List of box office records set by Avatar

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Main article: List of box office records set by Avatar

Avatar earned $3,537,000 from midnight screenings domestically (United States and Canada), with the initial 3-D release limited to 2,200 screens.[156] The film earned $27 million on its opening day, and $77 million over its opening weekend, making it the second largest December opening ever behind I Am Legend,[4][23] the largest domestic opening weekend for a film not based on a franchise (topping The Incredibles), and the 25th largest national United States weekend opening,[4] despite a blizzard which blanketed the East Coast of the United States and reportedly hurt its opening weekend results.[17][23][24] The IMAX opening also broke box office records, with 178 theaters generating approximately $9.5 million, 13% of the film's $73 million (at the time) domestic gross on less than 3% of the screens.[154]

International markets generating opening weekend tallies of at least $10 million were Russia ($20.8 million), France ($20.3 million), the UK ($14.1 million), Germany ($13.2 million), Australia ($11.9 million), South Korea ($11.4 million) and Spain ($10.9 million).[152] Avatar's worldwide gross was an estimated $232,180,000 after five days,[4][24] the ninth largest opening-weekend gross of all time, and the largest for a non-franchise, non-sequel and original film.[4] 58 international IMAX screens generated an estimated $4.1 million during the opening weekend.[154]

The film's revenues decreased by a mere 1.8% in its second weekend in domestic markets, earning $75,617,183, to remain in first place at the box office[157] and recording the biggest second weekend of all time.[158] The film experienced another small decrease in revenue in its third weekend, dropping 9.4% to $68,490,688 domestically, though remaining in first place at the box office,[159] to set another weekend record.[160] On the 19th day of the film's international release, it crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide, making it the fastest film ever to do so[161] and also making it the highest-grossing release of 2009 worldwide.[162] In its fourth weekend, Avatar continued its streak, leading the box office domestically, to set a new all-time fourth-weekend record of $50,306,217,[163] and becoming the highest-grossing 2009 release in the United States.[164] In the film's fifth weekend, it set the Martin Luther King Day four-day weekend record, grossing $54,401,446,[165] and set another three-day weekend record with a take of $42,785,612.[166] It held to the top spot to set the sixth and seventh weekend records earning $34,944,081[167] and $31,280,029[168] respectively. On January 31 it became the first film to earn over $2 billion,[169] and on February 27, after 72 days of domestic release, it became the first film to gross over $700 million.[170] It remained in the number one spot at the domestic box office for seven consecutive weeks—the most consecutive #1 weekends since Titanic spent 15 weekends at #1 in 1997–'98[171]—and also spent 11 consecutive weekends at the top of the box office outside the United States and Canada.[172] By the end of its first theatrical release Avatar had grossed $749,766,139 in Canada and the U.S.,[173] and $1,990,639,582 in other territories,[174] for a worldwide total of $2,740,405,721.

Including the revenue from a re-release of Avatar featuring extended footage, Avatar has grossed over $760 million in the U.S. and Canada, and $2.008 billion in other territories for a worldwide total of over $2.768 billion,[4][5] with over 72.5% of its total worldwide gross in international markets.[4][5] Avatar has set a number of box office records during its release: on January 25, 2010, it surpassed Titanic's worldwide gross to become the highest-grossing film of all time worldwide 41 days after its international release,[175][176][177] just two days after taking the foreign box office record,[178] and on February 2, 47 days after its domestic release, Avatar overtook Titanic to become the highest-grossing film of all time in Canada and the United States.[179] It became the highest-grossing film of all time in at least 30 other countries[180][181][182][183][184] and is the first film to earn over $2 billion in foreign box office receipts.[26] IMAX ticket sales account for $228 million of its worldwide gross,[185] more than double the previous record.[186]

Box Office Mojo estimates that after adjusting for the rise in average ticket prices, Avatar would be the 14th-highest-grossing film of all time in the U.S. and Canada.[187] Box Office Mojo also observes that the higher ticket prices for 3-D and IMAX screenings have had a significant impact on Avatar's gross; it estimated, on April 21, 2010, that Avatar had sold approximately 75 million tickets in North American theatres, more than any other film since 1999's Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.[188] In terms of worldwide revenue, Avatar has grossed more than Titanic after adjusting for inflation.[189]






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