Avatar Box Office

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I was just reading that Avatar is going to pass Titanic with in the next 10 days for worldwide box office of around 1.8 billion, that's just incredible, it passed The Dark Knight this weekend for Domestic box office of around 550 million and it should pass Titanic's 600 million soon. 

James Cameron's just a money making machine, the last 2 movies he's done are the #1 and #2 money making movies of all time, I also can't believe that Titanic was the last movie he made back in 1997, that's 12 years in between movies.

http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Avatar_Flies_Higher_Than_Angels_to_Top_Weekend_Box_Office_Results/6242

[Serenity]

I was just reading that Avatar is going to pass Titanic with in the next 10 days for worldwide box office of around 1.8 billion, that's just incredible, it passed The Dark Knight this weekend for Domestic box office of around 550 million and it should pass Titanic's 600 million soon. 

James Cameron's just a money making machine, the last 2 movies he's done are the #1 and #2 money making movies of all time, I also can't believe that Titanic was the last movie he made back in 1997, that's 12 years in between movies.

http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Avatar_Flies_Higher_Than_Angels_to_Top_Weekend_Box_Office_Results/6242

Bear in mind however, the whole inflation issue and 3D/iMax. Granted, the money is great, but that doesn't mean terribly much. A lot of the money spent on Avatar is for 3D/iMax movies, which are $15 a piece. Even the normal tickets nowadays are $9. So, while it may have made more money than titanic, titanic sold MANY more tickets.

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Bear in mind however, the whole inflation issue and 3D/iMax. Granted, the money is great, but that doesn't mean terribly much. A lot of the money spent on Avatar is for 3D/iMax movies, which are $15 a piece. Even the normal tickets nowadays are $9. So, while it may have made more money than titanic, titanic sold MANY more tickets.

Yeah but Titanic isn't selling anymore tickets to see it, Avatar's only in week 6 and it's already about to surpass it.

If I recall Titanic was number 1 for 12 weeks before it reached this mark, so even if you still adjusted for a 50% inflation of ticket price it's winning.

[Saxman]

Last I checked Star Wars would still pwn it if adjusted for inflation.

[jdbecks]

is avatar worth seeing?

[Demetrious]

is avatar worth seeing?

No. No, it is not.

Avatar is essentially a heinous compilation of every white-guilt/human-guilt movie ever made. I counted blatantly stolen plot points from Fern Gully, The Word For World is Forest, Speaker For The Dead and Dances With Wolves, just for starters. It's also the same old "white man swoops in from nowhere and swiftly proves himself better then the natives at their own life and culture," which has a not-so-subtle white-superiority overtone to it.

I find it important to note here that I'm so conservative club baby seals with another baby seal; and yet I have no qualms with labeling Avatar with such progressive terms.

The plot is so hackneyed and predictable that I was able too call every major plot point well in advance, and in one part near the end, the aliens are penetrating the canopies of gunships with bows and arrows, which had me screaming and rattling the bars of my cage because even modern export-arms gunships have canopies that can repel .50 caliber fire, much less fragging arrows.

Don't watch it. Ever.

[Lusche]

is avatar worth seeing?

My wife and me were bored to death by the extremely shallow & predictable storyline and the lousy dialogues. We left the theater before the film was over. (Good thing we don't have to pay when going to the cinema)

However, we were the only ones, and most people there were absolutely thrilled by the shiny pictures.

[JimBear]

Or, just smoke alot of pot and take it for what it is. Eye Candy.

[gyrene81]

Or, just smoke alot of pot and take it for what it is. Eye Candy.

Yeah that is probably the best way to view such a movie...Demetrious pointed out the obvious underlying b.s....but to be fair, even the Hobbit series had the exact same underlying b.s. and it was written in the 30s...just watching the movie with all the CGI and the action makes it easier to enjoy rather than try to guess what the story is trying to tell you. I quit considering the underlying message years ago...less headaches, less stress, more entertainment.

[SFRT - Frenchy]

Watch it in 3D only. The beauty of the world rendered is worth the $15. Anthing else as mentioned is predictable/yeahright, but personaly I didn't feel the 3h go by ... nor did my wife ... my kid was borred 

[Serenity]

Watch it in 3D only. The beauty of the world rendered is worth the $15. Anthing else as mentioned is predictable/yeahright, but personaly I didn't feel the 3h go by ... nor did my wife ... my kid was borred 

That was my biggest mistake. Wasting $15 to see it in 3D. Was NOT worth the extra cash and the movie itself was REALLY lousy. The only thing I enjoyed was watching the helicopters and aircraft. I could have slept through the rest and enjoyed it much more.

[Swager]

Incredible movie!  The 3D experience was amazing!  One of the better movies I have seen in the last 15 years!

Story line was remarkable and the movie flowed very well.

Entertainment value at the 3D price was well worth it.  Will probably see it again.

Took my 8 year old.  She loved it!

Everyone's view is different so this was IMHO.

[Shuffler]

I'm not into cartoons so no avatar and I'm not into love stories so I never saw Titanic.

Folks that I know that saw avatar were mostly not impressed.

Folks that I know that enjoyed Titanic are mostly women.

[CyranoAH]

Loved it as well

[Masherbrum]

More people have said to me: "Don't see it".   I haven't seen it yet, no plans to either.