Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Avatar Sinks Titanic

At only $5m short of the record, by the time most people read this, Avatar will have become the highest worldwide grossing movie of all time, surpassing the staggering $1,843.2m set by Titanic 13 years ago.


With the increase in ticket prices, I guess it was only a matter of time before the record was broken but I've always thought that "bums on seats" would be a better way to gauge the popularity of a movie. I realise that the studios want, and need, to know how much money their movies make and so this will probably always be the way the record is achieved.

I just think it should be possible to take the money AND count the customers at the box office !

James Cameron has now written and directed the two top worldwide grossing movies in history. Avatar and Titanic have, to date, grossed a mind boggling $3,682m with seemingly plenty more to come.

But amazing as the stats for Avatar may be, one fact stands out above all others.

I've not seen it !

UPDATE : Avatar officially overtakes Titanic as the highest grossing movie of all time.

7 comments:

  1. Avatar is NOT on my "bucket list".

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  2. What's the picture mate? Is it Daphne after a night on the razz at the hotel Joseph? She's even mislaid her specs!

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  3. The most amazing fact is that you may not have seen Avatar but Daphne, who rarely sits through a film let alone goes to the cinema, has!

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  4. I have seen it... it is well worth it, 3D makes it amazing!

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  5. I've seen it! I've seen it! I thought it might not be my kind of thing - - but I loved it. It should definitely be seen in 3D and at a cinema, though.

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  6. Visually, absolutely incredible. But just because you can,it doesn't mean you should.I (and the group I went with) think it is too long, a little preachy and that plot took backseat to special effects. But that said,it is well worth seeing.

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