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'Avatar' debut box office raised to US$77 mln
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December 22, 2009, Tuesday
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DIRECTOR James Cameron's new movie "Avatar," considered one of the most expensive movies ever made, yesterday saw its initial weekend ticket sales raised to US$77 million in the United States and Canada.
The movie's box office performance has been widely watched given its cost. Sunday's initial estimates showed ticket sales at US$73 million in the US and Canada and US$159 million elsewhere for global ticket sales of US$232 million.
Box office watchers said a weekend snowstorm that buried cities from Washington to Boston hurt ticket sales along the US East Coast. But as final figures were tallied, the blizzard was slightly less of an issue than first believed.
"Avatar," which mixes live action and animation, paints a picture of a lush planet in outer space and tells of a man sent there to infiltrate an alien race of blue people.
Film studio 20th Century Fox has said it spent US$237 million to make the movie, but some newspaper reports have estimated it cost at least US$300 million. The studio had said it would spend another US$150 million to market the film.
Despite its solid opening, "Avatar" did not set records. The top worldwide total for a weekend debut is US$394 million for July's "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." The best US and Canadian initial weekend is US$158 million for the 2008 Batman movie "The Dark Knight."
The movie's box office performance has been widely watched given its cost. Sunday's initial estimates showed ticket sales at US$73 million in the US and Canada and US$159 million elsewhere for global ticket sales of US$232 million.
Box office watchers said a weekend snowstorm that buried cities from Washington to Boston hurt ticket sales along the US East Coast. But as final figures were tallied, the blizzard was slightly less of an issue than first believed.
"Avatar," which mixes live action and animation, paints a picture of a lush planet in outer space and tells of a man sent there to infiltrate an alien race of blue people.
Film studio 20th Century Fox has said it spent US$237 million to make the movie, but some newspaper reports have estimated it cost at least US$300 million. The studio had said it would spend another US$150 million to market the film.
Despite its solid opening, "Avatar" did not set records. The top worldwide total for a weekend debut is US$394 million for July's "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." The best US and Canadian initial weekend is US$158 million for the 2008 Batman movie "The Dark Knight."
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