Avatar will become the #2 grossing movie all time (worldwide)

[Faerluna]

 

[Mavs Man]

Thanks for posting that. I saw it last week and :laugh2:.

 

[trickblue]

 

[YosemiteSam]

Apparently, however, they're ignore-worthy offenses.

No, the ignore was based on repeating the same **** 400 times when nobody ask his opinion the last 399 times. Some people can't figure **** out.

This is the BS that public schools feed children to make themselves feel warm and fuzzy. We're all special. All opinions are valued.

Bull. ****. Some opinions are patently stupid. And your opinion in this regard fits the bill.

No, that would just make you the definition of ignorant. You should look up the definition of opinion. (which you throughly proved you do not know) While you're at it, maybe you'll want to look up the definition of ignorant. Maybe you will see a picture of yourself.

 

[YosemiteSam]

:laugh2:

 

[TheCount]

lol, that was the first thing I said to my friend after I saw Avatar, it's basically Pocahontas and he said Dances With Wolves. There's no doubt the story was simple, tried and tested, but therein lies the conundrum.

If you enjoyed the story of Pocahontas or Dances With Wolves, it's tough to say that Avatar has a bad plot. It's just a played out one.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

So now I have to get permission before I can offer my opinion?

 

[Maikeru-sama]

This is the BS that public schools feed children to make themselves feel warm and fuzzy. We're all special. All opinions are valued.

Bull. ****. Some opinions are patently stupid. And your opinion in this regard fits the bill.

:laugh2:

 

[ajk23az]

lol, that was the first thing I said to my friend after I saw Avatar, it's basically Pocahontas and he said Dances With Wolves. There's no doubt the story was simple, tried and tested, but therein lies the conundrum.

If you enjoyed the story of Pocahontas or Dances With Wolves, it's tough to say that Avatar has a bad plot. It's just a played out one.

In Cameron's defense, it was said he wrote the script 15 +/- years ago but waited to produce it until a lot more theaters actually had 3D in them so it could be displayed in a lot more places. So the script is actually 15 years old and thus why everyone thinks it sucks and has been done over and over.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

haven't seen it and probably won't, it just doesn't look interesting to me, but my wife and mother-in-law saw it and they both loved it. Said it was a really great movie.

Congrats to Cameron on producing a couple movies that pulled in that much cash. That's amazing.

 

[YosemiteSam]

So now I have to get permission before I can offer my opinion?

No, you just flat out aren't allowed! :laugh2:

 

[Kevinicus]

In Cameron's defense, it was said he wrote the script 15 +/- years ago but waited to produce it until a lot more theaters actually had 3D in them so it could be displayed in a lot more places. So the script is actually 15 years old and thus why everyone thinks it sucks and has been done over and over.

So he wrote it while the other movies were more fresh in his memory....got it.

And I can't believe waiting for 3D is the reason to wait for it. CGI sure, because it couldn't be done 15 years ago. Nothing in the movie requires 3D though, and it doesn't benefit all that much from it.

 

[ajk23az]

So he wrote it while the other movies were more fresh in his memory....got it.

And I can't believe waiting for 3D is the reason to wait for it. CGI sure, because it couldn't be done 15 years ago. Nothing in the movie requires 3D though, and it doesn't benefit all that much from it.

How much do you wanna bet that most of the movies income has come from 3D theaters and not regular ones? That right there tells why he waited for more 3D theaters to open.

 

[YosemiteSam]

How much do you wanna bet that most of the movies income has come from 3D theaters and not regular ones? That right there tells why he waited for more 3D theaters to open.

I'm not a betting man, but if I was I would take that bet in a second. Reason? There are thousands more regular theaters than there are 3D ones. Sheer volume of the others would far out produce the 3D theaters even at the $3-$4 more charged at the 3D ones.

 

[rantanamo]

Avatar will become #1 all-time. Despite an average opening weekend for a blockbuster, it has continued to gain on Titanic and The Dark Knight every week. The Dark Knight was the fastest movie to every total up to $450 million, but Avatar's steady gains made it the fastest to $500 million by several days, and will easily be the fastest to $600 million at its current drops. Keep in mind it took Titanic nearly a year to reach its total. Not to mention it was pre-dvd, which are released much earlier. Avatar will reach that total in a little over 2 months. Reading some box office sites, Avatar could possibly extend the record to over $800 million and over $2.3 billion worldwide based on the drops each week. In other words, believe it or not, Avatar still has a lot of money to make.


Domestic

1 Titanic Par. $600,788,188 1997
2 The Dark Knight WB $533,345,358 2008
3 Avatar Fox $509,059,398 2009

World-Wide

1 Titanic Par. $1,842.9 $600.8 32.6% $1,242.1 67.4% 1997
2 Avatar Fox $1,662.4 $509.1 30.6% $1,153.4 69.4% 2009
3 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL $1,119.1 $377.0 33.7% $742.1 66.3% 2003

Its crazy how domestically loaded The Dark Knight was compared to other big movies. Just like Spider-man its a very American franchise. Avatar is definitely a world-wide phenomena

 

[Kevinicus]

I'm not a betting man, but if I was I would take that bet in a second. Reason? There are thousands more regular theaters than there are 3D ones. Sheer volume of the others would far out produce the 3D theaters even at the $3-$4 more charged at the 3D ones.

Actually, the reason it has made so much money is because of 3D. I believe it's around 75% has been from 3D viewings. If not for 3D, you could knock the total amount down 25-30%.

But still, Cameron wouldn't have had a clue way back when that 3D would make a comeback and be in theaters at an extra cost. I'm not even sure how they divide the extra cost for 3D. It probably goes more to the theater since they have to get the equipment for it.

 

[Mavs Man]

After this weekend's box office count, Avatar has zoomed past $550 million domestic and into #2 all-time in North America. At $553 million, Avatar is now only $47 million away from surpassing Titanic as the #1 North American box office champion. If its current week-to-week holds continue, I'm guessing Avatar picks up another $10-12 million Monday to Thursday, and then $25-30 million over the weekend. After that, it could pass Titanic by the following Friday, or later that weekend at the latest.

Even more impressive, Avatar is now only $6 million behind Titanic for the worldwide box office mark. $6 million! That record should fall sometime tomorrow evening. It's foreign box office take has completely obliterated Titanic's.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

After this weekend's box office count, Avatar has zoomed past $550 million domestic and into #2 all-time in North America. At $553 million, Avatar is now only $47 million away from surpassing Titanic as the #1 North American box office champion. If its current week-to-week holds continue, I'm guessing Avatar picks up another $10-12 million Monday to Thursday, and then $25-30 million over the weekend. After that, it could pass Titanic by the following Friday, or later that weekend at the latest.

Even more impressive, Avatar is now only $6 million behind Titanic for the worldwide box office mark. $6 million! That record should fall sometime tomorrow evening. It's foreign box office take has completely obliterated Titanic's.

Its also charging the double price...
Didn't it sell only 55% of the seats of Titanic thus far?

 

[Kevinicus]

Its also charging the double price...
Didn't it sell only 55% of the seats of Titanic thus far?

Not sure about the percentage, but it certainly isn't anywhere close to Titanic as far as attendance. It's all about the cost of 3D & IMAX.

When compared to Gone with the Wind, it's had about 1/3 the attendance.

 

[vta]

Not sure about the percentage, but it certainly isn't anywhere close to Titanic as far as attendance. It's all about the cost of 3D & IMAX.

When compared to Gone with the Wind, it's had about 1/3 the attendance.

This is what I always wondered about when they start with the highest grossing bit. Is it balanced based on the cost difference from then to now? ***** in the seats say's more than anything if not.