Avatar - 6 million away from titanic!!!

neosis666 · January 24, 2010, 11:48:35 AM

Avatar is now only ~~97million~~ 6 million behind titanic in worldwide sales.

Let the countdown begin.

For those interested in the domestic figures.

http://www.talknavi.com/downloads/avatar_titanic_revenue.ods
(open document spreadsheet)

http://www.talknavi.com/downloads/avatar_titanic_revenue.xls
(excel spreadsheet)

http://www.talknavi.com/downloads/avatar_titanic_revenue.pdf
(pdf, not the best way to see it)

TorukMakto! · January 24, 2010, 12:34:58 PM

Getting closer and closer, just a few more days.
Yestarday I went for Avatar IMAX 3D and it was still sold out, good sign.

neosis666 · January 24, 2010, 12:35:55 PM

The figures just updated!!!

only 6million behind Titanic!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

TorukMakto! · January 24, 2010, 12:41:25 PM

Quote from: neosis666 on January 24, 2010, 12:35:55 PM
The figures just updated!!!

only 6million behind Titanic!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Wait wasn't it 97 million when you opened the thread ? hahaha

Well I guess Titanic will be passed even today!

Nìwotxkrr Tìyawn · January 24, 2010, 12:42:52 PM

Quote from: TorukMakto! on January 24, 2010, 12:41:25 PM
Quote from: neosis666 on January 24, 2010, 12:35:55 PM
The figures just updated!!!

only 6million behind Titanic!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Wait wasn't it 97 million when you opened the thread ? hahaha
Well I guess Titanic will be passed even today!

I think so too, I was like wtf they must make money impossibly fast huh.

neosis666 · January 24, 2010, 12:44:43 PM

Quote from: TorukMakto! on January 24, 2010, 12:41:25 PM
Quote from: neosis666 on January 24, 2010, 12:35:55 PM
The figures just updated!!!

only 6million behind Titanic!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Wait wasn't it 97 million when you opened the thread ? hahaha
Well I guess Titanic will be passed even today!

It was

Nìwotxkrr Tìyawn · January 24, 2010, 12:47:14 PM

How'd they make 91 million dollars in the coarse of an hour XD.

Txontaw · January 24, 2010, 12:48:46 PM

Quote from: Nìwotxkrr Tìyawntsaheylu on January 24, 2010, 12:47:14 PM
How'd they make 91 million dollars in the coarse of an hour XD.

Weekend showing.

neosis666 · January 24, 2010, 12:53:06 PM

The numbers are periodically updated, not in realtime.

Kawnga Tawtute · January 24, 2010, 01:07:34 PM

AVATAR WON!!!! 1.29 billion dollars!!!

Code Select

http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2010/01/24/Fox-Avatar-beats-Titanic-record/UPI-86021264356264/

Spoiler

One boxoffice record down. Two to go.

After six rounds on the foreign circuit, "Avatar" on the weekend became the biggest-grossing offshore title in movie history.

The James Cameron mega-budget blockbuster rolled up an overseas cume through Sunday of $1.288 billion, exceeding by $46 million "Titanic's" 13-year international boxoffice record of $1.242 billion. The record actually fell Saturday, as predicted.

The latest No. 1 weekend tally was $107 million grossed from 11,800 screens in 111 markets. It was the sixth consecutive weekend that "Avatar" grossed more than $100 million on the foreign circuit.

Distributor 20th Century Fox issued a statement from international co-presidents Paul Hanneman and Tomas Jegeus that stated in part: "We want to thank the Fox International team around the world who believed in the film and worked tirelessly for the past several years to maximize its potential."

Still to be broken are "Titanic's" domestic boxoffice record ($600.8 million) and its worldwide cume ($1.843 billion). "Avatar" has grossed $552.8 million in the U.S. and Canada and $1.8408 billion globally. Given "Avatar's" current boxoffice pace, it should beat "Titanic's" worldwide record early this week.

But "Titanic's" domestic boxoffice record may not be surpassed by "Avatar" until next month, with overseas grosses compensating in the race for the worldwide gross record.

The latest gross numbers underscore yet again the importance of the foreign circuit playoff to "Avatar's" success. Nearly 70% of the film's worldwide revenues come from overseas. That's about the same as the 67% slice of "Titanic's" worldwide total gross that originated abroad.

Peculiar to "Avatar's" success is the latest wave of exhibition technology. At least 65% of its overseas boxoffice and nearly 80% of its domestic earnings derive from 3D venues, which charge the equivalent of several dollars more than conventional theatrical sites. IMEX locations worldwide playing "Avatar" have rolled up $134 million in 38 days at ticket prices at about $15 each.

Big contributors to "Avatar's" foreign success are China and Russia, two key territories that were not significant boxoffice factors when "Titanic" played overseas. On the weekend, "Avatar" secured $11.8 million in China, boosting the market cume to $102.3 million. In Russia, the weekend tally was $3.9 million for a market cume of $95.4 million.

Then there is the inflation factor. According to a formula developed by the department of U.S. Labor Statistics, "Titanic's" 1997 worldwide gross is currently worth at least $2.5 billion on an inflation adjusted basis, or $805 million domestic and $1.664 billion foreign.

Still champ is "Gone With The Wind," which grossed $400 million worldwide in 1939, now worth at least $6 trillion in today's dollars.

OWNED WIN

TorukMakto! · January 24, 2010, 01:08:52 PM

Quote from: Kawnga Tawtute on January 24, 2010, 01:07:34 PM
AVATAR WON!!!! 1.29 billion dollars!!!

OWNED WIN

Was that already confirmed ?

Kawnga Tawtute · January 24, 2010, 01:09:32 PM

look at code in my post

PS: wtf do I have -1 karma??

can someone fix that?

Kìte'eyä Aungia · January 24, 2010, 01:53:52 PM

Wow! I must admit, a month ago I wasn't sure that this would happen, but here we are. There are people complaining about adjustments for inflation, but at this rate it might not matter in the end!

Quote from: Kawnga Tawtute on January 24, 2010, 01:09:32 PM
look at code in my post PS: wtf do I have -1 karma?? can someone fix that?

Sure. ++karma

Kawnga Tawtute · January 24, 2010, 02:03:03 PM

irayo

u got + from me too

Fya'o Tskoyä · January 24, 2010, 02:09:45 PM

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avatar.htm that is all the link you ever need

pbhead · January 24, 2010, 02:19:54 PM

it would be very, very, very epic if avatar reached 2.5 billion. lets see.... 6 weeks or so...so far... its at 1.83 or so... its allready 3/4ths of the way there!! if it continues at 20% drop per week... it earned 66 million in the us... 30% of its profit is from usa... so that means it earned aproximatly 220 million world wide last week... (that might be very far off... depending on alot of stuff) so... using the geometric series formula... 220 million... 20% drop.... 220/(1-.8 )= ...

...

we should stop talking about "will it be the first movie to reach 2 billion" and start talking about "will it be the first movie to reach 3 billion"

that doesnt seem right though... my math must be wrong... well.. lets be conservitive... will it be the first movie to reach 2.5 billion? my monies say srane.

Tsmuke asìltsan · January 24, 2010, 02:29:31 PM

Avatar has reached 1.836 billion!!!

Kawnga Tawtute · January 24, 2010, 02:32:08 PM

3 billion? hmm. not sure.... it's a lot of money...

Ftiafpi · January 24, 2010, 02:53:45 PM

Quote from: Tsmukan asìltsan on January 24, 2010, 02:29:31 PM
Avatar has reached 1.836 billion!!!

Only a little over $6 million to go till it passes Titanic so I think we can safely say that by tomorrow it will have passed Titanic for highest unadjusted worldwide gross sales.

lihass · January 24, 2010, 03:32:44 PM

GO avatar GOGOGO, avatar BEAT titanic in 3-4 days, haha yea, im happy, very happy! >=)

Avatar - 6 million away from titanic!!!

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