AVatar on Pace to Be 2nd Top Grossing Movie of All Time
Titantic for some odd reason is the top grossing movie of all-time at $1.84 Billion worldwide. Avatar has just surpassed $1 Billion and will surpass 2006’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” ($1.07 billion) and then 2003’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” ($1.12 billion).
Guess who directed these 2 movies. Cameron Crowe obviously. Mr. Hollywood ChaChing it appears. HE is way past his friends and business partners having buy cigars. HE is pressing money for them.
Meanwhile, even execs at rival studios seem to be getting a kick out of the mind-bending performance of Fox’s motion-capture/live-action blockbuster, and Landau said he knows why.
“It shows the potential of the industry,” he said. “It shows people want to go to the movies.”
The eventual rise of “Avatar” to the silver-medal position among all-time global grosses will see the Dec. 18 opener blow past two pics still ahead in the pecking order so far. Coming off the weekend with $1 billion and counting, “Avatar” in coming days will rise above 2006’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” ($1.07 billion) and then 2003’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” ($1.12 billion).
“It’s not a likelihood — it’s just a question of when,” mused one industryite.
On the other hand, few would suggest “Avatar” has any chance of outdistancing “Titanic,” which registered $1.84 billion during the course of its months-long theatrical cruise.
