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Movie: Avatar sinks Titanic from #1
Member Since: 3/5/2008
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Originally posted by Departure
God should have pity on your soul...
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It doesnt interest me but I repect people who do see to each thier own
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Member Since: 10/21/2005
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Originally posted by fpppy
It doesnt interest me but I repect people who do see to each thier own
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Oh but your going to regret saying that.
I've brought a lot of people who WOULD NOT see it. They said it was gonna be dumb and it's not their cup of tea.
Guess what?
All of them loved it.
You can't judge me a movie from a trailer. That's for sure. Everyone ends up liking/loving Avatar, with a bad view coming in.
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The holidays are over, but Avatar was relatively unphased, defying "the bigger they are, the harder they fall" adage. Over the weekend, Avatar generated $50.3 million, breaking the record for biggest fourth weekend gross previously held by Titanic's $28.7 million. It was down just 27 percent, giving it the best hold among nationwide releases. Its IMAX venues alone were down 14 percent, accounting for an estimated $7.5 million of the weekend.
Avatar raged past the $400 million mark in a mere 23 days, the second-fastest to the mark behind only The Dark Knight. Its $430.8 million tally by day 24 made it the top-grossing movie from 2009, beating Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, as well as the seventh-highest grossing picture of all time, surpassing Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. On Monday, Avatar will top Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, to claim fifth place. In terms of attendance, though, Avatar would likely barely make the Top 100, which is still sensational. That's due in part to the ticket price premium of the picture's 3D presentations. 3D has made up $335.4 million or 78 percent of the total.
Internationally, Avatar also shattered the fourth week record, pulling in $150.5 million from 110 countries (essentially everywhere but Italy, where it opens Jan. 15). That was a bit more than the previous week, bolstered by its debut in China, where it made $41.4 million since Monday, setting records for opening week and single day there. Its foreign total shot up to $910.8 million mark, led by France ($101.4 million), Russia ($78.4 million and the country's all time No. 1 gross), Germany ($73.4 million), the United Kingdom ($67.1 million), Spain ($60.1 million and another all time No. 1) and Australia ($57.9 million, yet another all time No. 1). Throw in the domestic gross and Avatar's worldwide tally stood at $1.34 billion, marching ever closer to Titanic's $1.84 billion all time benchmark.
Back to domestic, while Avatar was down 27 percent, Sherlock Holmes and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel had more typical 55 and 53 percent drops, respectively. Sherlock grossed $16.6 million, lifting its total to $165.2 million in 17 days, while Alvin made $16.6 million, raising its tally to $178.5 million in 19 days. Both pictures cracked the Top Ten of highest-grossing movies never to reach No. 1 on a weekend: Alvin ranks sixth, while Sherlock ranks tenth.
Three pictures opened nationwide but packed relatively little bite. Daybreakers harvested $15.1 million at 2,523 sites, ranking middle of the pack among vampire opening weekends and making less than 30 Days of Night and the Underworld series among similar movies. More modest, Leap Year drew $9.2 million at 2,511 sites, and Youth in Revolt nabbed $6.9 million at 1,873 sites.
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Here we come. A few more days and it will be past Titanic!
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Member Since: 10/21/2005
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It's getting closer to 1.8 billion!
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It updated but it didn't go up much. :-\
I feel it needs only two more weekends to beat 1.8, but we'll see. By the way, has anyone seen the new article claiming it to be a racist movie?
There is also another review who says it's not all that great; RUBBISH!
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Member Since: 3/31/2009
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I thought this movie was very creative & took the human imagination to the next level. Greatly overhyped but still amazing.
Can't think of a movie that has done that for me since The Matrix.
& The Matrix still holds as the best movie ever, past decade, at least to me.
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Member Since: 6/19/2007
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OMG i just saw it today in 3D and it is amazing!
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Member Since: 10/21/2005
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I want to see it a 7th time. I live and breathe this movie. It's epic.
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TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic: $435,957,707 31.9%
+ Foreign: $931,968,664 68.1%
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= Worldwide: $1,367,926,371
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Member Since: 6/7/2009
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I'm so ****ing excited! I'm going to watch it this Fri.
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Member Since: 10/9/2009
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James Cameron
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I really hope it breaks the record, it seems to be stalling the past few days :-\
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Member Since: 11/24/2006
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Originally posted by Departure
I really hope it breaks the record, it seems to be stalling the past few days :-\
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I hope not.
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Member Since: 10/21/2005
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^I hope so!
Avatar is the best movie ever created. It's officially my favourite movie of all time. Nothing can top it for me!
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Member Since: 3/30/2009
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Watched it again this weekend, but in 6D, it's sick, I was so scared , I suggest everyone who hasn't seen it to see it in this version.
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Member Since: 11/24/2006
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Originally posted by Departure
^I hope so!
Avatar is the best movie ever created. It's officially my favourite movie of all time. Nothing can top it for me!
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What? No way
There are 343434 better movies.
People just go watch it cus it took james cameron 15 years, the most expensive one, etc etc
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Member Since: 9/24/2008
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Originally posted by Departure
I really hope it breaks the record, it seems to be stalling the past few days :-\
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It is going to do it. It's not stalling really, it's actually holding up really well. I really hope this can get an oscar nomination for best picture, that will really help it to attract a wider range of people, thus giving the film a boost. Worldwide I think it is going to become the first movie to cross the $2 Billion mark. At the US Box Office it will pass out Star Wars on Friday, and sometime early next week it should cross the $500 million mark. For this weekend I would estimate a 35-45 million gross.
I count it among my favourite Movies
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Monday Box Office, Totals in bold
1 Avatar Fox $5,111,193 - $435,957,707
2 Sherlock Holmes WB $1,227,375 - $166,380,468
3 Daybreakers LGF $1,193,254 - $16,339,946
4 It's Complicated Uni. $901,275 - $77,271,815
5 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Fox $655,415 - $179,106,580
6 Youth in Revolt W/Dim. $641,110 - $7,529,444
7 Leap Year Uni. $577,530 - $9,780,345
8 Up in the Air Par. $560,060 - $55,360,748
9 The Blind Side WB $501,226 - $219,479,602
10 The Princess and the Frog BV $236,218 -$92,782,945
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Tuesday Box Office, totals in bold
1 AVATAR Fox $5,066,734 - $441,024,441
2 SHERLOCK HOLMES Warner Bros.$ 1,404,213 - $167,784,681
3 IT'S COMPLICATED Universal $1,152,565 - $78,424,380
4 DAYBREAKERS Lionsgate $1,123,088 - $17,463,034
5 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL Fox $727,988 - $179,834,568
6 UP IN THE AIR Paramount $716,475 - $56,077,223
7 LEAP YEAR Universal $703,080 - $10,483,425
8 YOUTH IN REVOLT Weinstein / Dimension $615,962 - $8,145,406
9 THE BLIND SIDE Warner Bros. $554,184 - $220,033,786
10 THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG Buena Vista $255,265 - $93,038,210
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Member Since: 3/30/2009
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@ those numbers!!!
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