Ker-razy.

Amazingly Avatar may actually make $100m here in Oz. Amazing

Agree 63.2 should be around 75mil but next weekend

FUCK! My country is insane. $100m my god, who would've ever thought that was even possible so soon. Titanic id destroyed, my god. Cameron is fuckin huge shit.

INTERNATIONAL - Weekend 4

Not that this means much anymore, but still....almost 3x what ROTS did after 4 weeks.

Avatar - $906.2m ($143m - China - 111/14,839)
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $549,380,000 ($35,305,000 - China - 104/16,221)
Harry Potter 6: HBP - $541.8m ($22.3m - 64/11000)
2012 - $517.5m ($35m - 75/10295)
Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $509,522,754 ($25,061,894 - 59/8338)
Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $505.4m ($40.6m - 102/9946)
Spiderman 3 - $500,997,234 ($21,072,193 - 76/10,365)
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $454,951,776 ($35.2m - 51/8813)
The Da Vinci Code - $453,400,259 ($22,052,642 - 65/9889) or $461.6m week
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $415,286,500 ($53,130,600 - 58/10937) or $427m week
Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen - $365,086,707 ($32,685,314 - 63/9165)
Indiana Jones: The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - $359,456,424 ($21,886,023 - 56/6956)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $358.7m ($22.3m - 66)
Lord Of The Rings: TTT - $345m ($34m - 40+)
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $341,730,002 ($20,020,246 - 100/8217) or $346.2m week

WORLDWIDE - Opening Weekend

1) Harry Potter 6: HBP - $158,022,354 + $237,000,000 = $395,022,354 (5-Day - 84/15,900)
2) Spiderman 3 - $151,116,516 + $230,544,376 = $381,660,892 (6-Days - 107/16,711)
3) Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $127,972,864 + $216,361,000 = $344,333,864 (5-Days - 102/17,600)
4) Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $139,715,157 + $193,000,000 = $332,715,157 (5-Days)
5) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $158,449,700 + $145,534,793 = $303,984,493 (5-Days - 105c/114t/10,489)
6) Indiana Jones: The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - $125,178,907 + $146,388,656 = $271,567,563 (55/8427)
7) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $124,100,534 + $126.8m = $250.9m (5-Days - 28t/14,000+)
8) Avatar - $77,025,481 + $165,500,000 = $242,525,481 (106/14,604)
9) The Da Vinci Code - $77,073,388 + $155,000,649 = $232,074,037 (57/12182)
10) 2012 - $65,237,614 + $165,200,000 = $230,437,614 (105/12,685)

Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen - $200,077,255 + $19,843,916 = $219,921,171 (2)
Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $66,732,868 + $151,697,196 = $218,430,064 (5-Day - 101/11652)


WORLDWIDE - Weekend 2

Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $258.4m + $406.4m = $664.8m
Avatar - $212.7m + $413.2m = $625.9m
Spiderman 3 - $240.2m + $385.4m = $625.6m
Harry Potter 6: HBP - $221.3m + $404m = $625.3m
Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $207.9m + $353.5m = $561.4m
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $222.3m + $270m = $492.3m
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $236.9m + $247.6m = $484.5m
Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen - $293.3m + $189.6m = $482.9m
The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $230.9m + $243m = $473.9m
Indiana Jones: The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - $202.9m + $266.7m = $69.6m
The Da Vinci Code - $136.5m + $317.5m = $454m
2012 - $108.1m + $341m = $449.1m
Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $119.7m + $322.6m = $442.3m
The Dark Knight - $313.8m + $125.5m = $439.3m


WORLDWIDE - Weekend 3

Avatar - $352.1m + $670.2m = $1,022.3m
Spiderman 3 - $284.6m + $466.7m = $751.3m
Harry Potter 6: HBP - $255.7m + $492.3m = $748m
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $253.4m + $493m = $746.4m
Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $242m + $450.3m = $692.3m
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $290.4m + $390.4m = $680.8m
Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen - $339.2m + $301.6m = $640.8m
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $307.9m + $309m = $616.9m
The Dark Knight - $393.8m + $201.4m = $598.2m
2012 - $138.5m + $455.8m = $594.3m
Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $151.9m + $430.9m = $582.8m
The Da Vinci Code - $172m + $408.9m = $580.9m
Indiana Jones: The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - $246.4m + $327.4m = $573.8m
The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $255.4m + $314.5m = $569.9m
Harry Potter 4: GOF - $229.3m + $332.1m = $561.4m


WORLDWIDE - Weekend 4

Avatar - $429m + $906.2m = $1.331billion
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $274.1m + $549.4m = $823.5m
Harry Potter 6: HBP - $267.5m + $541.8m = $809.3m
Spiderman 3 - $304m + $501m $805m
Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $261m + $509.5m = $770.5m
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $312.3m + $455m = $767.3m
Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen - $354.3m + $365.1m = $719.4m
The Dark Knight - $441.6m + $254m = $695.6m
Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $165.7m + $505.4m = $671.1m
Star Wars 3: ROTS - $327.5m + $341.7m = $669.2m
2012 - $149m + $517.5m = $666.5m


WORLDWIDE - Weekend 5

Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $287m + $584.6m = $871.6m
Spiderman 3 - $318.3m + $526.7m = $845m
Harry Potter 6: HBP - $283.9m + $554.5m = $838.4m
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $326.8m + $496.7m = $823.5m
Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $272m + $548.4m = $820.4m
The Dark Knight - $471.1m + $319.8m = $790.9m
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $379.7m + $392.2m = $771.9m
Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen - $373.6m + $397.2m = $770.8m
Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $182m + $550m = $732m


WORLDWIDE - Weekend 6

Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $295.7m + $608.9m = $904.6m
Harry Potter 6: HBP - $290.2m + $595.8m = $886m
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $337.8m + $538.7m = $876.5m
Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $278.8m + $588.9m = $867.7m
The Dark Knight - $489.4m + $377.6m = $867m
Spiderman 3 - $325.6m + $538.2m = $863.8m
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $392.4m + $463.7m = $856.1m
Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen - $384.9m + $412.4m = $797.3m
Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $187.9m + $578m = $765.9m


WORLDWIDE - Weekend 7

Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $301.7m + $624.9m = $926.6m
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $401.2m + $521.5m = $922.7m
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $345.3m + $572.8m = $918.1m
The Dark Knight - $502.3m + $413.7m = $916m
Harry Potter 6: HBP - $294.3m + $610.5m = $904.8m
Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $283.2m + $609m = $892.2m
Spiderman 3 - $330m + $543.9m = $873.9m
Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen - $393.7m + $422m = $815.7m


WORLDWIDE - Weekend 8

Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $407.5m + $556.1m = $963.6m
The Dark Knight - $512m + $435.5m = $947.5m
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $351.1m + $591.5m = $942.6m
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $304.5m + $634.1m = $938.6m
Harry Potter 6: HBP - $297m + $619.6m = $916.6m
Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $286.1m + $626.3m = $912.4m
Spiderman 3 - $332.5m + $547m = $879.5m
Titanic - $337.4m + $516m = $853.4m


WORLDWIDE - Weekend 9

Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $412.9m + $581.5m = $994.4m
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $356.5m + $618.4m = $974.9m
The Dark Knight - $517.8m + $447.8m = $965.6m
Titanic - $371.6m + $583m = $954.6m
Harry Potter 6: HBP - $298.8m + ??? = ???
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $306m + $640.6m = $946.6m
Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $288.2m + $633.7m = $921.9m


WORLDWIDE - Weekend 10

Titanic - $405.1m + $630m = $1,035.1m
Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest - $416.6m + $592m = $1,008.6m
Lord Of The Rings: ROTK - $361.1m + $644.3m = $1,005.4m
The Dark Knight - $521.9m + $455m = $976.9m
Harry Potter 6: HBP - $299.6m + ??? = ???
Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End - $307m + $644.5m = $951.5m
Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $289.3m + $639.3m = $928.6m

CHINA - Opening Weekend

Already surpassed every single foreign release in US$ besides only 2012, Transformers 2, Titanic

1) Avatar - $40.2m (7-Days - 2474sc)
2) Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen - $21.9m (1000)
3) Red Cliff: Part 1 (2008) - $15,776,327 (RMB100)
4) Red Cliff: Part 2 (2009) - $14,822,876
5) Transformers - $12,797,171 (300)
6) 2012 - $12.3m (1946)
7) Curse Of The Golden Flower - $12,268,804 (RMB96m - 826)
8) Fei Cheng Wu Rao (If You Are the One) (2008) - $11,637,718
9) The Forbidden Kingdom - $11,396,011 (RMB80m)
10) The Warlords - $10,837,171

James Bond: Quantum Of Solace - $9,622,134 (1251p)
Cheung Gong 7 Hou (CJ7) - $9,175,587
The Promise - $9m (RMB74m 4-Days - 600)
The Assembly - $8,813,559
The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - $8,756,056
Spiderman 3 - $7,849,559 (1605)

I still remember reading Curse of the Golden Flower (love Zhang Yimou) breaking the record. :p

And good grief, just noticed Avatar's screen count is more than double Transformers 2.

Yeah i know, that was only like 4-5 years ago. This market has grown so much in a matter of just 3 years, big grosses now just like Russia.

Give it another 5 years and the standard would be $50m for any blockbuster with the uber ones like Transformers grossing in excess of $75m.

Here's some food for thought.....Avatar opens in Italy this coming weekend, it's last market.

Warner Bros Entertainment Italia’s Io Loro E Lara scored a number one launch in Italy, grossing a worthy $5.8m from 662 to stand at $11m following its mid-week launch.

Spiderman 3's opening record of $15.1m looks shaky indeed.

When will someone provide the analysis of how its killing in every country?
This doesn't make any sense considering the movie isn't that great either.
What does it have? I have no words for it.
What the fuck, seriously.
How is it that everyone wants to see it????
100m in France ? WTF?!

Aren't you supposed to be on extended leave BKB?

Well, 3D and Imax is playing a major role. Up and Ice Age 3's overseas gross in 3D was 40-45%, whereas Avatar's is 65% or so. So that's the biggest factor, but it's certainly not the only reason. Guess away at the other reasons.

It's pretty simple: Most people who have seen AVATAR like it and recommend others to watch it...

I'm not BKB, please uh, read the name before assuming next time?

But many movies have been liked before and most are stronger than Pocahontas 2: Special Effects

I'm sorry, ur name is so alike

LOL, this movie is definately not as good as the gross suggests, I think Titanic is more deserving of beating Avatar.

What a clown. Can't you not fathom that other people might feel differently? The movie is well loved around the world. Deal with it.

Looks to me like by next Sunday the total will be around 5.9m admissions (more than 4 out of 6 STAR WARS films) which translates into the same b.o. as IA3 (in Euros)...

Biggest box office hits of all-time in Germany (Euros):

1) 119m TITANIC
2) 99m THE JUNGLE BOOK
3) 82m LOTR1
4) 78m HP1
5) 75m LOTR2
6) 72m LOTR3
7) 65m DER SCHUH DES MANITU
8) 60m HP2
9) 57m IA3
10) 55m ID4

Next weekend AVATAR will enter the Top Ten...

will Avatar hit 100 million in Germany???

All I know Avatar will hit 100 million in France and China...


It has a slim chance in Aus and Russia..

Faced with direct competition from Sherlock Holmes' solid €642,210 ($933,748) opening weekend, Avatar dropped a whopping 12.7% this weekend in Holland, earning a mere €1,120,522 (approx. $1,628,827), and raising its total to a so-so €8.140.139 ($11,765,888).

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Yeah, I can't really speak negatively about that at all. That's a great hold.

Comparing it to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: HP6 had $12,398,911 throughout the same point, coming off a $866,682 weekend (and a 37% drop). Considering HP6 opened to €2,538,000 compared to Avatar's € 1,151,965 it's safe to say Avatar's been catching up FAST.

On the all-time chart, Avatar is about to devour its first Harry Potter film, with at least two more (Goblet of Fire at #14 and Order of the Phoenix at #13) in its sights, but not before it takes down Ice Age 3 to become #2 of 2009 here.

17 FINDING NEMO € 8.761.527,00
18 HARRY POTTER A/T PRISONER OF AZKABAN € 8.344.969,00
19 FLODDER IN AMERIKA € 8.305.214,00
20 AVATAR € 8.140.139,00
21 DA VINCI CODE, THE € 8.089.460,00
22 CASINO ROYALE € 8.005.821,00
23 SCHINDLER'S LIST € 7.749.828,00

Considering how well it held against Sherlock, and how weak the coming months look, this has a really solid chance of surpassing HP6 to take the 2009 crown. Considering this is neither a local film, Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings, I find that pretty impressive.

South Korea can also hit 100m if the exchange rate was 950KRW=1Dollar as 2007~early 2008.
but it's not gonna happen
Rate has just jumped to 1150KRW for 1 dollar

In US-$ yes...