$$$ Avatar Billion Dollar Movie $$$

[King Hustler T.I.P.]

I'm so glad that Avatar passed the 1 billion dollar milestone worlwide. Its such a remarkable piece of cinema. A lot of people doubted it's selling power and had already laid it off due to it not having that high a first weekend gross in the US. But now it has the record for the highest 2nd and 3rd week US grosses and its passed the 1 billion mark. It will undoubtedly become the 2nd highest grossing movie of all time, with a real shot on becoming no.1 also.

[Sahil K]

Odd that Avatar is being judged as great by many by virtue of either making a lot of money or using more CGI than other films.
I think Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King should be critically re-appraised for having one of the longest crediit sequences evah. It must have taken them ages and therefore deserves a gold star.

[hazeleyes4295]

Shows you really can polish a turd, eh?

[YesNo]

I take it you didn't like it then. Obviously so, because you wouldn't come out with a comment like that if you hadn't seen it.

Myself and half a dozen frienRAB went and saw it a week ago. All of us really enjoyed it and wouldn't hesitate to see it again. Given that it is breaking box office recorRAB around the world, maybe it's your review and not the movie that's unsavoury?

[macoroni and melons]

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[Akramul]

Go on. Force yourself. You obviously didn't enjoy it - why not?



Ah, yes - Marketing, that great evil. The problem here, however, is that the Marketing really didn't work that well. The initial box office returns for Avatar weren't that good. The fact that they've got better (and better) is down to the best Marketing of all - word of mouth.

[UnitedWeStand]

I knew absolutely nothing about the movie before seeing it, and the trailers really didn't give anything away at all. Just thought "meh", mediocre action flick.

Absolute suprise when it turned out to be excellent.

[Pics]

from what i can read and understand from IMDB, Avatar has only made 350 mil world wide. i cant find the billion dollar mark at all from this site.
is IMDB not totally up to date?

[michaelempeigne]

Box Office Mojo is the place to go.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2634&p=.htm

RegarRAB

Mark

[First on the way!]

I knew it would make a load, very contrived.