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James Cameron’s ” Avatar” has completed its three-part flight into history, surpassing a domestic box office record that’s stood since the filmmaker’s “Titanic” completed its theatrical run in 1998.
The 3D phenom previously shredded the international and worldwide b.o. records set by “Titanic.”
On Wednesday, “Avatar” distributor Fox said the sci-fi epic had rung up $601.1 million in domestic b.o. through Tuesday. “Titanic” registered $600.8 million in U.S. and Canadian coin.
So how high can “Avatar” fly?
“I have no idea where we go from here,” Fox domestic distribution president Bruce Snyder said. “The only picture that has gotten this high was “Titanic,’ but ‘Avatar’ is coming off of a $30 million weekend while ‘Titanic’ was ending its theatrical run at the same point in the cume.”
“Avatar” — which scored nine Oscar nominations Tuesday — boasts a foreign tally of $1.48 billion and counting, shaping a worldwide cume of $2.08 billion.
Box Office Prophets has a more in depth rundown.
(Ed note: I’ve seen Avatar in 3D and in digital 3D — there is a difference, the latter is much sharper — and believe I’ll probably get one more time in before Alice in Wonderland takes the screens.)
