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Avatar" 3-D adventure from director James Cameron, the film was top for sixth straight weekend with 36 million U.S. dollars turnover and will be the second highest grossing film of all time in the United States, U.S. and Canada and near the
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Avatar" has 552.8 million U.S. dollars in the U.S. since its release on 18 December box-office hit Hollywood.com researchers said yesterday in a statement, which she, 2008 "The Dark Knight". Cameron "Titanic", published in 1997, no. 1 at the total sales in the U.S. with 600.8 million U.S. dollars, according to Box Office Mojo, a researcher in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
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Avatar" from News Corp. Twentieth Century Fox, won the Golden Globe for best drama this month, while Cameron has received the award stage. The film was shot around the world to about 1.841 billion U.S. dollars of sales, the concept of "Titanic" record 1.843 billion U.S. dollars to show the data Hollywood.com.
Have "opened up for a director in the zeitgeist when the movie Titanic came out and Zeitgeist of 2010 is really unbelievable," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Hollywood.com 's Division Field Office, in a telephone interview. "It's James Cameron James Cameron on the side."
"Legion," a horror-thriller from Sony Corp., opened No. 2 with sales of $ 18.2 million. "Titanic" holds the U.S. record for most consecutive weekends at No. 1 with 15, according to Box Office Mojo.
Latest incarnation of the results abroad are particularly impressive because it "opens up new markets in this weekend, after the launch in Italy last week, said Brandon Gray, president and publisher of Box Office Mojo. The film is now $ 1, raised 29 billion outside the United States and Canada, surpassing the previous record held by Titanic, according to Hollywood.com.
"Is this the world's 2 billion U.S. dollars this? That is the question," says Dergarabedian. "If you had asked me a month ago, I laughed. With this film, it seems like the sky is the limit."
Because avatar pay is typically reported by 3-D movie-goers in the American audience about $ 3 per ticket more than a standard film, contributes to increasing the revenue, he added.
"This will certainly sink the Titanic by the end of this month by the worldwide distribution and, possibly, the United States next month, said Jeff Bock, a senior analyst at the box office Los Angeles, Exhibitor Relations Co. Attention price of an Oscar could to help overcome their previous forecast of about $ 650 million domestically and $ 2 billion in total, he added.
"Legion" stars Paul Bettany and Tyrese Gibson and focuses on an angel who tries to protect humanity from an impending apocalypse.
"The Book of Eli, a post-apocalyptic thriller starring Denzel Washington, fell to third place from second with 17 million U.S. dollars revenue at Time Warner Inc., Warner Bros.
"Tooth Fairy" from Twentieth Century Fox, opened at # 4 with $ 14.5 million. The children's comedy, stars Dwayne Johnson and Ashley Judd. The film tells the story of a professional hockey player, who was forced to be one don tutu and wings, the tooth fairy for a week.
"Extraordinary measures", the first version of the CBS movie, opened in seventh place with 7 million U.S. dollars. The film, with Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser, the history of efforts to heal from a physician for rare genetic disorders, both children to be found.
The turnover of the top 12 films rose by 4.2 percent to $ 134.9 million from 129.5 million a year earlier, said Hollywood.com. Year-to-date total sales of $ 893.3 million, an increase of 10.3 percent a year earlier. Participation is also an increase of 10.3 percent.
The numbers in the table below, from studios to Hollywood.com made available. The amounts are on the actual ticket sales from January 22-23 yesterday, and estimates are based.
