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  • James Cameron slams streaming releases amid Avatar’s record box-office success

    James Cameron slams streaming releases amid Avatar’s record box-office success

    James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water is still going strong at the global box office, even after multiple weeks of release and is nearing the $2 billion mark. The film which released on December 16, had crossed $1 billion within 12 days of release. Now director James Cameron has said that he is not in the mood to entertain any ideas of the film eyeing a digital release so soon.

    During an interview with Variety at the Golden Globes red carpet, where Avatar The Way of Water was nominated for Best Motion Picture (Drama) and Best Director (it lost both to Steven Spielberg’s The Fablemans), James Cameron addressed the enthusiasm of the audience to go to the theatres and watch a movie on the big screen rather than move in for a streaming date. The director was reminded in the same interview that the sequel to his 2009 original has now emerged to be the seventh biggest movie of all time and is showing no such signs of slowing down. Also, James Cameron has now directed three of the top 10 biggest movies ever, including the first Avatar and Titanic.

    To this James responded, “I’m not thinking of it in those terms, I’m thinking of it more in the terms of, we’re back to theaters around the world. People are going back to theaters. They’re even going back to theaters in China where they’re having this huge COVID surge. We’re seeing as a society we need this, we need to go to movie theaters and have that experience. Enough with the streaming already! I’m tired of sitting on my a**.”

  • Avatar crosses $1 billion in 14 days

    Avatar crosses $1 billion in 14 days

    James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office within 14 days of its release. It has now become the fastest movie this year to hit the milestone within such a short span, and the 6th fastest film ever to arrive at that mark, along with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which also hit $1 billion in 2018 within 14 days.

    Currently the James Cameron film is the third highest-grossing film released during the pandemic era, having taken over the numbers that Doctor Strange And The Multiverse of Madness collected, and it is all set to cross the collection of Jurassic World: Dominion to aim for the 2nd position. The first position is held by Spider-Man: No Way Home, which is still the highest-grossing film of the pandemic era at $1.91 billion. Avatar: The Way of Water is also the fastest to cross the $1 billion mark since Spider-Man: No Way Home, which took 12 days. The original Avatar, which was released in 2009 still maintains the position as the highest-grossing film of all time with a worldwide collection of $2.97 billion.

    Source: HT

  • Will Avatar The Way of Water break Avenger Endgame’s box office record?

    Will Avatar The Way of Water break Avenger Endgame’s box office record?

    The sequel to Avatar is finally here! Thirteen years after Avatar conquered the theatres in 2009, its second part, Avatar: The Way of Water is all set to hit the Indian screens on December 16. James Cameron’s Avatar was the highest-grossing release of all time with $2.9 billion worldwide. Avatar:  The Way of Water, the sequel to this triple-Oscar-winning 3D sci-fi movie is expected to do even better, trade experts predict. Ahead of the film’s release, IndiaToday.in got in touch with trade analysts to get an understanding of how Avatar 2 will fare at the box office in India. Trade analyst Akshaye Rathi predicts that Avatar 2 will open in India with a whopping Rs 40 crore. He told IndiaToday.in, “Avatar 2 is going to be a historic opening without an iota of doubt. It will be the biggest opener of the year when it comes to Hollywood films in India or worldwide. I wouldn’t be surprised if the movie goes beyond Rs 40 crore on Day 1 itself in different formats in India. This is all languages – North and South – as well as formats like IMAX, 3D, 2D, etc put together. It is highly possible Avatar 2 will cross Rs 40 crore in total or even more.”    Source: India Today

  • Khloe Kardashian claps back at Instagram user accusing her of ‘insecurity’

    Khloe Kardashian claps back at Instagram user accusing her of ‘insecurity’

    American reality TV star and businesswoman Khloe Kardashian recently addressed a critic who had unkind words for her. This comes a few days after the star made headlines for a leaked bikini photo debacle. According to Fox News, the 36-year-old star shared a carousel of colourful photos on Instagram featuring herself wearing a skin-tight blue bodysuit. The pictures showed off her figure in a series of photos, in which, she struck various poses. “AVATAR,” she captioned the post between a pair of UFO emojis. While many of the comments on the post were positive, one viewer wrote: “If insecurity was a person.” Kardashian didn’t waste any time speaking her mind, however. She wrote in response, “Baby girl, you have to look in the mirror. Only insecure people tear other people down. I’m sending you so much love, health and happiness!” She concluded: “I’m sorry that you’re hurting.”