Feb
2010
Avatar Becomes Top Grossing Domestic Film
The final milestone Avatar hadn’t reached has now been passed.
On Feb. 2nd, Avatar grossed $2,688,514 at the domestic United States box office, bringing its grand total after 47 days to $601,141,551. This puts it in the top position on the domestic box office chart, finally breaking Titanic’s 12-year run of $600,788,188.
In other words, James Cameron beat himself.
Seeing as the film brought in $30 million this past weekend, pushing it past the $2 billion dollar mark internationally, it is not inconceivable that this film is going to hit $700 million domestic. The true trick would be for it become the number 1 film on the chart for adjusted totals based on inflation, but I don’t think even this film can beat Gone With The Wind’s staggering $1,507,252,900 adjusted total. (adjusted totals are based on the number of tickets sold, multiplied by the current average price of tickets)
