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83% Avatar
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83% Princess and the Frog
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71% The Blind Side
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11% Did You Hear About the Morgans?
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28% Twilight Saga: New Moon
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49% Nine

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'Avatar' nabs $73 million at box office. Cameron pic takes in over $220 worldwide

James Cameron's "Avatar" grossed $220 million to $230 million in its worldwide debut for 20th Century Fox, including a strong domestic launch of $73 million from 3,457 theaters, of which 2,023 were 3D runs.

Mother nature made life treacherous for "Avatar" on the East Coast of the U.S., where the worst blizzard in decades paralyzed major cities.

Sony saw a disappointing launch for Hugh Grant-Sarah Jessica Parker topliner "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" Romantic comedy grossd $7 million from 2,718 theaters to place No. 4 after "Avatar," Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" ($12.2 million) and Warner Bros.' "The Blind Side" ($10 million).

At the specialty box office, Paramount's George Clooney starrer placed No. 8 for the weekend, grossing an estimated $3.1 million from just 175 theaters for a per location average of $17,714.

The impact of the blizzard in the Northeast was reflected in performances across the board.

Still, "Avatar" scored the second-best launch on record for a film debuting in December, where opening weekends aren't as big, but multiples are far greater because of the lucrative Christmas-New Year's holiday.

A film normally can expect to gross three times its opening weekend, but year-end films can see multiples of four and five.

No. 1 December opening was scored by Warner Bros. Will Smith-starrer "I Am Legend" ($77.2 million).

"Avatar" narrowly bested the $72.6 million posted by Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" in its first weekend. That pic grossed $377 million domestically.

The critically acclaimed "Avatar" posted glowing exits, earning an A or A+ CinemaScore across all demos.
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Well, Lasseter had a good run.

(I wouldn't really go that far, but expect more than a few articles about rumblings of discontent over the next few months.)
 
I committed 3 viewings to Avatar. Will watch again. Fantastic movie.

The Blind Side is $164 million with only a $29 million budget! iMPRESSIVE.
 
Ripclawe said:
Princess and the frog drop is almost worrisome that it won't have the legs to reach 100 million
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With Alvin and the Chipmunks opening, it doesn't have a prayer. Unfortunate.
 
koam said:
is $73 good?
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Not too far off from the biggest Dec opening ever (only $5 short). And it pulled $73 despite the huge storm on the East Coast (which I had to shovel this morning >_<).

And the WOM is awesome, so expect a small drop next weekend. And the huge WW take, so yeah.

Don't bet against Cameron.
 
koam said:
is $73 good?
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Normally for December very good, however given Avatar's ridiculous budget it's a bit under par. However, if the snow storms did make a big deal in profit loss the drops over the next few weeks should be slimmer than expected as people finally make it to the theater. Not sure how big next week will be what with Xmas and all.

Edit: Dammit gdt
 
Ripclawe said:
Princess and the frog drop is almost worrisome that it won't have the legs to reach 100 million
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As I asked in the giant hype thread....

"When the movie does badly, will it be blamed on the 2D animation, or in the lead character being black?"

Well, it's done badly....(compared to other disney movies)


Also....I predicted 65 million for Avatar, although I must admit that if it werent for the storm it might have hit 100 million.
 
evilpigking said:
Normally for December very good, however given Avatar's ridiculous budget it's a bit under par. However, if the snow storms did make a big deal in profit loss the drops over the next few weeks should be slimmer than expected as people finally make it to the theater. Not sure how big next week will be what with Xmas and all.

Edit: Dammit gt
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Budget being $300? That's going to be a snap. Also, weekend numbers don't include Sunday?
 
Princess and the Frog tanking this badly pretty much guarantees that traditional 2D animation for major films is all but dead in the West. :/
 
great numbers for avatar. it'll be more interesting to see how it'll hold up in its second week and after that.

duckroll said:
Princess and the Frog tanking this badly pretty much guarantees that traditional 2D animation for major films is all but dead in the West. :/
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isn't the $105m budget a bit too high for a 2d animated film?
 
bud said:
great numbers for avatar. it'll be more interesting to see how it'll hold up in its second week and after that.



isn't the $105m budget a bit too much for a 2d animated film?
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Do we know the budget breakdown? Normally Disney uses big names but not so much in this case, so I'm wondering where all the money went.
 
duckroll said:
Princess and the Frog tanking this badly pretty much guarantees that traditional 2D animation for major films is all but dead in the West. :/
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Depends how it does overseas. Look at 2012, that won't earn the $200m back in the US but it's over $600m world wide.
 
CiSTM said:
It's +$300

Still a good opening weekend for Avatar.
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Right, and $73 is Canada + US. It will reach its budget fairly quickly.

Edit: Does avatar's budget include the cost of creating the 3d Camcorders?
 
bud said:
isn't the $105m budget a bit too high for a 2d animated film?
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The budget does seem high, but I don't think it matters. Even if it had a 60 million budget like older Disney films, it's still a massive failure. It's been out for weeks and it hasn't even made 50 million domestically. Not that sort of message which would inject renewed faith in the industry for 2D animation. :(
 
The critically acclaimed "Avatar" posted glowing exits, earning an A or A+ CinemaScore across all demos.
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More than the box office, that's the figure I was really waiting for. Word of mouth is off the charts, both in the US and abroad. Very good debut, but it's going to have very solid legs.

(Titanic also scored an A+ from Cinemascore; Cameron knows how to make an entertaining movie.)

Deserves every penny it makes and then some.

Shame about Princess and the Frog; traditional animation was on life support as it was.
 
I wonder if James Cameron is happy with that intake number? He was probably expecting it to do more considering this is his first major jump back into the game after say 10 years.
 
Hmm, Avatar actually did end up beating Return of the King. Though I suppose one would say the film being shorter probably helped there.

But still, great job for a non-franchise film with zero "star power" (I honestly don't know if "star power" is really worth much these days) to be sure.

Also, remember, Titanic's opening week was pretty damn disappointing at like 28m.
 
Horrible drop for 'Frog. Avatar will eat into its target audience, too.

It's interesting to note how all of Disney's non-pixar animated features fail to set the box office on fire. Disney is seemingly unable to market these things properly. :P Bolt deserved better last year too.
 
gdt5016 said:
Yes.
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Then budget isn't ridiculous.

Even if the movie tanked, it wouldn't really hurt Cameron. He reaped in so much money from Titanic, Terminator 1 & 2 and Aquaman.
 
Revelations said:
I wonder if James Cameron is happy with that intake number? He was probably expecting it to do more considering this is his first major jump back into the game after say 10 years.
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He's said in interviews he wasn't expecting a massive opening, but was hoping it would do well in January and February, as there's little competition. He seemed sure that word of mouth would help it have strong legs.

It made $232m WW this weekend, which is pretty spectacular.
 
GhaleonEB said:
He's said in interviews he wasn't expecting a massive opening, but was hoping it would do well in January and February, as there's little competition. He seemed sure that word of mouth would help it have strong legs.

It made $232m WW this weekend, which is pretty spectacular.
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WTF? in 2 Days? Where did you get those numbers?
 
duckroll said:
It's been out for weeks and it hasn't even made 50 million domestically.
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Er, not that its numbers are good, but this is only its second weekend in wide release. It was only playing in two theaters nationwide for its first two weeks.
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I expected Twilight to do better. Seems like it won't beat Harry Potter after all.
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Not going to happen. Its appeal isn't as broad as the HP franchise. (Of course, it's also a hell of a lot cheaper...)

jett said:
Avatar's production budget is 230 million. Stop it with the 300+ mill craziness.
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The official (and, as with all official budgets, dubious) studio line is $237 million. Most other estimates place it significantly higher.
 
$9.95 billion in total grosses in the US YTD. Looks like it'll be the first time that figure will cross the 10-billion-dollar mark in a given year.
 
womfalcs3 said:
$9.95 billion in total grosses in the US YTD. Looks like it'll be the first time that figure will cross the 10-billion-dollar mark in a given year.
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...and this is why Hollywood is gonna ram 3D down our throats. :P
 
Its only week two in my area for the gem that is Princess and the Frog. I just dont want to give up on it yet, it was so magical for me. I need restraints when crap like A&C 2 ends up grossing more. Green lighting Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 should not be way easier then a 2D Disney feature film.
 
koam said:
is $73 good?

I bought 10 tickets for Monday (I haven't seen it yet) :/
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Yes. Next weekend is a holiday weekend so it's drop will be minimal. Word of mouth is strong so it should do well over the next few weeks.

The worldwide gross is already half of the films budget. 3-4x opening weekend gross is typical, it will likely reach a billion worldwide and be a huge financial success.
 
Combine said:
Hmm, Avatar actually did end up beating Return of the King. Though I suppose one would say the film being shorter probably helped there.

But still, great job for a non-franchise film with zero "star power" (I honestly don't know if "star power" is really worth much these days) to be sure.

Also, remember, Titanic's opening week was pretty damn disappointing at like 28m.
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i wouldn't say it beat it. When people are probably paying 4-5$ more per ticket. :lol
 
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