`Avatar' tops $1 Billion worldwide

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By DAVID GERMAIN
The Associated Press
Sunday, January 3, 2010; 3:56 PM
LOS ANGELES -- James Cameron's science-fiction epic "Avatar" had another stellar weekend with $68.3 million domestically, shooting past $1 billion worldwide, only the fifth movie ever to hit that mark.

No. 1 for the third-straight weekend, 20th Century Fox's "Avatar" raised its domestic total to $352.1 million after just 17 days. The film added $133 million overseas to lift its international haul to $670 million, for a worldwide gross of $1.02 billion.

"Avatar" opened two weekends earlier with $77 million, a strong start but far below dozens of other blockbusters that debuted as high as $158 million. But business for other blockbusters usually tumbles in following weekends, while "Avatar" revenues barely dropped over the busy Christmas and New Year's weekends.

Cameron now is the only filmmaker to direct two movies that have topped $1 billion. Along with "Titanic," the others are "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" at $1.13 billion, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" at $1.06 billion and "The Dark Knight" at a fraction over $1 billion, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/03/AR2010010300873.html

[sakabatou]

1. I liked it

:D

[muntrv]

2. Awesome flick. I saw it in 3-D yesterday.

[IndianaGreen]

3. I did too see it yesterday in 3-D

It is awesome!

[rollin74]

4. very good movie

I've seen it 3 times already in 3-D and will probably go back at least once more.

[Rick Myers]

5. It's a very good movie!

The 3D is better than anything ever done... It's not the BEST movie, but very entertaining and engaging... I'd see it again in 3D...

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

6. I wish they'd use tickets sold, or adjusted for inflation

[d_b]

7. Loved it

Can't wait for the blu-ray release

[provis99]

8. Saw it with my brother; we both thought it was shit.

Just a flashy combination of Dances with Wolves and Pocahontas, with a little Titanic thrown in. If this is the future of movies, I'm going to stop watching movies.

[elocs]

9. Offhand I would guess that you are a very, very small minority

because Cameron will be laughing all the way to the bank. At imdb.com it received 8.7 out of 10 stars by over 100,000 voters. I don't think it will be making any worst movies list.