming days will rise above 2006's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" ($1.07 billion) and then 2003's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" ($1.12 billion).
"It's not a likelihood -- it's just a question of when," mused one industry observer.
"Avatar" Headed to No. 2 at All-Time Box Office
By Carl DiOrio
January 4, 2010
(Hollywood Reporter) - By this time next week, James Cameron should have the two highest-grossing films in history.
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Like that film, "Avatar" is ringing up far more foreign revenues than in the United States and Canada. In fact, the pricey picture only now is poised to crack the list of top 10 all-time domestic grossers.
"It doesn't matter where we are domestically," said Jon Landau, Cameron's producing partner at Lightstorm. "The movie business has become an international business. When you release movies, you have to figure out whether the movies will play internationally."
Landau deflected a question about how high "Avatar" could fly by recalling the comment of one-time Fox distribution executive Tom Sherak, now president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "It depends how many people go to see it," Landau deadpanned.
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Meanwhile, even executives at rival studios seem to be getting a kick out of the mind-bending performance of Fox's motion-capture/live-action 3-D blockbuster, and Landau said he knows why.
"It shows the potential of the industry," he said. "It shows people want to go to the movies."
The eventual rise of "Avatar" to the silver-medal position among all-time global grosses will see the December 18 opener blow past two pictures still ahead in the pecking order. Coming off the weekend with $1 billion and counting, "Avatar" in coming days will rise above 2006's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" ($1.07 billion) and then 2003's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" ($1.12 billion).
"It's not a likelihood -- it's just a question of when," mused one industry observer.
Downloaders defy Avatar 3D barrier
Avatar, the 3D film directed by James Cameron, is likely to become the second highest-grossing movie in history behind Titanic, having taken more than $1 billion (£621 million) worldwide in only three weeks.
However, to the chagrin of Mr Cameron, the story of a disabled American soldier infiltrating a colony of blue aliens has proved as popular as an illegal download as with paying customers. He had predicted that the film’s 3D technology would deter online theft, but almost one million pirate copies were downloaded within seven days of its release — a record — according to figures seen by The Times.
By comparison, New Moon, the second most popular first-week download ever — part of the popular Twilight series — was illegally accessed 610,000 times.
Before the release of Avatar, Mr Cameron, who also directed Titanic, said: “You can pirate a 3D movie but you can’t pirate it in 3D, so you can’t bottle that 3D experience.” However, such is the interest in the film, which uses cutting-edge camera-work to portray a three-dimensional alien world, that bootleg copies appeared online days before its premiere in cinemas last month.
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<!-- END: Module - M63 - Article Related Attachements --> Within 48 hours, 500,000 pirate copies had been downloaded, according to Torrentfreak.com, a website that measures illegal film downloads. In another five days, the number had jumped to 980,000.
Fox, the studio that funded Avatar and which is owned by News Corporation, parent company of The Times, said that even record levels of piracy would do little to damage box office receipts. “Bootleg copies are unlikely to have much impact,” a Fox spokesman said. “Seeing the movie in 3D in a cinema offers an experience that cannot be replicated.”
The cost of online piracy is impossible to measure accurately. In 2005, the Motion Picture Association of America estimated the global loss of all piracy at $18 billion, or about 5 per cent of all revenue. The British Video Association reported that £531 million was lost to film theft in the UK last year.
Avatar, which cost about $290 million to make and $150 million to market, achieved the highest-grossing record for a third weekend on release in the US over the new year. In Britain, Avatar has grossed more than £32 million, with 80 per cent of receipts coming from 3D cinemas.
Its success could persuade hundreds of cinemas to upgrade their screens, as owners become aware that takings for a 3D film are three times higher than a 2D movie, partly because they can charge more. Screen Digest, the analyst, predicts that by the end of 2010 almost a third of all cinemas will be equipped with 3D.
The real danger for Avatar may come when the film is released on DVD, where the difference between a good pirate copy and a 2D television version will be less apparent.
The Dark Knight, the Batman film, which is the fifth highest-grossing movie, was illegally downloaded 500,000 times in its first week in the cinemas, according to Torrentfreak. When the DVD was released, however, and a higher-quality copy found its way online, more than 1.5 million copies were accessed.
Stolen stars
Illegal downloads across the world in the first week of a film’s release:
Avatar: 980,000 downloads
New Moon: 610,000 downloads
2012: 570,000 downloads
Zombieland: 310,000 downloads
This is it: 290,000 downloads
Source: TorrentFreak.com
Avatar, the 3D film directed by James Cameron, is likely to become the second highest-grossing movie in history behind Titanic, having taken more than $1 billion (£621 million) worldwide in only three weeks.
However, to the chagrin of Mr Cameron, the story of a disabled American soldier infiltrating a colony of blue aliens has proved as popular as an illegal download as with paying customers. He had predicted that the film’s 3D technology would deter online theft, but almost one million pirate copies were downloaded within seven days of its release — a record — according to figures seen by The Times.
By comparison, New Moon, the second most popular first-week download ever — part of the popular Twilight series — was illegally accessed 610,000 times.
Before the release of Avatar, Mr Cameron, who also directed Titanic, said: “You can pirate a 3D movie but you can’t pirate it in 3D, so you can’t bottle that 3D experience.” However, such is the interest in the film, which uses cutting-edge camera-work to portray a three-dimensional alien world, that bootleg copies appeared online days before its premiere in cinemas last month.
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<!-- END: Module - M63 - Article Related Attachements --> Within 48 hours, 500,000 pirate copies had been downloaded, according to Torrentfreak.com, a website that measures illegal film downloads. In another five days, the number had jumped to 980,000.
Fox, the studio that funded Avatar and which is owned by News Corporation, parent company of The Times, said that even record levels of piracy would do little to damage box office receipts. “Bootleg copies are unlikely to have much impact,” a Fox spokesman said. “Seeing the movie in 3D in a cinema offers an experience that cannot be replicated.”
The cost of online piracy is impossible to measure accurately. In 2005, the Motion Picture Association of America estimated the global loss of all piracy at $18 billion, or about 5 per cent of all revenue. The British Video Association reported that £531 million was lost to film theft in the UK last year.
Avatar, which cost about $290 million to make and $150 million to market, achieved the highest-grossing record for a third weekend on release in the US over the new year. In Britain, Avatar has grossed more than £32 million, with 80 per cent of receipts coming from 3D cinemas.
Its success could persuade hundreds of cinemas to upgrade their screens, as owners become aware that takings for a 3D film are three times higher than a 2D movie, partly because they can charge more. Screen Digest, the analyst, predicts that by the end of 2010 almost a third of all cinemas will be equipped with 3D.
The real danger for Avatar may come when the film is released on DVD, where the difference between a good pirate copy and a 2D television version will be less apparent.
The Dark Knight, the Batman film, which is the fifth highest-grossing movie, was illegally downloaded 500,000 times in its first week in the cinemas, according to Torrentfreak. When the DVD was released, however, and a higher-quality copy found its way online, more than 1.5 million copies were accessed.
Stolen stars
Illegal downloads across the world in the first week of a film’s release:
Avatar: 980,000 downloads
New Moon: 610,000 downloads
2012: 570,000 downloads
Zombieland: 310,000 downloads
This is it: 290,000 downloads
Source: TorrentFreak.com
With adjusted gross "Gone with the wind" is still the champ
But "Avatar" might very well take that crown too.
1. Gone With the Wind (1939)
Adjusted gross: $1,430,476,000
http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-grossing-movies-adjusted-for-inflation/
It's one of those rare movies you HAVE to see on the big screen Spades, and in this case, you really need to see in 3D as well.
It will not even be comparable watching it on dvd.......
