Source:Fandango, EW
January 15, 2010
James Cameron's
unstoppable
Avatar is entering its fifth weekend with more dominant ticket sales.
Fandango tells us that 80% of its ticket sales for
Avatar have been for the 3D and
IMAX screenings and for the fifth weekend, 73% of its advanced ticket sales are for
Avatar, followed by
The Book of Eli with 7% and
The Lovely Bones with 5%.
Worldwide, the film has earned $1.42 billion and has just passed up
Shrek 2's $441.2 million to climb to the fourth spot on the all-time domestic list with $445.7 million. It only trails
Star Wars ($460.9 million),
The Dark Knight ($533.3 million) and
Titanic ($600.8 million) now.
In sequel news, James Cameron told
Entertainment Weekly that he was even planning a sequel during production. "I've had a storyline in mind from the start - there are even scenes in '
Avatar' that I kept in because they lead to the sequel," Cameron said. "It just makes sense to think of it as a two or three film arc, in terms of the business plan. The CG plants and trees and creatures and the musculo-skeletal rigging of the main characters — that all takes an enormous amount of time to create. It'd be a waste not to use it again."
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