“AVATAR” Hits the Big Screen

Avatar premiered in London on December 10, 2009, and was released theatrically worldwide from December 16th to the 18th.

Avatar crossed the $1 billion mark on the 19th day of its international release, making it the first film to reach this mark in only 19 days.On January 31, it became the first film to earn over $2 billion worldwide, and it became the first film to gross over $700 million in North America, on February 27, after 72 days of release. It remained in the number one spot at the domestic box office for seven consecutive weeks – the most consecutive No. 1 weekends since Titanic spent 15 weekends at No. 1 in 1997–'98 – and also spent 11 consecutive weekends at the top of the box office outside the United States and Canada, breaking the record of 9 consecutive weekends set by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. By the end of its first theatrical release Avatar had grossed $749,766,139 in the U.S. and Canada, and $1,999,298,189 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $2,749,064,328.