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Archangel
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 Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) soagg wrote: Let's not get sentimental say things which are not true at all. I know that Avatar is not a great movie but still I would say that it has some compelling power of its own. I mean in the end you don't deny Jake going to the other side right?
It is just that these movies are the ones we are connected sentimentally and the day will soon come when we will be connected to Avatar as well.
The biggest point "Records are meant to be broken" Though hopefully not by underserving films. 
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) So you're predicting Avatar to take down the record in China, too early to say for me but definately Top 5 easily.
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Nazgul9
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) I can't believe what i'm reading here! You haters!  _________________
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Mesjarch
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) Well I expected Archangel to cry about ROTK being beaten so there is no suprise 
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Jack Sparrow
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) Uptil now everything was good and Avatar was great but now when the time came when it is actually breaking records everyone is like thrashing it out like this was a B Grade movie. Maybe you guys need to go once more for the IMAX experience 
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) It's the inevitable backlash by some fanboys who can't take the awesomness.
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/new-y ... -domestic/SATURDAY PM/SUNDAY AM UPDATE: My sources say early numbers show Avatar's projected North American cume, after only 17 days in release from 20th Century Fox, will be $350.5 million. And its worldwide box office figure should be $1.05 billion coming out of this weekend
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) I highly doubt that $1.05 billion is accurate because the movie would have to gross $175m in its 3rd weekend overseas for that to happen, which would be more than what it made on its 1st and 2nd weekend.
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Jack Sparrow
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) Nazgul9 wrote: I highly doubt that $1.05 billion is accurate because the movie would have to gross $175m in its 3rd weekend overseas for that to happen. It grossed 30M each weekday till Wednesday. If it paces that way I think so it is likely that it will gross that figure. Looking at the numbers the difference between 1st and 2nd week were not that different. I guess it can increase considering that this was after Christmas week where the movies make the highest
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Lotan
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) Box wrote: And this is a far inferior film to Titanic, ROTK, and TDK. Those had at the least compelling narratives. Avatar stripped of the special effects (which will wear off with time) it's a profoundly shallow, juvenile film. It's like a fucking 12-year old boy wrote it. Oh, come on. Titanic's narrative was as simple as Avatar's. And I'm not saying this as a negative thing. It's just they both had a rather simple stories.
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) soagg wrote: It grossed 30M each weekday till Wednesday. If it paces that way I think so it is likely that it will gross that figure. Looking at the numbers the difference between 1st and 2nd week were not that different. I guess it can increase considering that this was after Christmas week where the movies make the highest It had $525m overseas before the weekend, a $175m weekend (which it needs for hitting $700m) would be more than what it did on its 1st and 2nd weekend. Unlikely. _________________
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Jack Sparrow
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) Nazgul9 wrote: soagg wrote: It grossed 30M each weekday till Wednesday. If it paces that way I think so it is likely that it will gross that figure. Looking at the numbers the difference between 1st and 2nd week were not that different. I guess it can increase considering that this was after Christmas week where the movies make the highest It had $525m overseas before the weekend, a $175m weekend would be more than what it did on its 1st and 2nd weekend. Unlikely. Well then here it is again my math and calculations that I have been putting on quite often now First this article http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/avata ... k-of-2009/Wednesday WW is 794M now Let us be as modest as possible Domestic Estimates (Modest) Thursday - 14.9M Weekend - 65.1M Domestic Total = 80M (could be up 1-3M) Foreign Estimates (Modest) Thursday - 28M (i.e. 25% drop considering NYE) Weekend - 100M (Friday-Sunday 30M that is current week's lowest WW) Foreign Total - 128M (could be up 1-20M) Just add 794 + 80 + 128 = 1002M With all the numbers it seems that this number could be up by 1-23M. Overseas total are growing this week as per this thread as well. I am predicting a total of 178M for the week and 100M for the weekend here with a potential to grow 20M more.
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Jack Sparrow
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) Nazgul9 wrote: It had $525m overseas before the weekend, a $175m weekend (which it needs for hitting $700m) would be more than what it did on its 1st and 2nd weekend. Unlikely. 525M was till Wednesday and there is this Thursday which can rake it 28-30M WW. Well with the estimate of 347M domestic by the end of this weekend I think 653M WW will also do. According to that it needs only 128M which seems achievable given 4 days and each day this week it has grossed 30M WW
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) What? Domestic will be around $350m so it needs $700m ovearseas for it to hit $1.05b.
And again, it's at $525m overseas as of wednesday. Thursdays count towards the weekends since many markets report a 4-day weekend as opposed to 3-day like in North America. Last weekend it did $152m (including thursday).
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) We'll have a clearer picture in a few hours. And I can't wait, the news sites I go to have been so slow since New Years.
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) That's ok, Naz  it'll pass a bill on Monday
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) Nazgul9 wrote: What? Domestic will be around $350m so it needs $700m ovearseas for it to hit $1.05b.
And again, it's at $525m overseas as of wednesday. Thursdays count towards the weekends since many markets report a 4-day weekend as opposed to 3-day like in North America. Last weekend it did $152m (including thursday). OK maybe not 1.05B but still 1B or as my estimates go 1.002B is still achievable
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) Yeah, it'll probably pass $1b.
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) Nazgul9 wrote: Yeah, it'll probably pass $1b. Well then we agree to something which is also an achievement other than Avatar making 1B in 17 days 
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) Nazgul9 wrote: What? Domestic will be around $350m so it needs $700m ovearseas for it to hit $1.05b.
And again, it's at $525m overseas as of wednesday. Thursdays count towards the weekends since many markets report a 4-day weekend as opposed to 3-day like in North America. Last weekend it did $152m (including thursday). actually, someone posted the breakdown last weekend, and something like only 10-12 markets include thursday in their weekends. It wasn't a large percentage at alll.
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) But the weekend reports from Variety and so on usually lump the thursdays in as far as i know, they did so last weekend at least.
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) $1,022,300,000
From Variety:
Overseas, the pic's cume through Sunday was $670.2 million.
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) that is just crazyyyyyyyyyyyy.
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) meh that number will go up fo sho tomorrow like every other overseas weekend of Avatar
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Re: Avatar (INTL.) - $809.1m Worldwide (#23) So a $145m weekend? Pretty amazing.
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