The James Cameron mega-budget blockbuster rolled up an overseas cume through Sunday of $1.288 billion, exceeding by $46 million "Titanic's" 13-year international box office record of $1.242 billion. The record actually fell Saturday, as predicted.
The James Cameron mega-budget blockbuster rolled up an overseas cume through Sunday of $1.288 billion, exceeding by $46 million "Titanic"s 13-year international box office record of $1.242 billion. The record actually fell Saturday, as predicted.France (cume $123.3 million), Germany ($95.7 million), the U.K. ($92.9 million), South Korea ($79.5 million), Japan ($77.7 million), Australia ($77.1 million) and Spain ($76 million). "Avatar" is now the biggest grossing film of all time in China, Spain, Russia, Hong Kong and Chile. It is the biggest Hollywood film ever to play in India."Titanic"s domestic box office record ($600.8 million) and its worldwide cume ($1.843 billion).
The re-release of Disney's "Toy Story 2" was new at six, just above "The Book of Eli," which was down one place with Denzel Washington as a man on a mission in post-apocalyptic America.
Vampire movie "Daybreakers," with Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe, was down one place at eight.Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire in war movie "Brothers" were new at nine, ahead of another newcomer, French gangster movie "A Prophet."
"Avatar" has grossed $552.8 million in the U.S. and Canada, and $1.8408 billion globally. Given "Avatar's" current box office pace ,"Sherlock Holmes" from director Guy Ritchie stayed No. 2 with $17.1 million from 5,048 screens in 55 markets for a cume of $196.5 million. In third place was Fox's family-oriented "Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel," which garnered $11.6 million from 5,017 screens in 60 markets for a foreign cume of $175 million.the UK, the 3D space extravaganza gained ground steadily and has so far taken 57.4 million pounds in its six-week British run.