Tue, January 26 2010, 18:13 EST
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Looks like James Cameron has done it again. After six rounds on the foreign circuit, Avatar has become the biggest grossing overseas movie in history – surpassing Cameron`s own Titanic.
So far, Cameron`s huge-budget blockbuster has grossed $1.288 billion. Titanic held the record for 13 years, grossing $1.242. That means Avatar sunk Titanic by $46 million – that`s a lot of money. Maybe Cameron will upgrade the diamond jewelry worn by the Na`vi in the imminent Avatar sequel.
Avatar`s most recent No. 1 weekend gross was $107 million – that`s from 11,800 screens in 111 markets. It was the sixth consecutive week that Avatar earned more than $100 million in the foreign circuit.
Here is a breakdown of the figures:
France - $123.3 million
Germany - $95.7 million
U.K. - $92.9 million
South Korea - $79.5 million
Japan - $77.7 million
Australia - $77.1 million
Spain - $76 million
Avatar is officially the highest grossing film of all time in Spain, China, Hong Kong, Russia and Chile. It is also the biggest Hollywood movie to play in India.
There are still 2 records held by Titanic: highest domestic box office gross at $600.8 million, and highest worldwide gross at $1.843 billion. Thus far, Avatar has earned $552.8 million domestically and $1.8408 billion globally. It seems quite probable that Avatar will beat Titanic`s worldwide record very soon.
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