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Avatar Passes 2 Billion!

News Monday, February 1 by Captain



20th Century Fox released figures on Sunday that has Avatar earning $2.039 billion after only seven weekends of release.

The film last Monday smashed the $1.843 billion record set in 1998 "Titanic."

Fox predicted that "Avatar" would break "Titanic's" North American record of $601 million by Wednesday.

The worldwide ticket sales stand at $1.45 billion after a $95 million weekend from 120 countries. Avatar remained No. 1 in France (sales to date: $134 million), China ($126 million), Australia ($84 million) and Brazil ($43 million).

The one caveat to the "Avatar" records is that sales are not adjusted for inflation, or for the fact that ticket prices were considerably higher for 3-D screenings.

In an interesting side note with regard to the upcoming Oscar nominations (announced Tuesday, US time) whilst Avatar is a box office monster, it is now considered an underdog for the best direction award after Kathryn Bigelow picked up the DGA (Director's Guild Awards) win for 'The Hurt Locker'. Kathryn Bigelow is James Cameron's ex-wife. Could make for an intersting speech or two come Oscar night!

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