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http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/forbes-avatar-box-office-king.html

Is Avatar Really King Of The Box Office?
by Dorothy Pomerantz · January 27, 2009
Yes, it's got the biggest worldwide gross of all time.
But it's still no "Gone With The Wind."

James Cameron broke his own record Tuesday. With a $1.86 billion haul, "Avatar" beat "Titanic" to become the highest grossing movie of all time at the worldwide box office.

It's a remarkable achievement. But before every Hollywood studio exec decides that all future movies must be in 3-D and feature blue aliens, it's worth getting a little perspective on the film.

"Avatar" has the advantage of showing in 3-D (which usually commands an average $3 extra per ticket) and coming out at a time when even 2-D movie tickets are more expensive than ever. According to the National Association of Theater Owners, the average ticket price in 2008 was $7.18, up 56% from prices in 1997 when "Titanic" was in theaters.

A look at domestic grosses adjusted for inflation shows a more realistic view of "Avatar"'s performance.

In the U.S., "Avatar" has grossed $555 million making it the second highest grossing domestic (as opposed to worldwide) film of all time. Titanic is temporarily still in the lead here with $600.8 million.

But adjusting for ticket price for inflation, Avatar ranks as the 26th highest grossing film in the U.S., according to Box Office Mojo. Number one? "Gone With The Wind" with $1.5 billion adjusted gross in the U.S. "Star Wars" ranks second with $1.3 billion.

Cameron's "Titanic" ranks sixth (just behind "The Ten Commandments") with an adjusted $943 million take in the U.S.

Movies are released very differently today then they were in 1939 when "Gone With the Wind" premiered. The film showed originally in 156 theaters in the U.S. "Avatar" premiered on 3,452 screens. "Gone With the Wind" was re-released in 1947, 1954 and 1961. In 1967 it was shown in 70 mm. With as many as 600 films being released per year, these days few films get a second shot in theaters.

Of course movie now can sometimes double their box office with DVD and television sales. Here we're only looking at box office.

Even some modern films beat "Avatar" when looked at through a price-adjusted prism. "Forrest Gump" (1994) ranks 22nd with an adjusted $623 million box office. "Star Wars: Episode 1 -- The Phantom Menace," which was released in 1999, ranks 19th with an adjusted $623 million domestic gross.

But most of the films at the top are from at least 30 years ago. "The Sound of Music" ranks third with an adjusted $1.05 billion take. "E.T." is just behind with $1.04 billion.

With no film on the near horizon poised to challenge "Avatar"'s dominance, the film is sure to continue to mint money. But it's got a way's to go to catch up with a classic like "Gone With The Wind."

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1/29/2010 2:38:36 AM From: LiquidSnake Uh I'm well aware of inflation, Eddo. The same could be said of Titanic when they claimed it topped the charts as well. It's just fun to say something is the new king.


1/29/2010 2:39:36 AM From: LiquidSnake What people fail to realize is this movie has only been out 6 weekends. Titanic ran for 42 to gain that gross. Your rubbing something in my face way too prematurely.


1/29/2010 6:56:25 AM From: eddo the article ranks Titanic on the all time list too. and I didn't really mean this as a slam LS, I thought it was cool since we were talking about it in the last week or so. The title is more for laughs than anything.


1/29/2010 7:07:43 AM From: LiquidSnake I know . It's all just a bunch of numbers and money we don't profit from, so it doesn't matter. But it's fun to watch.


1/29/2010 7:08:52 AM From: LiquidSnake What's interesting though is the internet is literally FLOODED with articles like that. People picking the movie's politic's apart, it's box office numbers, it's crazy.


1/29/2010 7:44:42 AM From: Chi GWTW is still one of my favorite movies. I'm willing to give Avatar a shot, see if it's really as good as everyone says. And not just hype and sheep repeating words like with Titanic.


1/29/2010 8:18:53 AM From: LiquidSnake So technically, Avatar is 4 billion away from GWTW lol. It'll never make that.


1/29/2010 8:19:21 AM From: LiquidSnake If you see it, go see it in 3D.


1/29/2010 8:19:33 AM From: MrsK GWTW Reigns Supreme!


1/29/2010 8:19:52 AM From: LiquidSnake It's not your traditionally 3D, this is something all in it's own field.


1/31/2010 9:43:10 AM From: Ali I finally saw this last night, and it was AMAZING! It probably helped that I was stoned, but I still think I would have enjoyed the hell out of it anyway. Yeah, I realize the political leanings in the film are obvious but I enjoyed the nature/spiritual/native theme since, as your resident tree hugger and polar bear lover, that speaks to me on a deeper level. I thought the message was wonderful. Great film, outstanding animation, good action, and it didn't FEEL like I sat through a really long movie. I was engaged throughout. Loved it.


1/31/2010 12:58:16 PM From: whogo All those numbers mean is the movie is popular among the plebes. Us elitists prefer "Baa Baa does Birmingham"


1/31/2010 1:08:29 PM From: LiquidSnake 2.039 billion. Suck it, Eddo lol. Told you its an awesome experience, Ali


1/31/2010 6:15:56 PM From: eddo Still haven't seen it. still not all that interested. Gotta tell ya, it takes a special kinda movie to get me to shell out $10 for one viewing of it. and if it has "Transformers" in the title, it will most likely work, lol


1/31/2010 6:54:43 PM From: LiquidSnake Oh well, your missing out


1/31/2010 7:22:33 PM From: eddo I'll catch it in a few years on TBS or TNT's full on James Cameron Weekend, lol or maybe some hot chick will make me go see it. yeah, I've got a better shot at TBS/TNT....


1/31/2010 7:40:47 PM From: LiquidSnake Awww, that sounds pitiful, Eddo lol.


1/31/2010 7:43:00 PM From: LiquidSnake And when you see it on TV a couple years from now, you won't understand what all the hub bub was about, because you missed out on the 3D version, the way it's meant to be watched.


1/31/2010 7:45:35 PM From: mercury If all the hub-bub is only about the special effects, then it's not something I'd waste $10 to see, either


1/31/2010 7:46:49 PM From: LiquidSnake There's more to it then special effects, it has good emotion and a tried and true story.


1/31/2010 7:47:39 PM From: LiquidSnake But really, it's an experience seeing it in that format, it forms a more complete picture, because as MrsK and Ali can attest, you really get immersed into it's world.


1/31/2010 9:16:32 PM From: eddo


2/1/2010 4:35:45 AM From: MrsK There's a test?!?!? Why didn't anyone tell me???


2/1/2010 8:51:30 AM From: Ali I'm going to side with LS here. I really do think it's one of those movies you NEED to see on the big screen to fully appreciate its finer details. It really is well done, and the 3D isn't the cheesy, old school kind...it's different. Better! eddo, do you want me to fly down and go to Avatar with you? lol


2/1/2010 9:01:20 AM From: MrsK Yeah you're right, Ali. It isn't like having cheesy thing fly at you like in old 3D movies. They used the 3D to bring the viewers into the world of Pandora.


2/1/2010 10:27:22 AM From: eddo that'd be awesome Ali! I'll bring the "popcorn"!


2/1/2010 11:25:40 AM From: Ali Is "popcorn" code for a sexual act I'm not aware of? If so, I'm in.


2/1/2010 11:28:06 AM From: eddo hugo and BCAR's popcorn box trick.


2/1/2010 4:07:07 PM From: Ali Oh, hell yeah. Let's make THAT happen. This is one case where extra butter might come in "handy".


2/1/2010 9:30:56 PM From: eddo *faints


2/2/2010 3:48:29 AM From: mercury dammit, eddo! you're creating trip hazards all over the place!


2/2/2010 5:34:12 AM From: LiquidSnake He does faint in a lot of posts.


2/2/2010 7:54:54 AM From: Ali Sex talk makes him light headed.


2/3/2010 12:08:12 PM From: LiquidSnake Avatar just passed Titanic as the #1 domestic and worldwide grossing film, sitting at 2,048,000,000 dollars and still going strong.