I thought avatar was great and I'm glad it's raking in the dough.
It will be #1 all time but titanic's (which, even with inflation, is the highest grossing movie based on its initial run only.... ie: gone with the wind and star wars saw multiple rereleases) gross would see a 50% increase based on avatar standards due to ticket prices being higher, plus i-max sales, plus 3-D sales.
| Cobretti2 said: Great movie but I think the 3D is over rated. I enjoyed the 2D more. Main reason was Avatar wasn't full 3D here. It was 3D behind a glass window. Nothing come out of the screen at you like in full 3D. It was also blurry on the sides when the 3D was playing. the middle was crisp and clean. Did anyone else found this to be true for their cinema?
on a side note: http://static1.cinemenu.com.br/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/avatar-pocahontas.gif
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1. The 3D had numerous areas where it was 'out of the screen' and Mine was clear/crisp throughout, both times I went to see it.
2. That image is freakin hilarious and just proves my other arguement about how Avatar was more beleive since we as a race have done it numerous times.
movie was crap
It has reach about 1.71 billion right about now =0
| Seece said: Yes yes, we know why you've posted this, because AVATAR is going to take the top spot. Despite probably only selling 1/6 of the amount of tickets Titanic did. |
Of course we take into account tickets prices have gone way up from back when Titantic...and lets go back further to when movies first came out the prices....how long would it have taken....and movies not even being released in as many theaters as it is now...I remember having one theater that played 2 movies and the theater only had the one room...yes I'm that old 31 yrs old...lol
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One of my favorites on the list is the Dark Knight...mind blowing...
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darklich13 said:
Sorry, I can't find any data on Sound of Music being released outside of US. If you can find any data please let me know, but from what I can tell it was a domestic release only. You make a very good point about theaters though. |
The Sound of Music did release outside of the US, however I couldn't find any financial info either. Though I did find some interesting info. Domestically it was only released once. It made ~158.7 mil, which adjusted by inflation alone (not taking into account population growth and availibility of theatres) it made ~1.05 bil. That's just crazy to me. So if we only go on initial release data, to be fair to Avatar's one release, it would be the #1 movie of all time in the US.
Here's a link to the list of the top 100 movies: http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm
I'll post the top 30:
| 1 | Gone with the Wind | MGM | $1,485,028,000 | $198,676,459 | 1939^ |
| 2 | Star Wars | Fox | $1,309,179,000 | $460,998,007 | 1977^ |
| 3 | The Sound of Music | Fox | $1,046,753,000 | $158,671,368 | 1965 |
| 4 | E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial | Uni. | $1,042,629,400 | $435,110,554 | 1982^ |
| 5 | The Ten Commandments | Par. | $962,850,000 | $65,500,000 | 1956 |
| 6 | Titanic | Par. | $943,342,300 | $600,788,188 | 1997 |
| 7 | Jaws | Uni. | $941,379,300 | $260,000,000 | 1975 |
| 8 | Doctor Zhivago | MGM | $912,395,600 | $111,721,910 | 1965 |
| 9 | The Exorcist | WB | $812,679,700 | $232,671,011 | 1973^ |
| 10 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Dis. | $801,150,000 | $184,925,486 | 1937^ |
| 11 | 101 Dalmatians | Dis. | $734,391,800 | $144,880,014 | 1961^ |
| 12 | The Empire Strikes Back | Fox | $721,627,700 | $290,475,067 | 1980^ |
| 13 | Ben-Hur | MGM | $720,300,000 | $74,000,000 | 1959 |
| 14 | Return of the Jedi | Fox | $691,336,700 | $309,306,177 | 1983^ |
| 15 | The Sting | Uni. | $655,200,000 | $156,000,000 | 1973 |
| 16 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Par. | $647,842,600 | $242,374,454 | 1981^ |
| 17 | Jurassic Park | Uni. | $633,612,900 | $357,067,947 | 1993 |
| 18 | The Graduate | AVCO | $628,949,700 | $104,901,839 | 1967^ |
| 19 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Fox | $623,469,700 | $431,088,301 | 1999 |
| 20 | Fantasia | Dis. | $610,369,600 | $76,408,097 | 1941^ |
| 21 | The Godfather | Par. | $580,080,900 | $134,966,411 | 1972^ |
| 22 | Forrest Gump | Par. | $577,310,300 | $329,694,499 | 1994 |
| 23 | Mary Poppins | Dis. | $574,636,400 | $102,272,727 | 1964^ |
| 24 | The Lion King | BV | $567,653,700 | $328,541,776 | 1994^ |
| 25 | Grease | Par. | $565,374,900 | $188,389,888 | 1978^ |
| 26 | Thunderball | UA | $549,780,000 | $63,595,658 | 1965 |
| 27 | The Dark Knight | WB | $545,973,300 | $533,345,358 | 2008 |
| 28 | The Jungle Book | Dis. | $541,547,400 | $141,843,612 | 1967^ |
| 29 | Sleeping Beauty | Dis. | $534,169,000 | $51,600,000 | 1959^ |
| 30 | Avatar |
The one's with a ^ have had more then one release. Right now Avatar sits at #30. I think when all is said and done, it will rest in the 15-20 range. Definitely no way it will be bigger than the Sound of Music. Also doubt it will hit the top 10.
superchunk said:
1. The 3D had numerous areas where it was 'out of the screen' and Mine was clear/crisp throughout, both times I went to see it. 2. That image is freakin hilarious and just proves my other arguement about how Avatar was more beleive since we as a race have done it numerous times. |
hmm. maybe the cinema I went to has shit 3D technologySadly it is the only cinema here iwht 3D capability.
To me the side of the image were blury. like the middle action as awesome but if you tried to focus on the side of the screen it was still blurred. I wonder if its to do with the lense they played it with or very shit cheap glasses.
do you rememebr which parts come out at you? From memory the only thing that sorta come out was the brown dust particles falling.That was about it but they did not come out far like the demo before the movie of this ball floating around the cinema.
was it only animated parts that come out or real parts of people etc??
feel free to PM me if you dont want to put spoilers in this thread.
i knew that titanic had the first palce but i didn't knew that avatar was so close to beat it!
Titanic at number 1 criminal that a half decent actor like dicaprio can top endless classics with a movie like that. Everytime I see that list (ripped straight from IMDB) I cringe at Titanic at number 1. PLEASE somebody knock it off!!
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