Support NeoGAF

[jett]

http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/

1 Avatar Fox $1,858.9 $555.0 29.9% $1,303.9 70.1% 2009
2 Titanic Par. $1,843.2 $600.8 32.6% $1,242.4 67.4% 1997

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/26/earlyshow/leisure/boxoffice/main6142354.shtml

"Avatar" has surpassed "Titanic" at the box office, topping $1.8 billion worldwide. "To get to those numbers," says Hollywood.com's Paul Dergarabedian, "you need repeat business, you need great word-of-mouth, and you need to grab an audience basically across the board."

Avatar has done in under seven weeks what took Titanic more than nine months to achieve.

A quick summary of past and future events in Avatar's history:

First...

Then...

Eventually...

And the result...

...

I figured this historic moment deserved its own thread. Haters cry bitter blue tears.

 

[BlacKMaRK]

I still haven't seen it!

 

[gcubed]

so... how far is it behind in ticket sales?

 

[killer_clank]

Cameron does it again. Holy shit.:lol

 

[Binabik15]

I´m proud to have given him my money four times already and planning on a fith and sixth time :lol

 

[Roi]

 

[silverbullet1080]

The movie is just as mediocre though.

 

[Medalion]

Hooray for inflation.

nah just joshing... congrats Cameron, better him than Bay or Jackson.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

:lol

Perfect.

 

[Tobor]

One mediocre screenplay surpasses another mediocre screenplay. The torch has been passed.

 

[Brannon]

And Titanic finally sinks. <-not a pun, I don't do puns, it's a straight sentence.

What a ride though.

Reminds me of Nintendo doing their best to kill the Gameboy Advance because nobody else could even come close to doing so. Way to go Cameron; and this one's going to have sequels!

 

[judhudson]

I have to admit, when I first saw previews of this I wanted it to bomb so hard. But I gave in and decided to go and see it. My opinion flipped 180 degrees - I couldn't be more happier that it has became the #1 movie of all time.

 

[CruxisMana]

Last week we had a year assembly in which our Headteacher just talked about the movie for an hour.

It had no moral, he just wanted us all to see the film.

Speaking of which, I STILL need to see it at the IMAX.

 

[NeoUltima]

:lol

 

[BertramCooper]

One mediocre screenplay surpasses another mediocre screenplay. The torch has been passed.

I actually liked Avatar a lot, but I totally agree.

 

[Kurtofan]

Awesome.

 

[comedy bomb]

And Titanic finally sinks.

bad puns are bannable. ;p

 

[Brannon]

Yes. You do need to see it in IMAX.

You all do, if you have not yet.

Because it is that awesome.

 

[Tenks]

This always creepy dude at lunch yesterday kept mentioning how the DVD/BD will contain a sex scene. He literally said it four times. I was gunna git rap3d.

 

[Vinci]

The movie is just as mediocre though.

Hundreds of millions of dollars put on a giant screen in front of you with 3D is never mediocre.

 

[MoFuzz]

Yo Titanic, I'm real happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but.....Avatar is the highest grossing film of all time! of ALL TIME!

The king is dethroned!


By the king!

 

[xrich]

the haters are already in this thread :lol

did we ever make a crow eating thread?

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

Zzzz

 

[Brannon]

bad puns are bannable. ;p

That's not a pun; I don't do puns!

 

[twinturbo2]

So will Fox give Cameron the greenlight to do that live-action Battle Angel Alita movie already, or are they waiting on the results for Spielberg's live-action Ghost in the Shell?

 

[Vinci]

One mediocre screenplay surpasses another mediocre screenplay. The torch has been passed.

This is true. But again, I wouldn't call the resulting film 'mediocre.'

 

[JBuccCP]

It's about time someone knocked that prick Cameron off the top spot.

 

[the_log_ride]

'Just glad that Titanic's out of the top spot.

 

[CruxisMana]

Yes. You do need to see it in IMAX.

The IMAX near me just opened and all the screenings have practically been sold out since release.

I WILL SEE IT IN IMAX 3D.

 

[Anticitizen One]

The highest grossing pictures of all time are Gone with the Wind and Star Wars when adjusted for inflation. Avatar is #26 on the list.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

 

[bjork]

The fact that Orphan didn't beat titanic makes me sad. Movie of the century.

 

[Weapxn]

This is true. But again, I wouldn't call the resulting film 'mediocre.'

The screenplay is mediocre. The special effects are fantastic. The resulting film is good.

 

[Vinci]

The screenplay is mediocre. The special effects are fantastic. The resulting film is good.

Exactly. That's where I'm at.

 

[SnakeXs]

Looks like Avatar sunk Titanic.

 

[Medalion]

The fact that Orphan didn't beat titanic makes me sad. Movie of the century.

You mad

 

[Leunam]

Didn't care too much for the story, but I still enjoyed the movie overall.

 

[Costanza]

Awesome.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

So will Fox give Cameron the greenlight to do that live-action Battle Angel Alita movie already, or are they waiting on the results for Spielberg's live-action Ghost in the Shell?

Its whether Cameron wants to do it or not. He has a green light to do whatever the fuck he wants.

 

[Evlar]

so... how far is it behind in ticket sales?

In terms of budget per frame per ticket per seat per minute, it's behind by 0.2.

 

[BeEatNU]

yay!

 

[gcubed]

i still cant find it, whats the delta in ticket sales so far? How much until avatar beats that?

In terms of budget per frame per ticket per seat per minute, it's behind by 0.2.

bah! i just want a number and google isnt being my friend

 

[ChillWinston]

Fuck, I knew it was doing well but I didn't realise it was doing that well.

Still haven't seen it myself, I'd only ever want to see it in 3D and that's too much hassle where I live.

 

[bengraven]

THANK GOD

that we have a sci-fi film as the top film of all time and not a fucking period romance.

It could be worse, some of these shitty teen comedies or Hannah Montana could have been #1 and now we have one we can call our own up there.

 

[DrForester]

 

[twinturbo2]

Its whether Cameron wants to do it or not. He has a green light to do whatever the fuck he wants.

HE BETTER FUCKING DO IT!

I don't care if he's waiting on Ghost in the Shell or not...

 

[-Eddman-]

I think it was logical. A fun, very well made and really easy to understand plot doing well with almost all audiences, just like Titanic.

What did some of you guys expect, some superb obscure art movie to achieve this? :lol

 

[Anticitizen One]

In just 1 year a black man has become president and a sci-fi movie tops Titanic. The entire world has been turned upside down (for the better)

 

[crazy monkey]

Titanic was better movie. This was better spectacle.

 

[DrForester]

THANK GOD

that we have a sci-fi film as the top film of all time and not a fucking period romance.

It could be worse, some of these shitty teen comedies or Hannah Montana could have been #1 and now we have one we can call our own up there.

Least you're not the UK. Mama Mia became their all time highest grosser (beating titanic) last year.