It’s barely a month after hitting heaters, “Avatar” is Poised to Overtake ‘Titanic’ and become the highest-grossing movie in the history.
The estimated world-wide tally for the Twentieth Century Fox science-fiction epic was just $2 million shy of the total posted in 1997 by “Titanic”—the previous feature film directed by Mr. Cameron. Sunday, the estimated global take for “Avatar” was $1.841 billion, compared with the $1.843 billion that “Titanic” earned over the course of about 10 months.
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Given that “Avatar” grosses well over $2 million in the U.S. alone on most weekdays, the film appeared certain to surpass the previous worldwide record holder on Monday.
With $36 million in estimated domestic ticket sales this weekend, the futuristic action flick was No. 1 at the U.S. box office for the sixth weekend in a row, for a total of $552.8 million.
The movie, which uses modern 3-D technology, went home with trophies for best drama and best director at last week’s Golden Globe awards. If it is among the 10 nominees for Best Picture when the Oscar lists are unveiled Feb. 2, the coming Academy Awards could help boost the movie far beyond the $601 million posted by “Titanic” domestically.
In addition to the sales lift provided by the premium price attached to 3-D tickets, “Avatar” has been propelled to its current position by positive reviews and strong word-of-mouth buzz.
Its mid-December opening weekend saw strong, but far from record-breaking, domestic sales of $77 million-in line with forecasts based on the film’s performance in “tracking” surveys. But in an environment in which a 50% week-over-week decline is considered a strong showing, “Avatar” saw almost no decline in sales through the Christmas and New Year’s weekends. The strength of the film’s momentum became clear the first weekend after the holiday season: Domestic receipts dipped just 29%, and it became obvious that “Avatar” was set to shatter records.
But the problem is “Avatar” are shown worse on DVD than their 2-D counterparts, so it can’t be widespread enough.
This movie is really amazing and so special with the perfect 3D technology. However, I must say that “Avatar” can’t overtake the position of “Titanic” in my heart and I just don’t know why, maybe I like the story much more. Anyway the beautiful pictures won’t stay longer in the mind than the true emotion are.
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