"Avatar" crushed its rivals at the New Year holiday weekend boxoffice in North America and is poised to challenge "The Dark Knight" as the second-biggest movie ever, according to data released Sunday.
Even "Titanic" could be threatened. When ticket-price inflation is included, that film had earned $241 million after 17 days, according to tracking firm Box Office Mojo.
After 17 days in cinemas across the United States and Canada, "Avatar" has earned $352.1 million, placing it at No. 15 among all movies in terms of ticket sales. Fox, a unit of News Corp, forecast the film would end up in the $500 million range.
"This is like a freight train out of control," Fox distribution executive Bert Livingston said. "It just keeps on going."
James Cameron's 3-D sci-fi epic earned $68.3 million in the three days beginning Friday, setting a record for a film in its third weekend of release, distributor 20th Century Fox said. The old mark of $45 million was set by "Spider-Man" in 2002.
Hollywoodreporter
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