Adjusted for inflation, Avatar isn't even in the top 10:
Top Lifetime Adjusted Grosses
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AVATAR 2: THE WAY OF WATER (2022)
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Adjusted for inflation, Avatar isn't even in the top 10:
www.boxofficemojo.com
Though keep in mind that appears to be domestic only.
Worldwide, my understanding is that Avatar generally ranks at 2 or 3 behind only Gone With The Wind and, by some measures, Titanic.
Wicked interesting!Adjusted for inflation, Avatar isn't even in the top 10:
Top Lifetime Adjusted Grosses
I would argue the Worldwide numbers for older films are highly questionable. There just aren't good numbers for older films available.
That's probably fair.
In any case, Avatar handily beat Force Awakens in worldwide gross, so that would presumably put it around slot #11 at least. And considering the growth in importance of international distribution -- Avatar made overseas more than 2.5 times what it made in the US -- I would think there's still a decent bet that it breaks the top 10.
IMO overseas sales may do a lot for A2. Way more than the average Hollywood tentpole.
In the USA we took A1 as an indictment of our foreign wars. That's no fun to be lectured about (especially since so many of us never agreed with the wars in the first place).
But in quite a few countries the audiences probably identified with the Navi more (at least in terms of the political/resource competition). IMO it's a sleeper factor that is probably being underestimated right now.
In the USA we took A1 as an indictment of our foreign wars. That's no fun to be lectured about (especially since so many of us never agreed with the wars in the first place).
But in quite a few countries the audiences probably identified with the Navi more (at least in terms of the political/resource competition). IMO it's a sleeper factor that is probably being underestimated right now.
Review from Dan Murrell out, who tends to produce pretty fair takes.
His mixed assessment, still concluding in a recommendation:
- absolutely spectacular visuals and action, especially in 3D (though he suggests avoiding HFR screenings if possible)
- inoffensive but also unremarkable plot and characters
His mixed assessment, still concluding in a recommendation:
- absolutely spectacular visuals and action, especially in 3D (though he suggests avoiding HFR screenings if possible)
- inoffensive but also unremarkable plot and characters
cboath
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Isn't that the same thing most though of the first one? Visually and technologically, pretty amazing. Generic plot...?
I’m trying to decide if this headline is a glowing endorsement of the movie, or not….
….it’s “LESS stupid” than the first movie…but, still stupid nonetheless, I suppose?
….it’s “LESS stupid” than the first movie…but, still stupid nonetheless, I suppose?
I didn't think much of the tech and visuals of the first one. I really don't get the huff about it. It's a cg cartoon no different than its contemporaries.
According to other critics; the eco-message is thick with this one, more so than the first
I wonder, will Gargamel pollute the village with toxic sludge in this sequel?
Wait a minute…
Sorry; wrong simplistic universe with blue protagonists.
HMSwolfe
Master Member
I am very sad, I am being pressured into seeing this movie at a work function—my office rented out a theater for our Christmas party. The plus side is, me seeing it or not seeing it won’t affect the box office profits at all—my seat’s already been paid for. Of course, I still have to watch the damn thing.
I tried to tell my vegan friends that the bacon I eat was already killed.
For some reason they're still mad at me.
I feel like I am in a similar circumstance.My son wants to see it. Doesn’t like the original and no real interest in this blue-man-group-takes-a- swim of a movie.
His rationale is that it’s supposed to be the most technically advanced movie ever and optimized for IMAX viewing. He wants to judge it the way it was meant to be seen…..
I told him he is on his own, lemme know how advanced it is bruv.
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Just think of it as taking one for the RPF team: selflessly braving the blue to report back so that those among us who remain on the fence (or even I suppose in my case, in distant sight of the fence) may feel that much more informed in our decision.
Plus, if by chance you come out loving it, THEN we'll know it's the "motion picture event of a generation."
HMSwolfe
Master Member
Then I’ll do my duty and lie down on this grenade for you all.
