| --OkeyDokey-- said: To put it in perspective, The Dark Knight took pretty much its entire theatrical run to make that milestone. Avatar did it in just 17 days. By next week it should beeat Return of the King and Pirates to become the second highest grossing movie of all time, behind Titanic. Amazing. |
Just to play Devil's Advocate, in the US Avatar is actually tracking just behind TDK (Avatar took 17 days to get to $350 Million and TDK did it in 14). The non-US numbers however are really propelling it - although as noted many of those are higher priced 3D tickets - with an amazing split of US / non-US sales that is quite something.
Not that Cameron will care about TDK US numbers! I doubt Avatar will have the legs to get to Titanic - you need obsessive teenage girls for that IMHO, just look at New Moon - but it's for sure going to tail out way above the next closest film to give Cameron unadjusted sales no 1 and 2 well clear of the pack. Titanic is jus above $ 1.7 billion if I remember right (actually, it was over $1.8 Billion). Avatar I think could get to $1.4 Billion or even $1.5 billion, although that assumes there is no huge collapse now the kids are back at school.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
