heruamon said:
This is probably the most amazing feat this film will accomplish...that is UNREAL...I've been watching Box Office takes for a LONG time, and I've never seen anything like that before. Movies with large opening weekends just don't do that kinda stuff. This means the wom of phenomenal for the film. |
I think the 3D and the CGI is so good Avatar has become a 'must see and judge for yourself' film. Friends of mine who would never see a film like Avatar are taking themselves off to see it to see 'what the fuss is all about'. While I've critised it's story, etc. as have most critics, the simple fact is that, obvious weaknesses aside, the film is pure cinema visually. It's loaded with what we find, as a visually biased species, fascinating about sitting in the dark watching films on a very big screen.
What's going to be interesting is how this changes things for 3D. The film industry want's to get us all back in cinema's to see 3D films rather than watching at home, and if Avatar is as big as success as the drop indicates I think we're really going to see the studios really push for more big, visually impressive 3D films.
Amazing drop, of course - unless Avatar drops big time by next weekend it's going to sail past 1 billion fairly quickly. It should be noted though, just 'cause it's a fair point, that a large percentage of its sales are from Imax or higher priced 3D showings (I've seen it in Imax and at a higher price showning in a regular cinema) so the large numbers reflect a slightly smaller audience than they otherwise would do, but clearly hoards of people are seeing it nonetheless.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
