AVATAR: No Record-Breaking This Weekend

James Cameron’s Avatar has grossed $546.4 million after 42 days in release. It’s now the #2 movie on the domestic box office chart (not taking inflation/higher 3D/IMAX ticket prices into account), according to Box Office Mojo. It’ll likely remain the #2 movie until next weekend, right behind Cameron’s own Titanic, which earned $600.7m.

Yet, the 3D sci-fier is expected to keep its place at the top of the domestic box office for the seventh straight weekend, with anywhere between $25-30m. New entries Edge of Darkness, starring a gun-toting, tired-looking Mel Gibson, and the romantic comedy When in Rome, with Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel, will likely land in second and third place, respectively.

Worldwide (not adjusted for inflation/dollar exchange variations), Avatar tops the chart, with $1.9 billion, having passed Titanic a few days ago. The Leonardo DiCaprio-Kate Winslet hit — the #1 domestic box-office leader for 15 straight weekends back in 1998 — grossed $1.843b.

Avatar has received nominations from the French Academy, the British Academy, the American Cinema Editors, the American Society of Cinematographers, the Writers Guild, the Art Directors Guild, the Costume Designers Guild, and the Directors Guild. Last Sunday, it lost the Producers Guild Award to Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker. The Directors Guild will announce its winners tomorrow.

Written and directed by Cameron, the best picture (drama) and best director Golden Globe winner stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver, Laz Alonso, Giovanni Ribisi, CCH Pounder, and West Studi.

Source:ltfg.com/