Avatar Box Office

[ZitaX]

Cool! Avatar is still making some decent money! Pretty amasing money actually if you see to how long its been in the theaters!

[iluvneytiri]

Avatar now stands at $2,708,853,911 worldwide earnings. I would like it to hit 2.742 billion, that's 900 million more than Titanic. Of course, if it's re-released in Imax with added footage, it may hit $ 3 billion.

[Vauktu]

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

April 20:
Domestic: $745,119,191 27.5%
+ Foreign: $1,974,000,000 72.5%
= Worldwide: $2,712,219,191

Weekly income:
Domestic: $1,430,218 13%
+ Foreign: $9,000,000 87%
= Worldwide: $10,430,218

With Avatar's re-release in roughly 57 iMAX theaters across the US over the weekend, Avatar's earnings shot up 50.3% from last weekend, and it is continuing to make more money as the week rolls along. On Monday and Tuesday alone (Mar 19-20) Avatar has had a 37.4% increase from last week thanks to the added number of theaters it received - which proves my earlier post. Avatar is still in high demand, it just doesn't have the theaters screens.

Avatar has a better chance of reaching $3b now that theaters are taking Avatar back in as other movies begin to fall out (Shutter Island, Alice in Wonderland, etc), and an even better chance of hitting $3b considering James Cameron has plans on re-releasing Avatar sometime in August:
James Cameron: The 'Avatar' sequel will dive into the oceans of Pandora | Hero Complex | Los Angeles Times

JC: We’re working on finishing an additional six minutes of the film -- which includes a lot of Weta work -- for a theatrical re-release in August.
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Clearly, it wasn’t market forces directly; it was the availability of theaters. So we’re going to wait until there’s a time to come back in, inject the new footage into the mix and see if we can interest people in the “Avatar” experience in theaters.

[Human No More]

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[iluvneytiri]

Originally Posted by Vauktu

With Avatar's re-release in roughly 57 iMAX theaters across the US over the weekend, Avatar's earnings shot up 50.3% from last weekend, and it is continuing to make more money as the week rolls along. On Monday and Tuesday alone (Mar 19-20) Avatar has had a 37.4% increase from last week thanks to the added number of theaters it received - which proves my earlier post. Avatar is still in high demand, it just doesn't have the theaters screens.

Avatar has a better chance of reaching $3b now that theaters are taking Avatar back in as other movies begin to fall out ...

Will people still go to the movies to see Avatar now that the DVD has been released? Of course, if Avatar comes back in Imax with 6 added minutes, people are gonna go for sure, but what about going to watch the present version, when the DVD is already available?

[Akwey]

Originally Posted by Human No More

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perfect word choice

[Vauktu]

Originally Posted by iluvneytiri

Will people still go to the movies to see Avatar now that the DVD has been released? Of course, if Avatar comes back in Imax with 6 added minutes, people are gonna go for sure, but what about going to watch the present version, when the DVD is already available?

That's hard to say. There are so many factors that need to be calculated to determine the outcome. What I can say for sure is Avatar will have a huge first week after it's re-release. The second, third, or any week following is up in the air.

There's a large number people willing to pay more for the premium 3D experience as opposed to basic 2D. The same can go for Home vs Theater, but this applies to a smaller number of people. Some are willing to spend the extra $10 dollars to go watch it at the theater while others aren't. Some have efficient home theaters while others don't.

Whatever happens, it will be good. Fox is going through the trouble of adding an extra six minutes of footage and I am sure the work they go through is well worth it. After all, Fox didn't just flip a coin and decide whether they were going to go through with the re-release or not.

[zongtseng]

As long as they have Avatar in an IMAX theater near me, I am good for once a week for an indefinite period of time, regardless of having the blu-ray. There is no substitute for the IMAX 3D Experience

[Vauktu]

*bump*

On Box Office Mojo's "Box Office Derby", 204+ people have estimated Avatar : SE to gross somewhere around $8.7m in domestic ticket sales over the coming weekend.

Considering the amount of theaters showing Avatar, that's not bad at all. And judging by the polls on BOM, it may even surpass everyone's estimation.

[TheIknimaya]

Going by the worldwide gross on Box Office Mojo for Avatar, which is:

- $2,740,405,721, which means...

Avatar is only $259,594,279 away from passing the $3 Billion mark.

Quite the accomplishment. We all knew it would happen eventually if the re-release was to happen.

[Stanley_9875]

I paid my $16.50

[Woodsprite]

Originally Posted by Stanley_9875

I paid my $16.50

*claps* A worthy investment.

I too shall soon purchase a ticket.

[Helicoradian]

I'll do my part this friday

I wonder if the re-release will push it past the 3 billion mark?

[nickl630]

Originally Posted by Stanley_9875

I paid my $16.50

Picked up 4 tickets tonight for me and some friends wooo!

[TheIknimaya]

Originally Posted by Helicoradian

I'll do my part this friday

I wonder if the re-release will push it past the 3 billion mark?

To quote my earlier post:

Originally Posted by TheIknimaya

Going by the worldwide gross on Box Office Mojo for Avatar, which is:

- $2,740,405,721, which means...

Avatar is only $259,594,279 away from passing the $3 Billion mark.

Quite the accomplishment. We all knew it would happen eventually if the re-release was to happen.

I'd say it will exceed $3 Billion by a fair amount.