The Tuesday box office actuals are out and Avatar took in $4,190,947 out of a total top ten Box Office for the day of $11,640,436, for a 36% share of the top ten box office. Both the gross number and percentage share are consistent with what now appears to be Avatar’s inevitable march toward Titanic’s all-time US record of $600M.
In a move that is being understood as a reaction to Avatar’s theme of forced relocation and eviction, the Chinese government has pulled Avatar from all 2D screens – 1,628 of them – in spite of the fact that the film is breaking all records for box office business in the country.
In Sunday’s New York Times, Manohla Dargis has an excellent piece which relies heavily on much of what Broderick has been saying, and is reprinted in part here
Even non-fight fans have been following the Mayweather-Pacquiao steroids struggle, and most know that Pacquiao has moved on, scheduling a fight on March 13 in Dallas Cowboys Stadium with tough Ghanaian welterweight Joshua Clottey. Meanwhile yesterday Haitian welterweight Andre Berto, who had been scheduled to fight Shane Mosley on January 30th in Las Vegas, dropped […]
This Op-Ed from David Brooks in the New York Times is quite insightful and worth a read. It offers some of the best analysis I’ve seen on the mood of the country as President Obama enters his second year, and why his support among moderates is slipping. It’s not a partisan piece — rather a […]
Newly crowned Golden Globe champ Avatar notched an impressive estimated Martin Luther King Monday Take of $11m en route to a $54.6M 4 Day MLK Weekend Total that continues to shatter box office records.
The new prediction model shows that Avatar will surpass Titanic between Feb 4 and 6, not Valentine’s Day as many are predicting.
8PM PST: Avatar has just won Best Picture and Best Director at the Golden Globes. In accepting, Cameron acknowledge the “great, creative, amazing people” in the room — then said “I think this is the best job in the world. We all have the best job in the world. We make entertainment for the global […]
The Sunday morning box office numbers are out and Avatar has won a fifth consecutive weekend with an estimated take of $41.6m, soundly thumping Book of Eli and setting more records in the process:
Remembering the production of Goodbye America, a film about the closing of Subic Bay Naval Base in the Philippines in 1992 starring James Brolin, Michael York, Rae Dawn Chong, Alexis Arquette, Corin Nemec, and John Haymes Newton.
It’s worth giving consideration to the possibility that a century of American betrayal and bullying of the Philippines may have had much to do with Manny Pacquiao’s unwillingness to bow completely to Mayweather’s demands.
Tiger Woods had an excellent opportunity to reemerge as a “good guy” by sending real help to Haiti, but it looks like he’s letting the moment pass.
Chart and Graph showing Avatar and Titanic Box Office daily through 4 weeks in release.
It’s Friday again and Avatar weekend box office prediction time is here. Last weekend most predictions were in the low to mid $40m range. Avatar was initially reported to have done $48.5M; this was subsequently upgraded to $50.3m. I had predicted $53M so I was close, but a little bit over. What about this weekend? […]
Avatar grossed $4.7 million on Wednesday, Jan. 13, according to figures released at Box Office Mojo. Compared to Tuesday, its earnings dropped by only 6.4 percent. After 27 days out, James Cameron’s ecologically conscious sci-fi adventure has taken in a remarkable $445.7 million at the domestic box office. Avatar is now #4 on the all-time domestic box-office chart (not adjusted for inflation or higher 3D/IMAX ticket prices) It will surely be #3 by Monday, ahead of George Lucas‘ Stars Wars ($460m).
As Avatar continues its march up the all-time box office charts, the chorus of critics of Cameron’s sci-fi epic seem increasingly anxious to minimize its achievements. This is no surprise. After all, the film sits out there as a giant target to take shots at. In the realm of “ways to minimize Avatar’s achievement” is […]
The film Karla is a true crime story about the notorious Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo — Canadia couple who raped and murdered some young teens.
Tuesday box office numbers are in, and Avatar held steady at $5,066,734, bringing its US total to $441M, just $200,000 behind Shrek 2 which will be the next rung on the ladder for Avatar, leaving only Star Wars ($460m), Dark Knight ($533M), and Titanic ($600M) ahead of Cameron’s sci-fi epic
Commentary looking at the charges that Avatar is “racist” because it presents a “white messiah” who leads the Na’Vi to victory.
Avatar continues to roll; Monday the Cameron Sci-Fi Epic clocked $5.11M on Monday, notching 44% of the total Box Office Gross for the day of $11M. Avatar also moved past #6 All-Time Star Wars: Episode 1 and #5 E.T: The Extra Terrestrial to land in #4 All Time US Box Office.
List of ways to help Haiti after the earthquake.
Analysis of Titanic Box Office Gross with comparison to Avatar on a day by day basis which asks, what will Avatar’s final gross be?
Fox Studios has made James Cameron’s original screenplay for Avatar available for download. The screenplay contains substantial differences from the final cut of the film.
Commentary on NY Times Op-Ed by Thomas Geoghegan which argues that the Senate, as it now operates, has really become unconstitutional because of the need to have a 60 vote supermajority to get anything done.
The weekend Box Office actuals are out and Avatar has again been upgraded, this time from the $48.5M reported yesterday to $50.3M.
Spider Man 4 is in turmoil, with Sam Raimi out as director and Tobey Maguire out as Peter Parker, Sony Pictures has just announced.
Fareed Zakaria describes how our frenzied response to terrorism only feeds it.
Avatar’s weekend performance of $48.5M US Domestic Gross has carried James Cameron’s Sci-fi epic past a variety of new milestones as if flexes its muscles and continues to demonstrate that it will eventually surpass Titanic as the #1 All Time Box Office Hit.
Avatar earned $50.3M at the US Box Office the Weekend of January 9-10, eclipsing Titanic’s record of $28m which had previously stood as the highest 4th weekend ever.
Link to New York Times article entitled “Seeing Old Age as a Never Ending Adventure”.
Year of the Spy Book Trailer
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