If there were to be a re-release, it will definitely play in most IMAX theaters. Other theaters which show different formats are a completely different case. Whether those theaters go along with a re-release or not really depends on what is playing at the time.

It looks like Avatar is in tenth place this weekend with estimated $3M haul. It shed about 500 theatres too. :(

Damn, i was so sure it would cross 750, but im not so sure anymore

It's definitely possible with re-releases (later this year, and one before the sequel release). Foreign box office is really what's going to bring Avatar across the $3b mark.

Well, I just got back from a sold-out 500 seat IMAX theater. The late show starting after mine was also sold out. So, that's $14,000 from those two shows :)

Real-D weekend showings are still selling out here, or at least it was this Saturday:)

So, if my poor maths skills are correct, hitting $3bn will mean it will have have made a 1000% markup?

You are correct. In order for Avatar to hit the $3b mark, it would have to continue to gross $6m each week world-wide for 13 months. However, as stated by one of my previous posts on this topic, Avatar is being pulled from theaters far too early in it's release. There is still a large demand for the movie, it just doesn't have the theater count. One or two re-releases have the ability to push it past $3b.

After 101 days, "Avatar" has finally exited the top 10.

With "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Alice in Wonderland" taking nearly all of the 3-D screens in the country, "Avatar" saw its ticket sales drop 50% this weekend to an estimated $2 million, pushing it to No. 11 on the box-office charts.

That's the biggest decline by far for director James Cameron's 3-D blockbuster since it opened Dec. 18 and a sign of just how important 3-D, which has generated more than 80% of the film's box-office revenue, has been to its $740.4-million domestic run.

"Avatar's" 14 consecutive weekends in the box office top 10 marks the longest such run for a movie since "Chicago" went for 16 straight weekends in 2003, according to boxofficemojo.com.

Overseas, meanwhile, "Avatar" will likely end up just short of $2 billion, as an additional $7.6 million this weekend brought its international total to $1.95 billion.
Copyright © 2010, The Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...,2259409.story

Noes :(

well, hopefully we still reach 3billion. Just got back from the BFI IMAX, 100% sold out. Only two showings today, but I'm sure they will keep playing it for quite a while... The fact that it's still showing 2-3x/day even with Alice in wonderland shows that Avatar is still more popular :D

Mar 21:
Domestic: $736,881,000 27.6%
+ Foreign: $1,931,000,000 72.4%
= Worldwide: $2,667,881,000

Mar 29:
Domestic: $740,440,529 27.6%
+ Foreign: $1,944,000,000 72.4%
= Worldwide: $2,684,440,529

Weekly income:

Domestic: $3,559,529 21.4%
+ Foreign: $13,000,000 78.6%
= Worldwide: $16,559,529

Box Office Mojo as of April 4:

Domestic: $742,332,678 27.5%
+ Foreign: $1,955,000,000 72.5%
= Worldwide: $2,697,332,678

Ugh you think with theaters still being sold out you'd think theaters would get a clue... I must see Avatar again while it's still in theaters! Thanks for the updates everybody

Mar 29:
Domestic: $740,440,529 27.6%
+ Foreign: $1,944,000,000 72.4%
= Worldwide: $2,684,440,529

April 6:
Domestic: $742,332,678 27.5%
+ Foreign: $1,955,000,000 72.5%
= Worldwide: $2,697,332,678

Weekly income:
Domestic: $1,892,149 14.7%
+ Foreign: $11,000,000 85.3%
= Worldwide: $12,892,149

April 6:
Domestic: $742,332,678 27.5%
+ Foreign: $1,955,000,000 72.5%
= Worldwide: $2,697,332,678

April 13:
Domestic: $743,688,973 27.5%
+ Foreign: $1,965,000,000 72.5%
= Worldwide: $2,708,688,973

Weekly income:
Domestic: $1,356,295 12%
+ Foreign: $10,000,000 88%
= Worldwide: $11,356,295

Even with a loss of 57 theaters this weekend, Avatar only dropped a mere 13.8% in ticket sales over the weekend compared to the week before where it dropped 52.1% in the domestic box office.