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by Brendan Bettinger Posted:January 1st, 2010 at 11:44 am
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The worldwide box office total of Avatar is growing so fast our updates are quickly outdated.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 Potter 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 Potter ($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 8th? The Book of Eli on January 15th? Iron Man 2 on May 7th? 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.
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I would like to bring everyones attention to a comment after an article discussing Avatar’s first day numbers that makes me laugh in the context of this article.
JaySin420 @ December 19th, 2009 11:06 am
“I love how nobody will admit what a bomb this movie is. 27 mil opening night and it opened right before X-Mas? That’s terrible for a movie that cost half a billion to make. New Moon made 72 mil by comparison.”
I would like to bring everyones attention to a comment after an article discussing Avatar’s first day numbers that makes me laugh in the context of this article.
JaySin420 @ December 19th, 2009 11:06 am
“I love how nobody will admit what a bomb this movie is. 27 mil opening night and it opened right before X-Mas? That’s terrible for a movie that cost half a billion to make. New Moon made 72 mil by comparison.”
whats with the avatar bashing it is diong very well in the box odice making from 750 to 800 mil annd passes its break even point by far(300 mil cost is the top most estimate though officialy its less) and i realy hope it passes it passes transformers bec although i liked my opinion is that avatar is much better.
whats with the avatar bashing it is diong very well in the box odice making from 750 to 800 mil annd passes its break even point by far(300 mil cost is the top most estimate though officialy its less) and i realy hope it passes it passes transformers bec although i liked my opinion is that avatar is much better.
Jay Sin is nowhere to be seen as usual.
Matt Goldberg probably resents Avatar’s success. Not including Avatar in the best films of the decade list is a crime. It’s a film like avatar that regularly pushes the boundry of originality and encourages studios to take risks on flim properties that are not reboots and sequals. Avatar advances film technology by a huge leap, allowing other films to benefit from this progress.
Jay Sin is nowhere to be seen as usual.
Matt Goldberg probably resents Avatar’s success. Not including Avatar in the best films of the decade list is a crime. It’s a film like avatar that regularly pushes the boundry of originality and encourages studios to take risks on flim properties that are not reboots and sequals. Avatar advances film technology by a huge leap, allowing other films to benefit from this progress.
I agree w/ jony_e’s comment. “Avatar” is a phenomenol film from a technical standpoint, and despite it’s rehashing of classic stories (think “Dances with Wolves & Pocahontas Meets Star Wars”…), it still does it remarkably well. “Avatar” is well paced & well acted w/ an actually story which succeeds at pulling the audience into the science fiction/fantasy world of Pandora. As successful as they were at the box office (which isn’t hard to achieve when it comes to summer audiences and their infamously short attention span…) “Transformers 2″, “Star Trek” and a host of other summer films were simply redressed rehashes (with the exception of “District 9″, which was great, in my humble opinion). Most of those films were fast paced but w/ no real sense of direction and even less plot/story. Not James Cameron—he’s in no rush. He takes his time in telling a story (like Peter Jackson, another fine director), which I have always liked in most of his films (“Piranha 2: The Spawning” doesn’t count! Haha!) My hats off to James Cameron and I hope this pushes other directors & studios to start thinking about originality, pacing AND storyline AS WELL AS CGI effects, which should contribute to a film, not overshadow it.
I agree w/ jony_e’s comment. “Avatar” is a phenomenol film from a technical standpoint, and despite it’s rehashing of classic stories (think “Dances with Wolves & Pocahontas Meets Star Wars”…), it still does it remarkably well. “Avatar” is well paced & well acted w/ an actually story which succeeds at pulling the audience into the science fiction/fantasy world of Pandora. As successful as they were at the box office (which isn’t hard to achieve when it comes to summer audiences and their infamously short attention span…) “Transformers 2″, “Star Trek” and a host of other summer films were simply redressed rehashes (with the exception of “District 9″, which was great, in my humble opinion). Most of those films were fast paced but w/ no real sense of direction and even less plot/story. Not James Cameron—he’s in no rush. He takes his time in telling a story (like Peter Jackson, another fine director), which I have always liked in most of his films (“Piranha 2: The Spawning” doesn’t count! Haha!) My hats off to James Cameron and I hope this pushes other directors & studios to start thinking about originality, pacing AND storyline AS WELL AS CGI effects, which should contribute to a film, not overshadow it.
“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.”
That’s a little out of context. By Monday morning, Titanic will sit at #5 or possibly even #4 in terms of top worldwide grosses.
As for domestic, by Monday morning, it’ll sit at #15. The #1 of 2009 title will fall as early as mid-January.
There’s so much movement for Avatar as it climbs the charts, that it’s a bit disingenuous to list those rankings even with the “it’s only been in theaters for 14 days” caveat.
“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.”
That’s a little out of context. By Monday morning, Titanic will sit at #5 or possibly even #4 in terms of top worldwide grosses.
As for domestic, by Monday morning, it’ll sit at #15. The #1 of 2009 title will fall as early as mid-January.
There’s so much movement for Avatar as it climbs the charts, that it’s a bit disingenuous to list those rankings even with the “it’s only been in theaters for 14 days” caveat.
Having seen “Avatar” on it’s first full day, I can attest to the word-of-mouth phenomenon. I praised the film to Facebook friends while leaving the theater. It exceeded my expectations. I have already planned to see it again. “Titanic” had a lot of second-timers which is essential in garnering such revenue. Wait for the “See it again” ads; then see it again. IMAX 3D is the only way to go.
Having seen “Avatar” on it’s first full day, I can attest to the word-of-mouth phenomenon. I praised the film to Facebook friends while leaving the theater. It exceeded my expectations. I have already planned to see it again. “Titanic” had a lot of second-timers which is essential in garnering such revenue. Wait for the “See it again” ads; then see it again. IMAX 3D is the only way to go.
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THIS ARTICLE IS FALSE! ICE AGE 3 IS THE HIGHEST GROSSER OF THE YEAR OVER SEAS!!!!!!! THIS IS FALSE INFORMATION AND AVATAR WILL BLOW T 2′S DOMESTIC GROSS AWAY AND IT WILL MARK MY WORDS BECOME THE HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE OF ALL TIME….. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!
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