Avatar Box Office

[Vauktu]

From Box Office Mojo:
Domestic: $725,419,000 27.8%
+ Foreign: $1,881,165,406 72.2%
= Worldwide: $2,606,584,406

Foreign earnings should update on Monday, and I expect it to be somewhere around $1.9b. Getting closer and closer to $3b every passing day.

[SaphirJD]

Its really awesome to see that amount of money Avatar has earned so far... Lets hope for good Sequels now

[Jacob]

If Avatar stays in theatres for another couple of months I think it will almost certainly reach $3B. However, I'm not sure that's a given (especially with Alice in Wonderland taking up a lot of lucrative 3D screens). Avatar's already been in theatres for quite a while, relatively, and is not showing anywhere near as much as it used to.

Still, over $2.5B! That is simply amazing.

[Chris]

Hahaha i remember writing a blog reviewing Avatar at the time it came out - and there was a huge debate going on if it would ever be able to earn back its mega sized budget... it makes me chuckle thinking about it everytime i see these numbers

[Stanley_9875]

Jeez, so incredible. I remember first seeing Avatar opening night, and thinking "This movie is going to get popular so quickly" and what do you know, after a couple nights, sold out everywhere

[TorukMakto]

Originally Posted by Stanley_9875

Jeez, so incredible. I remember first seeing Avatar opening night, and thinking "This movie is going to get popular so quickly" and what do you know, after a couple nights, sold out everywhere

Thats true...No one thought 3D would look so awesome as it did in Avatar...the movie opened with 77 million...Now that everyone loves immersive 3D...Alice comes out and does 115m the 1st weekend...but guess what Alice's 2nd weekend is only 62m compared to Avatar's 2nd weekend of 75.6m an all time 2nd weekend record!

[guyguy]

ill probly be able to go see it 3d this weekend so you can add 10$ to that!

[Sovereign]

The money's coming in from overseas. So Avatar's fate lies in whether the foreign theaters jump all over "Alice" too.

[Sìltsan'awpo]

Originally Posted by Sovereign

The money's coming in from overseas. So Avatar's fate lies in whether the foreign theaters jump all over "Alice" too.

Lol, I haven't heard a single word from "Alice" since like ever. Heck not even the commercials! Most people say it was a "Meh" movie. I haven't seen it but don't feel like it either. Still, I'm dying to see Avatar in IMAX again.

[Sovereign]

Well if IMAX needs a quick fix, you know who they'll call.

[Sacred Tsahaylu]

Me? I have a great movie on standby
Heehee

[Jordan]

What actually adds up to the box office? Never really knew what it was..
Will it also add up the money of the bluray dvds bought and/or at least when it comes back to the theaters later this year?

[Vauktu]

Originally Posted by Jordan

What actually adds up to the box office? Never really knew what it was..
Will it also add up the money of the bluray dvds bought and/or at least when it comes back to the theaters later this year?

Ticket sales. That's all. Give $10.00 to your theater and it is added to Avatar's box office. DVD/Bluray and other accessories are not added.

[Vauktu]

According to Box Office Mojo, Avatar is making $354 per theater each day, which means it would be making roughly $1,063,062 throughout Mon-Wed if it were playing in 3003 theaters, placing it as the #2 highest grossing movie this week (behind AiW) with a total domestic gross of $13,101,304 for the entire week.

The fact that Avatar is in only 1718 theaters and would still be making over $1m throughout Mon-Wed (which is more than any of the current releases besides AiW) if it played in 3k theaters is a sign it's being pulled far too early in it's run. What a shame.

[~ViperSB1~]

I wonder if the re-release will only be in Imax?