With some final box-office figures in by now, according to the Box Office Mojo chart Avatar earned pretty much exactly what had been expected: $75.6 million over the Christmas weekend. Its total domestic take currently stand at $212.7 million. Directed by James Cameron, the ecologically conscious sci-fi epic stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver.
Thanks to the success of Avatar, movie-business "experts" are now predicting that 3D films will dominate the market, that movie stars are a thing of the past, and that "originality" — as in something not derived from a videogame or comic strip — is now the thing. Considering the myriad predictions by "experts" from movie-time immemorial, predictions that have been way, way off the mark, those gurus' foretellings should be taken with a large grain — make it a boulder — of salt.
But one thing is for sure: James Cameron's expletive-filled spat with a "fan" at the Los Angeles airport didn't hurt business. Or if it did, no one noticed it. Or cared. The encounter, which looks like it's been both set up and edited for effect, took place a few days ago and has been available online since then. Funny how "fans" know exactly when and where a celebrity is arriving at an airport. Dangerous, too.
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I have seen the movie trailer of the Avatar movie itself but I have not really been able to go watch it in the theaters. I will definitely have to see the movie for myself. Thank you for sharing such an interesting and informative article. – Manila :)