James Cameron's "Avatar"

[the tourist]

Saw it. Liked it a lot.

 

[powerhour24]

If anyone wants to label themselves an Avatard, here you go:

Acrobat Designs

 

[RedRocksU2]

Great movie, really enjoyed it.

This was the first 3D movie I have seen where I can honestly say I kept on enjoying this type of filmmaking throughout the entire movie. I do not know if I can explain it, but in other 3D movies such as UP, Coraline, U23D, as the movie continued I would get used to the images and I would forget that it was in this format. Not with Avatar. The scenes were gorgeous and the design of the characters were superb.
I can not wait to get this in Blu-Ray.

9.5/10

 

[Yahweh]

One of the best movies I have seen the 3D effects in this movie blow away any other film I have seen up to this point. I will be seeing this again, even with the close to 3 hours of running time it didnt feel overly long. Its hard to put into words how good the effects were, and the story line actually made quite a lot of sense compared to what I was expecting.

It was almost like you were right in the movie.

10/10

A true classic.

 

[powerhour24]

^

 

[LMP]

Oh shit, guess who I found out played the Na'vi tribe leader?

 

[The Sad Punk]

Oh shit, guess who I found out played the Na'vi tribe leader?

Wes Studi, right?

Seemed a bit unnecessary, why not just have a Cherokee marine or something?

 

[LMP]

Yep.

 

[lazarus]

I'll bet Dalton was wondering why an involuntary tear formed in one eye when

Spoiler

that character bit the dust.

 

[lazarus]

Move over, Charlotte. Lance got a new soulmate:

YouTube - Avatar Makeup Tutorial

 

[Dalton]

ha ha ha. it's funny cause she's fat.

 

[anitram]

Saw it and liked it. The story was totally cheesy and predictable, nothing you haven't seen a hundred times before. But it was visually gorgeous and for that alone it's worth seeing.

 

[Lancemc]

In response to another piece I posted earlier.

A few days old unfortunately, but worth a read. There's even some of our own patented Lazarus commentary in the talk-back.

 

[OrARoundabout]

ha ha ha. it's funny cause she's fat.

 

[powerhour24]

Move over, Charlotte. Lance got a new soulmate:

YouTube - Avatar Makeup Tutorial

She's my new YouTube hero.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

Saw the movie tonight and it was beautiful. Seeing it in IMAX and 3D is the only way to watch this film and with the 3D effects, I felt like I was part of the movie. I also want to see the new Hubble IMAX 3D film in the Spring.

 

[intedomine]

Michelle Rodriguez in that tight, white cleavage-bearing tee shirt when she comes to help the good guys escape their holding cell = HAWT.

Film did indeed look spectacular in 3D.

Predictable, but that's not important because it was enjoyable.

Following the blossoming romance between Jake Sully and the indigenous chick was really sweet and the most affecting thing about the film for me...though my balls seem to have gone missing in recent weeks...

 

[RedRocksU2]

1 Billion already, damn.

 

[OrARoundabout]

ohnotheydidnt: 'Avatar' hits $1 billion worldwide
WOW! It bet The Dark Knight!

Still need to c it, but every damn showing is sold out

 

[powerhour24]

Previously 4 films had hit 1 billion worldwide EVER, this did it in 19 days, with no built-in audience.

 

[RedRocksU2]

I can't wait for the BluRay

 

[Tyagu_Anaykus]

I saw it and it was... amazing.... Simply beatiful

 

[deep]

Previously 4 films had hit 1 billion worldwide EVER, this did it in 19 days, with no built-in audience.

apples to apples - they sold more tickets

a good portion of Avatar is 3D tickets at $14 - $15 a ticket.
About twice the ticket costs of some of the others.

 

[Jive Turkey]

apples to apples - they sold more tickets

a good portion of Avatar is 3D tickets at $14 - $15 a ticket.
About twice the ticket costs of some of the others.

Really? regular tickets are around $12 in Canada

 

[Lancemc]

Box office gross is calculated on an average ticket price though isn't it? Along with number of tickets sold.

 

[deep]

Box office gross is calculated on an average ticket price though isn't it? Along with number of tickets sold.

The way I understand it they are going by the money collected at the box office.

 

[lazarus]

I'm pretty sure it's just money. Yes, it should be tickets sold, but studios would rather brag about $$ to their investors and board members.

By that same reasoning, shouldn't children's films be priced even higher, because a good portion of the tickets sold would be at discounted prices?

Here's a list of domestic box office champs with totals adjusted for inflation:

All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

Titanic's $600 million doesn't seem as impressive, although some of these include re-releases. I do know that The Phantom Menace's $420+ million domestic take in 1999 would now be around $550 mil (not to mention going well over a billion worldwide), which tops any of the LOTR films, Harry Potter, Spider-Man, as well as The Dark Knight.

 

[Lancemc]

I don't know. I've been hearing for years it has something to do with average ticket prices. But I don't know for certain.

 

[If you shout...]

 

[If you shout...]

Also, total grosses are total grosses. Estimated grosses are estimated. No averages involved, unless to determine (roughly, if precise numbers don't exist/haven't been reported) the number of tickets sold.