CassidyIzABeast
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Enough that it's starting to get embarrassing.Gui_PT said:
four - once with my wife opening night, once with my daughter the following weekend, once to see how Dolby compared to RealD (shit), and then again before my wife and kids got back from visiting family
Though nowhere near as embarrassing at the number of times I saw Titanic in theaters. Left to my own volition, Avatar might rival that run. :lol
Based on its Monday gross and its weekday drops so far, a conservative estimate would put it at around $45 million for the weekend. I expect a somewhat a softer drop for Avatar, though, so I'm predicting a bit under $50 million. $40 million, while still record-breaking, would be somewhat disappointing.mckmas8808 said:
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Sharp said:
Yeah I'm expecting the numbers to be a little bit lower this weekend. I'd like for it to hit $50M though.
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PhatSaqs said:
Yeah, saw it twice myself. First time in Real3D and second in IMAX. IMAX sound is just outstanding. Immersion that 3D does is awesome in this movie.
One thing though, it's for all 3D movies. Those glasses are like shades, movie is so colorful but the glasses shade all those colors and it bums me out. I can't wait to watch on BD.
Loonz
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I went yesterday to watch it. It was the second time, and in 3D again. And I have to say I enjoyed the film even more than the first time. I can't believe how is this even possible, but it's just that Avatar is damn awesome. I think I could rewatch it til' end of time. When the movie ends you feel really disconnected to the real world around you, you just wish to come back to Pandora again.
As an anecdote, I live in a small western town in Spain* and the theater was completely packed!. That's not so surprising given that yesterday was a major holiday in Spain though.
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As an anecdote, I live in a small western town in Spain* and the theater was completely packed!. That's not so surprising given that yesterday was a major holiday in Spain though.
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not so subtle Resident Evil reference
Loonz
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Gui_PT said:
Not where I live but there's one in Madrid (part of my family who live there have watched it in the IMAX theater, they say it's a glorious experience
). There's another one in Barcelona of course.Here's a couple of links to their webpages (in Spanish):
http://www.imaxmadrid.com/imax.html
http://www.imaxportvell.com/imax.php
PS: there are more IMAX theaters in Spain than I thought. I was checking the Wikipedia and I learned that there are at least an IMAX theater in Oviedo (northern Spain) and another one in Murcia (southern Spain).
Loonz
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Gui_PT said:
Bad luck dude. Depending where you live in PT perhaps you could take a train and travel to one of the IMAX theaters in Spain, the nearer the better. That's it, if you're willing enough
.I hope you have access to any 3D enabled theater. The movie is so much enjoyable in 3D (at least for me) that is no funny.
So looking at the all-time domestic chart:
Avatar will jump from #14 to #12 with yesterday's haul. And then today's will move it up to #10.
Assuming a $50m weekend to be conservative, it's around #5, give or take a slot. And then it's $100m away from TDK and $170m away from Titanic. TDK will fall probably two weeks after that, and then we'll see if Avatar has a long enough tail to edge past Titanic. I think it will.
Avatar will jump from #14 to #12 with yesterday's haul. And then today's will move it up to #10.
Assuming a $50m weekend to be conservative, it's around #5, give or take a slot. And then it's $100m away from TDK and $170m away from Titanic. TDK will fall probably two weeks after that, and then we'll see if Avatar has a long enough tail to edge past Titanic. I think it will.
Not sure if it was mentioned but Cameron was just nominated by DGA
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/awards/news/e3ieb1af40f51f12663e25142367e86fedd
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/awards/news/e3ieb1af40f51f12663e25142367e86fedd
Loonz
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Hey, obviously someone in my family gave me wrong information because I'm checking the Interweb now and Avatar it's not available in any IMAX theater in Spain. I don't know the reasons. Maybe they confused IMAX with any of those huge Kinepolis 3D theaters (huge by my city standards, you know).
In any case, you're not really any more fucked in this regard than us Spaniards.
In any case, you're not really any more fucked in this regard than us Spaniards.
Gui_PT said:
There was (and is) a big screen in the Centro Multimeios in Espinho (there's a planetarium there too) and I could swear that some years ago it actually was an IMAX screen. I don't know how this works, but if it's franchised or something, perhaps it was and the owners didn't upgrade the equipment as time went by and lost the right to use the IMAX designation. In their site they even say "with an IMAX-like screen" lol. No 3D though.
GhaleonEB said:
That's just balls-out insane. On every level. Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The top 10 titles (Titanic excluded) are pretty bunched up, to be fair, but jumping from #10 to #5 in a single weekend, especially if that weekend is only its fourth in release... Mortal expletives cannot convey this.
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"Bu-bu-bu-but the Last Airbender is the real Avatar!"
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Memphis Reigns
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Gui_PT said:"Ghaleon. The reason why Avatar is #2"
That is indeed a lot. However, I saw my 5th viewing on Tuesday. It wasn't great, solely because of the theater and image quality. I am going for #6 back to IMAX this weekend and I'm done after that. Don't want to wear the movie out before it comes to bluray.
So my friend from California got in town late last night and wants to go see Avatar tonight instead of tomorrow...6th viewing which I had not planned on doing honestly (till I found out my buddy was flying into town for the week) till I could get over to Indy to see it on IMAX...oh well :lol
And on that note:adg1034 said:
Avatar is officially #2 world-wide.
Domestic: $374,445,852
+ Foreign: $757,306,612
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= Worldwide: $1,131,752,464
Another $33m world-wide yesterday.
gdt5016 said:
The middle section of the film, with Jake's initiation and training with Neytiri, is simply beyond gorgeous (the visuals, the music, everything). That whole section is my favorite part of the film by far. I really wish there'd been more of it. I literally could have watched 3 hours of those two just wandering around the Pandoran jungle and getting into adventures.
Though since Cameron has said the sequel would focus a lot more on the Jake/Neytiri relationship, we should be seeing a lot more of stuff like that in the next one.
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Hey does anybody know if these glasses will work in any RealD theater screen? Watching Avatar with these glasses would be really cool.
gdt5016 said:
The action climax is wonderful and Cameron simply shames most other action directors with it, but the middle section was so beyond-fucking-beautiful that I can't put anything above it.
It's one of my favorite parts of any movie this year (and really decade), along with scenes like the tavern and the opening in Inglourious Basterds and the opening montage in Up (the latter of which is probably the most poignant and powerful scene out of any film I've watched this decade).
CassidyIzABeast
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Quaritch may just sink the Titanic afterall
How About No
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Well, I was gonna talk more about the merits of the film itself when there was a flood of those sales-age posts, but now that seems to be dying down, so I'll limit myself a little.
This was my first true experience with 3D movies, and I gotta say the effects were mindblowing. Especially when we're focused on characters behind a sheet of glass, or looking down a tunnel.
Other than that, I'd say its a pretty decent action/adventure flick, nothing really revolutionary besides the cinematography.
[spoilers]SPACE INDIANS[/spoilers]
I mean, everything was pretty cliche, but it's not necessarily done worse than what came before. The corporate villain guy sure isn't as good as Carter Burke (Aliens), and I'm also certain the whole "Big guys come beat up little guys but a big guy becomes a little guy and falls in love" has been done before, but I don't really hold that against it. The setup (beginning) was good, the adventures (middle) was great, the climax was OMG AWESOME, even if it's a bit predictable.
Is this because it was written like, 15 years ago? If so, I'll give James benefit of the doubt. When was Pocahontas released though?
And I'm not sure if there's merit to this, but a friend I saw the movie with said there's plans for a trilogy. I haven't been keeping up, so I could be wrong
There's some potential for future stories in this universe, like some things that would be good material
1.)Typical route-Earth comes back with more forces. Just the first, but bigger and badder. Really don't want this.
2.)A prequel or sequel focusing on the tribes, could be about a clan war or something.
3.)Awesomest idea-Predator comes to Pandora looking for a fight. Don't tell me you don't want this!
This was my first true experience with 3D movies, and I gotta say the effects were mindblowing. Especially when we're focused on characters behind a sheet of glass, or looking down a tunnel.
Other than that, I'd say its a pretty decent action/adventure flick, nothing really revolutionary besides the cinematography.
[spoilers]SPACE INDIANS[/spoilers]
I mean, everything was pretty cliche, but it's not necessarily done worse than what came before. The corporate villain guy sure isn't as good as Carter Burke (Aliens), and I'm also certain the whole "Big guys come beat up little guys but a big guy becomes a little guy and falls in love" has been done before, but I don't really hold that against it. The setup (beginning) was good, the adventures (middle) was great, the climax was OMG AWESOME, even if it's a bit predictable.
Is this because it was written like, 15 years ago? If so, I'll give James benefit of the doubt. When was Pocahontas released though?
And I'm not sure if there's merit to this, but a friend I saw the movie with said there's plans for a trilogy. I haven't been keeping up, so I could be wrong
There's some potential for future stories in this universe, like some things that would be good material
1.)Typical route-Earth comes back with more forces. Just the first, but bigger and badder. Really don't want this.
2.)A prequel or sequel focusing on the tribes, could be about a clan war or something.
3.)Awesomest idea-Predator comes to Pandora looking for a fight. Don't tell me you don't want this!
DihcarEM said:
I agree with this. I honestly don't see that many humans involved in the sequel/sequels at all. Granted there will be some involvement, even more so if my other posts about my thoughts on a possible
Eywa trying to save Mother Earth
Here's a pretty good, short interview Cameron did right before it opened when he talked about the idea of a "three film arc".How About No said:And I'm not sure if there's merit to this, but a friend I saw the movie with said there's plans for a trilogy. I haven't been keeping up, so I could be wrong
I like how he said he thought they'd know the movie would make enough money for sequels about two months after release, since he thought it would have long legs. He got the second part right, but the timeline was off a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kTkZ6QSdYA
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