Avatar - massive hit..?

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most blockbusters open massive then drop off the weeks after, usually about 40%. they make the majority of their money in opening week hence the huge push to get everyone to see them when they first open. bad word of mouth has a lot to do with it too..

avatar though whilst not a world shattering opening ($75m) has only dropped off 2% in the states..

the last time i remember this happening was with titanic. from what i recall its first weekend was about $50m but it stayed bringing that in for a good few weeks.

i wonder if avatar will do the same and end up as big a hit as titanic?

i think 3d has a lot to do with it - some screens like imax are sold out for a month. plus i think word of mouth seems overall positive
 
Didn't The Dark Knight bring in something like $150m in it's opening weekend and then $70m every week for a few months making it one of the few movies to earn over $1bn at the box office in the USA alone?
 
Yes, like I said, the figures are impressive.

(I'm not sure about "most big movies", incidentally. Some still like their actors to do media interviews, and they can't do that in every country at once, even if the film is digital.)
 
If you are talking about me then I really couldn't give a shit how much it makes, be it $5 or 5 billion dollars, this applys to all films, only the fanboys care how much a movie makes at the box office.

The top grossing films of all time list is an utterly pointless and meaningless list, even the adjusted for inflation one is as newer films haven't had the chance for multiple cinema releases.
 
Incorrect. Where did you get this information from?

The Dark Knight's box office:

Domestic (US): $533,345,358 (53.2%)
+ Foreign: $468,576,467 (46.8%)

= Worldwide: $1,001,921,825

Avatar, so far:

Domestic (US): $212,268,000 (34.5%)
+ Foreign:$402,900,000 (65.5%)

= Worldwide: $615,168,000

After a mere ten days of release, we can safely say it's doing rather well.

btw - Both results from Boxofficemojo.com, a site well worth checking for all BO figures, if that's yer thing.
 
Well considering how the prices have gone up in 11 years or so how relative is it? It shouldnt be in money terms but how many SEATS have been sold. It really bugs me when they keep saying box office receipts have gone up. Have you SEEN how much it costs at bloody Cineworld now?:mad:
 
Higher prices also result in fewer people buying tickets. The proper way to account for it is not by number of seats sold, but to divide the total by some price index that accounts for inflation. But that gets tricky when handling international box office, since each country has a different rate of inflation.

There are some lists out there that rank films in terms of highest box office adjusted for inflation. By that measure, the winner is not Titanic, but Gone with the Wind, which was released in 1939. The top 10 in US domestic box office, adjusted for inflation are:

Gone with the Wind
Star Wars
The Sound of Music
The Ten Commandments
Titanic
Jaws
Doctor Zhivago
The Exorcist
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
 
It's not just you; Perez "not enough space on the Internet to fit all the names and profanity the odious belmtard deserves into this middle bit" Hilton tried that as well.
 
But you could also argue there is no point comparing the number of pre television cinema visits to post television cinema visits, such was TVs impact.
 
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