Titanic VS Avatar

[onemorechance]

is mr camerons 1st film since titanic going to beat his predecessor in the box office?..will it beat movies such as transformers ROTF all Harry potter?

[GLaDOS]

Doubt it. However, ever since the already-hyped trailer came out, I'm betting it'll dominate the box office just like Titanic did in 1997.

[Diesel]

Nope.

And probably not.


It will do quite well, but I highly doubt it will put up $800+ million numbers.

[Duffy12]

If they can hurry up and build a lot more 'IMAX theaters it sure can.

[Zvi]

After seeing the trailer I'm fairly disappointed.

[onemorechance]

Originally Posted by Zvi

After seeing the trailer I'm fairly disappointed.

yea but u gotta chill...its only a teaser

and cameron does this on purpose not to show you much

[GLaDOS]

Originally Posted by onemorechance

yea but u gotta chill...its only a teaser

and cameron does this on purpose not to show you much

+1

I'm just waiting for the full movie.

[masoud90]

No way. Titanic=classic

[Zvi]

Originally Posted by onemorechance

yea but u gotta chill...its only a teaser

and cameron does this on purpose not to show you much

I sure you you're right and I am wrong But after seeing those aliens I have a bad feeling that this will be pretty standard scenario and the disabled hero will "understand" aliens and will try to help them, blah blah...

[Red Hood]

Originally Posted by Zvi

After seeing the trailer I'm fairly disappointed.

+1

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by onemorechance

is mr camerons 1st film since titanic going to beat his predecessor in the box office?..will it beat movies such as transformers ROTF all Harry potter?

Maybe it can surpass HP, but I don't think it will get to $400 million domestic. Titanic appealed to everyone and this is a fantasy Sci Fi movie. Zero chance of besting Titanic in the Box Office.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

Maybe it can surpass HP, but I don't think it will get to $400 million domestic. Titanic appealed to everyone and this is a fantasy Sci Fi movie. Zero change of besting Titanic in the Box Office.

If we're talking domestic, then yea, I think it can pass Harry Potter.

[thedarkangel1975]

Originally Posted by onemorechance

is mr camerons 1st film since titanic going to beat his predecessor in the box office?..will it beat movies such as transformers ROTF all Harry potter?

Something special has to happen for it to beat Titanic. I see this movie falling a little short of Transformers and Harry Potter

[ScarredLungs]

NOt sure how well it will do. It will be a better movie then Titanic imao.

[masoud90]

Originally Posted by cvm

NOt sure how well it will do. It will be a better movie then Titanic imao.

I'm sure it won't make it to AFI's top 100 movies list, like TITANIC.

[UltraMario9]

Ha!

[wonderer99]

Haha, reading that first page is hilarious. Just goes to show that we internet posters with our neverending opinions actually know jack all.

[don3663]

Originally Posted by wonderer99

Haha, reading that first page is hilarious. Just goes to show that we internet posters with our neverending opinions actually know jack all.

Whats even funnier is reading the official box office thread for Avatar. Diesel and the Seven Saumurai guy were getting a lot of shit back then as they were the only two actively defending it.

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by don3663

Whats even funnier is reading the official box office thread for Avatar. Diesel and the Seven Saumurai guy were getting a lot of shit back then as they were the only two actively defending it.

There was no good reason to expect it would explode like it did. It was an example of everything just going right for it and people returning and it not slowing down like no wide release that I can recall of has been able to match (of course referring to modernish times as comparing it to films released 50 years ago etc isn't very valid due to how the release schedules and viewing behaviours have changed). I do get a kick out of this thread, but no one, even people in the industry thought it could even manage half of what it did (not that it would have to even do half of what it did to be a huge success).

What was interesting is how the hype seemed to really start after the film released and not before. Sure people where excited prior to release but it wasn't like a new star wars film or even the hobbit films and so on. After release it was everywhere suddenly and I don't really mean marketing. People where just talking about it, and it's very good use of 3d (but by today's standards far from the best) really helped make it something you couldn't get anywhere but a cinema at the time.

I do find it interesting how Titanic has continued to grow on me though, where as 8ish years ago I thought it was just good and didn't get a lot of the acclaim I know consider it to be great.