“Avatar” opens with $73 million, record earnings for 3D

James Cameron's epic "Avatar" led the box office with opening ticket sales amounting to about $73 million in the US and Canada over opening weekend. In comparison, Walt Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" was second with opening weekend ticket sales of about $12.2 million. CONTINUE READING BELOW.

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“Avatar” opens with $73 million, record earnings for 3D
 

James Cameron‘s epic “Avatar” led the box office with opening ticket sales amounting to about $73 million in the US and Canada over opening weekend. In comparison, Walt Disney‘s “The Princess and the Frog” was second with opening weekend ticket sales of about $12.2 million.

“Avatar”‘s figures have broken the previous ticket sales record for a 3D animation movie. The previous record of $68.1 million over opening weekend was set by Walt Disney’s “UP” earlier this year.

“Avatar” is James Cameron’s first movie after the epic movie “Titanic” in 1997. It is also estimated to be one of the most expensive films ever made, with a budget clocking in at about $230 million.

Analysts, however, are estimating that the film may generate at least $400 million in total earnings after its run, playing in 3,124 theaters in 2,034 locations.

“Avatar” tells the story of an ex-Marine who was tasked to spy on the inhabitants of a distant planet by inhabiting a faux body cloned from the aliens’ genetic material, in an effort to find rare minerals.

James Cameron reportedly started writing the story of “Avatar” in 1995, and worked on it for about 10 years, developing the appropriate technology to create the vast world that he was imagining.

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  • xinunus

    This MOVIE IS A LIBERALS WET DREAM.

    THEY EVEN USE THE “SHOCK AND AWE” REFERENCE TO TIE THE EVIL MILITARY IN THE MOVIE TO THE U.S. MILITARY.

    JAMES CAMERON IS A LOSER!

  • david2235125

    American is a terrible country. We lie, cheat, and kill our way to obtaining land from the Native Americans who were here first and rightfully owned the land. We destroy the habitats of plants and animals to pave roads, build skyscrapers, and create air pollution. We invade Iraq to take their oil in order to power our polluting automobiles. And we invade an entire system of otherwise peaceful natives to destroy the lush, almost sentient planet to destroy their home and take the minerals that happen to exist underground.

    American is ALWAYS in the wrong. The U.S. Military by association is EVIL.

    “That is a fact.”

  • liberal234

    I'm glad you were able to find some liberal bias and warn the public about it. I was going to talk about how visually stunning this movie is but I guess we better stick to discussing the moral message hidden in this eye candy.

  • chrisk83

    Such terrible 'liberal' propaghanda in this movie such as respect for life. I'm sure the Military channel is zinunus' wet dream.

  • loves_neytiri

    man you guys are lame,those of you who cant except entertainment for what it is. i did not know that a vision for fantasy and enjoyment was a political reference to the U.S. military being evil. dang you figuered James cameron out, all these yrs of ideas just to convince people the U.S. sucks haha…for all we know the people against the na'vi was far from being americans since sam worthington is an aussie..ohhh thats right he was just acting! know what i mean? dork

  • JDBurnZ

    if you want to get overly technical, the “military” was not government operated at all, it was a corporation. because of its expansion beyond us or even earth's territory, there were no governing laws determining or weighing in their actions and that is how they have a very governmental presence- because essentially, the earth based corporation was its own government outside earth's rule.

    now enjoy the movie for what it is! one last thing, i'm incredibly conservative and i have no idea what liberal propaganda you're referring to.

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