One of the riskiest movies of all times is now officially one of the most successful at the box office. When "Avatar" opened, its solid but far from stellar results left 20th Century Fox uncertain about whether the $430 million that it and two financing partners had invested to produce and market the 3-D film would pay off. Less than three weeks later, there's no doubt. Director James Cameron's science-fiction epic on Sunday became only the fifth movie in history to gross more than $1 billion worldwide and, by far, was the fastest to do so.
When "Avatar" opened, its solid but far from stellar results left 20th Century Fox uncertain about whether the $430 million that it and two financing partners had invested to produce and market the 3-D film would pay off.
Less than three weeks later, there's no doubt. Director James Cameron's science-fiction epic on Sunday became only the fifth movie in history to gross more than $1 billion worldwide and, by far, was the fastest to do so.
Anti-smoking watchdogs are up in arms about Sigourney Weaver's character lighting up in the movie Avatar, but James Cameron says that her character's cigarette habit was a critique of videogamers.
On another matter, I've read a lot of comparisons prior to seeing the movie and I thought it was obvious to see that Avatar borrowed quite a bit from Japanese manga.
