James Cameron Sci-Fi film AVATAR

[Geekyfanboy]

Check it out.. a guy converts himself into a Na'vi using Photoshop.. it's pretty cool

Birth of an AVATAR

[Darkmolerman]

lol yeah who needs a tree of souls

[Geekyfanboy]

So do you think Avatar will pass Titanic in boxoffice worldwide total??

James Cameron's juggernaut Avatar dominated the box office again its fourth weekend, adding $48.5 million domestically and $143 million internationally! Domestically, it broke the record for the biggest fourth weekend ever for a movie, surpassing Cameron's own Titanic, which earned $28.7 million its fourth weekend. The North American total has climbed to $429 million, allowing the film to pass up Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest's $423.3 million to become the seventh-biggest movie of all time domestically. We think it has a good chance of beating The Dark Knight's domestic take of $533 million now, but will it reach Titanic's $600.8 million?

Overseas, the blockbuster has reached a massive $906.2 million to take its worldwide total to a whopping $1.335 billion! It only trails Titanic's $1.843 billion, a number that doesn't seem impossible with how much Avatar has been earning on a worldwide basis every day.

[ori-STUDFARM]

Never realised until I saw this!!!

[Geekyfanboy]

Well James Cameron told a much better version of that story. Pocahontas is my least favorite Disney film.

[moyer777]

I actually said this on my podcast last week.  :)

[X]

I saw this today and it was real. Never once did I think that this was a CG flick or something. It was real and we were in a window viewing the events.

[Darkmolerman]

I saw this today and it was real. Never once did I think that this was a CG flick or something. It was real and we were in a window viewing the events.

Yeah same with the 3-D I did not realize it was 3-D at parts. The night scenes also looked real

[Bryancd]

I don't think it will eclipse "Titanic" but will become number two for US and world wide.

[Feathers]

Hopefully going to see this at the weekend.

[Bryancd]

AVATAR is going to have a long lasting effect on the entire movie going experience. I hear some of the criticism lebied against the film and I can understand their validity, but it doesn't change the fact the the movie at it's core is a very basic, simple, film experience. I can't recall, with the exception of some of the PIXAR type of films, a movie which offers such a positive, enjoyable story set against such stunning visuals. Compare AVATAR to last years sci-fi/action films like "Dark Knight" or "District 9". Both of those were very original, complicated, gritty, but not something I would watch over and over again. AVATAR is much more accesible. I even watched STAR TREK the other night on Blue-Ray and found it's luster had dimmed a lot since seeing it in the theaters. It's still terrific, but I'm not sure how often I will be watching it. AVATAR I could watch all day.

[Geekyfanboy]

I don't think it will eclipse "Titanic" but will become number two for US and world wide.

You don't think so.. I think if any movie can do it, it will be this one. I mean in the fourth weekend Titanic made 26.7 Million and Avatar has made 40+ Million. It's doing almost double the business that Titanic did at the same time. This movie has longevity and might go the distance.

[Bryancd]

I don't think it will eclipse "Titanic" but will become number two for US and world wide.

You don't think so.. I think if any movie can do it, it will be this one. I mean in the fourth weekend Titanic made 26.7 Million and Avatar has made 40+ Million. It's doing almost double the business that Titanic did at the same time. This movie has longevity and might go the distance.

Only because I think "Titanic" will still draw more women than AVATAR. Also, AVATAR is benefiting from a higher ticket cost for the 3D screenings, so revenue is higher per screen. When AVATAR business does start to decline, it will likely happen quickly.

[ori-STUDFARM]

I'm surprised at how many people are going back to watch it a second time!!

Even my daughter asked if we could go straight back into the cinema to re-watch it when it finished.

I would say the urge to re-watch this movie is high. Just think what it'll do in DVD sales after the cinema!!

[Bryancd]

I've seen it twice and plan on seeing it one more time.