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Already Bestselling Blu-ray Ever

April 26th, 2010

After just four days of being released in the United States and Canada, Avatar has already become the bestselling Blu-ray movie ever. It has sold an approximate 2.7 million Blu-ray copies and 4 million DVD copies in the domestic market so far. The Dark Knight held the previous record selling 2.5 million Blu-ray discs since its release.

Avatar is also now the biggest disc launch of the year, beating New Moon‘s combined 4 million DVD and Blu-ray sales in early March.

Europe is also proving to be a good market for the movie. It sold a combined 400,000 DVD and Blu-ray movies in France since Thursday, becoming the biggest disc launch in the country’s history; and is on top of the charts in Germany. It was released in Britain today, so there aren’t yet any sales numbers.

Source: Los Angeles Time

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Weaver Says Grace Will Return in Sequel

February 28th, 2010

Sigourney Weaver was on France’s Le Grand Journal earlier this week where she was asked about the plans for Avatar 2.

Even though her character, Grace Augustine, died near the end of the first Avatar movie, Weaver said she’s talked to James Cameron, and that he wants for Grace to return to keep the family together.

Weaver said that Grace is currently inside of “the tree”, or Eywa, but she isn’t sure how Cameron intends to revive her character.

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Still on Top of Foreign Charts

February 15th, 2010

Avatar may have fallen to fourth place domestically this weekend, but it retained its top spot internationally pulling in an additional $59 million in foreign markets. This weekend’s number came from 8,453 screens in 71 countries, setting the overseas total at $1.69 billion and the worldwide total at $2.35 billion.

The top foreign country this weekend was Japan with $5.8 million, followed closely by France, China, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Russia.

Valentine’s Day took the second spot, while Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief came in third place, followed by The Wolfman in fourth.

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Titanic Has Been Sunk; Avatar Claims Record

January 25th, 2010

Early on Monday Avatar finally surpassed Titanic‘s worldwide box office record, making it the highest-grossing movie ever. It also passed Titanic‘s foreign box office record over the weekend, and is less than $50 million away from its domestic record.

The total domestic earnings for Avatar currently stand at about $551.7 million, while the foreign earnings are at $1.242 billion. It is now the highest-grossing film in China, Spain, Russia, Hong Kong and Chile, and has become the top Hollywood film ever released in India.

To see the totals for many individual countries, look below the cut.

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BUF Releases Production Notes

January 21st, 2010

BUF, a French visual effects company, released production notes for the scenes it animated in Avatar recently. They provide further insight into the state of Earth, and detail process of animating the scenes they were involved in.

The company mainly did the effects for the scenes on Earth, but also make the effect used to indicate that Jake was entering his avatar body. For the notes, look below the cut.

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Avatar Still Dominating Worldwide Box Office

January 10th, 2010

Having been out for more than 4 weeks, Avatar is still the top earner worldwide and is continuing to break records in many countries. It has now made $429 million dollars domestically and $906.2 million in foreign markets, totalling to $1.335 billion.

In the domestic market, Avatar was on top of the box office for its fourth weekend in a row, making $48.5 million over its course. This means the movie now holds the record for highest fourth weekend earnings, and is the 7th highest-grossing movie domestically.

Avatar also had a great week in China where it had the biggest opening week ever, making $40.2 million over 2474 screens. On Saturday the box office total in China was $8.2 million, a single day market record.

France has become the first foreign market to produce more than $100 million for the film (it’s reached $110.5 million), generating $11.7 million over the weekend from 1111 screens. Germany made $9.9 million this past weekend on 994 screens, and has realized a total of $73.4 million.

The United Kingdom’s earnings now stand at $66.8 million after a $7.5 million weekend in 470 theatres. Aside from those select countries, other large earners include Australia ($57.8 million), Russia ($69.5 million), Spain ($60 million), South Korea ($54.5 million) and Japan ($50.8 million).

Avatar is set to become the first movie to make more than $100 million in IMAX theatres. It is being shown in IMAX on 179 screens in US and Canada, and 82 in other markets. The current gross is at $91 million, and is expected to hit the $100 million mark later this week.

Sources: The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter

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Big Foreign Sales Behind Momentum

January 5th, 2010

Since Avatar hit theaters three weeks ago, two-thirds of its total earnings have been made in foreign markets and they’ve become crucial to the movie’s success. The 3D version of the film is being shown on 30% of the screens abroad, but it’s accounting for 64% of the revenue.

It’s doing extremely well in Russia where it’s already made $55.5 million, making it the highest-earning movie in Russia’s history. Some theaters have had to schedule screenings at 3AM and 5:30AM in Moscow, where 3D shows have been sold out up to a week in advance. Movie operators in the country have great respect for James Cameron after Titanic, which he also directed, brought the industry back from the brink on its release.

France is also proving to be a big market for Avatar where it’s made $85.6 million, the highest revenue in any country other than the United States, and is being shown on 500 screens, the most of any European country. The movie has made $56.1 million in Germany.

Some moviegoers say they were drawn to see the film because of its seeming anti-capitalist message and commentary on the United States foreign policy. A French left-leaning magazine called Liberation praised Cameron as the “galaxy’s eco warrior.”

Source: Wall Street Journal

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