Jan
2010
Avatar Highest Grossing Movie Worldwide Of All Time
And James Cameron has beaten … James Cameron.
Avatar, the latest sci-fi flick from director James Cameron, has officially become the highest grossing movie all time worldwide. Despite a disappointing opening weekend domestically, the film has just not slowed down, and the international numbers have been huge. To date through Jan. 25th, the film has broken down as:
| Dollar Amount | % of total | |
| Domestic | $554,981,691 | 29.9% |
| Foreign | $1,303,885,198 | 70.1% |
| TOTAL | $1,858,866,889 |
This now surpasses Titanic as the top grossing film worldwide at $1,843,201,268, but domestically Titanic is at $600,788,188 to Avatar’s $554,981,691. It is expected that Avatar will be the number one domestic film sometime next week, but there is no doubt that it is going to happen.
It is estimated that Avatar cost $310 million to make, reduced to $280 million after tax rebates, making it the most expensive film ever made.
Normally Hollywood doesn’t crow too much about international numbers, but when you have numbers in this range, it’s difficult not to. Only three other films have ever cracked $1 billion box office: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and The Dark Knight.
(I still haven’t seen Avatar, and I still have no plans to do so … it just doesn’t intrigue me enough)
[all data courtesy of Box Office Mojo]
