'Avatar' replacing 'Titanic'

[sammypetter]

"Avatar" was on the cusp of replacing "Titanic" as the biggest movie of all time after it logged a sixth consecutive weekend as the top choice of moviegoers worldwide, distributor 20th Century Fox said on Sunday.

The total for James Cameron's sci-fi spectacular rose to $1.841 billion, just shy of the seemingly insurmountable $1.843 billion racked up by the director's "Titanic" in 1997-1998.

Already "Avatar" claimed the all-time international total with sales to date of $1.288 billion, eclipsing the $1.242 billion haul of "Titanic."

In North America, it may have to wait another two weeks to sail past the $601 million total of "Titanic," the News Corp -owned studio said. Moviegoers in North America and Canada have chipped in $552.8 million, enough to replace 2008's "The Dark Knight" ($533 million) as the second-biggest movie of all time.

Data are not adjusted for inflation, and "Avatar" ticket sales got an additional boost from premium pricing for 3-D screenings. Imax Corp said its big-screen engagements have sold a record $134 million worth of tickets worldwide.

The biggest movie of all time in North America -- adjusted for inflation -- is 1939's "Gone with the Wind," with sales of almost $1.5 billion, according to tracking firm Box Office Mojo. "Avatar" ranks at No. 26 by that measure.

During the latest weekend, "Avatar" earned $36 million in North America and $107 million internationally, far outpacing other offerings.

It was trailed in North America by Screen Gems' new supernatural action thriller "Legion" at No. 2 with $18.2 million, while Warner Bros' Denzel Washington drama "The Book of Eli" slipped to No. 3 with $17 million in its second weekend. Screen Gems is a unit of Sony Corp, and Warner Bros is a unit of Time Warner Inc.

Two other films opened in the top-10: Fox's Dwayne Johnson family film "The Tooth Fairy" at No. 4 with a promising $14.5 million, and nascent studio CBS Films' Harrison Ford medical drama "Extraordinary Measures" at No. 7 with a disappointing $7 million.

[Knightidus]

U know... while this was started by a random advertiser... He did bring up a widely discussed topic... Imo neither of both films were anything to shout about and yet they came out tops... If LoTR were tops that would be believable... Titanic too... due to the wipespread popularity of romance stuff... but Avatar? Really? 3D effects and shit does THAT much for the popularity of a film? In the risk of sounding like a SC poster...

The current effects-is-king enviroment of hollywood and the entertainment industry as a whole has me in despair... ...

[tueac]

but i must say, the future in avatar really do leave me amazed. In a world tat is totally different and pitching the concept that intelligent beings need not be a harm to the enviroment. It also strikes a cord with the enviromentalist non the less.

Ok i admit, the rendering of the world is just beautiful. Plus it's a war film 1st and love drama second, with a very simple to understand story line that has been around since forever.

[Maelstromm]

I'm more interested in the earth of the future rather than Pandora, the few pictures we've seen of earth give it that really dark dystopian look that I kinda like.

[Knightidus]

I think Imma ban u?

[oliviathn]

It is the biggest movie of all time in North America. Avatar is scored more than Titanic movie. These both movies are very fantastic and same thing is it takes more time to release in universal, Both movies character works so hardworking because of this it is top movie forever.

[jonnyj99]

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[rony]

Avatar is convenient to replace the Titanic as the greatest movie of all time after connecting a weekend the sixth consecutive time that the first choice of moviegoers around the world, said distributor 20th Century Fox on Sunday. Avatar James Camerons epic science-fiction has won the Golden Globe last Sunday of the best drama of the year.