There wasn’t even any doubt that it could.
James Cameron’s CGI movie Avatar has officially surpassed his own movie Titanic as the highest grossing movie of all time.
In the US domestic market Avatar reached a record $601,141,551 47 days after it was released in theaters. The take easily surpassed the $600,788,188 that Titanic earned for its whole run in the theaters.
The money shoveling also continued in the international market. Avatar has already surpassed Titanic’s worldwide take of $1,242,413,080. Avatar has earned an astonishing $1,446,989,293. It even achieved the record in far less time than Titanic, which, anyway you look at it, is just phenomenal. The total worldwide take Avatar is now pegged at $2,048,130,844, which leaves Titanic’s total take of $1,843,201,268 in the dust. Amazing, really.
I guess this means we’ll be treated to more of Cameron’s “I’m the king of the world!” arrogance this year.
The Dark Knight sets new record anew
The Dark Knight may have broken its last record this week. The highly successful movie has surpassed the $500 million mark in the US box office this weekend. Its total take domestically now stands at $502.4 million. Titanic, which still holds the top spot, has a domestic haul of $600.8 million.
TDK is only the second movie after Titanic to break the 500 million mark and now has the record for the fastest to reach that mark by doing it in 45 days, compared to Titanic, which reached it in 98 days. Another piece of interesting information is that Titanic reached the 600 million mark in 252 days. This means that if TDK could actually last that long, it has a big chance of beating Titanic.