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Neos on 08 January 2010

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Looks like James Cameron is the King of Middle Earth, too. With $1.14 billion worldwide and counting, Avatar has now overtaken the $1.1 billion raked in by 2003's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King to become the second-highest-grossing film in history. In fact, Avatar is going so strong that what once seemed an out-of-this-world impossibility now seems within the realm of (virtual) reality. If the 20th Century Fox movie, which screens in both 2-D and 3-D formats, keeps up its current pace, it could catch the $1.8 billion in global ticket sales tallied by the Oscar-winning filmmaker's own Titanic. It that wasn't enough (and it never is in Tinseltown), Fox's FX cable »

 

 

 

All-Time Worldwide Box office

Rank Title Worldwide Box Office
1. Titanic (1997) $1,835,300,000
2. Avatar (2009) $1,135,245,852
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) $1,129,219,252
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) $1,060,332,628
5. The Dark Knight (2008) $1,001,921,825
6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) $968,657,891
7. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) $958,404,152
8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) $937,000,866
9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) $933,956,980
10. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) $922,379,000


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TruckOSaurus on 08 January 2010

And I have yet to see it! I'll add my $10 to the total worldwide gross this weekend!



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dtewi on 08 January 2010

It doesn't take inflation into account. Seriously, take it into account and those top 10 current day movies don't break the top 50 (I think).

EDIT: Whoops, I meant to say some of those don't break the top 50.

Here's adjusted for inflation list: http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

Avatar is at #85 (but I'm unsure how accurate that is).

 



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mrstickball on 08 January 2010
dtewi said:

It doesn't take inflation into account. Seriously, take it into account and those top 10 current day movies don't break the top 50 (I think).

EDIT: Whoops, I meant to say some of those don't break the top 50.

Here's adjusted for inflation list: http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

Avatar is at #85 (but I'm unsure how accurate that is).

 

The problem is, that the market is much different than it was for Titanic, or Gone With The Wind. So its hard to just use inflation-adjusted numbers to show which movies were the best of all time, or not.

For example, GWTW didn't get a TV deal worth millions of dollars when it debuted. It didn't have the DVD coming out 6 months after its theater release. No piracy either. Titanic didn't have DVD either - it was in theaters for almost an entire year (whereas $100m-grosser Paranormal Activity was in theaters a whopping 3 months before the DVD released).

So as much as adjusting for tickets can be a barometer, actual revenue is just as useful, because any movie that makes it high on that list is going to have a lot more secondary income coming in.



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luisgvm on 08 January 2010

it deserves its succes!!!. avatar was E P I C. this was the best movie i saw this yearrrrrr!!!!. it was AMAZING!!!!!!.



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darthdevidem01 on 08 January 2010

COME ONE SINK THE SHIP AVATAR!!!!!!!!

TAKE DOWN TITANIC!

{counting inflation Star Wars Episode 4 is the highest grossing film worldwide}



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SmokedHostage on 08 January 2010

I love Titanic(and I'm sane too) but I like to see that Jame's Cameron CAN at least try to top himself.

I gotta watch this film.



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Chairman-Mao on 08 January 2010
dtewi said:

It doesn't take inflation into account. Seriously, take it into account and those top 10 current day movies don't break the top 50 (I think).

EDIT: Whoops, I meant to say some of those don't break the top 50.

Here's adjusted for inflation list: http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

Avatar is at #85 (but I'm unsure how accurate that is).

 

Isn't that just US box office though. Not worldwide? Either way you do have a point, Avatar isn't as high after inflation.

 

My new years resolution is to not watch the smurf...err, I mean Avatar.



Moren on 08 January 2010

Go Avatar, you're the best movie ever, reach 2billion and prove James Cameron he is the first san second best director of all time



c03n3nj0 on 08 January 2010

I think it deserves. I really enjoyed it.

No, don't just sink titanic Avatar, BLOW IT INTO TINY LITTLE PIECES!



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