Avengers reaches 600million

Avengers has finally reached the $600million club domestically.It reached the mark on the 54th day since its release.Titanic would have been crossed had it not been for its April 3D release which added around $58million to its 1997 collection of $600million. Meanwhile Avatar still reigns on top with $760million.

Here are the top 10 domestic grossers
1-Avatar -760m
2-Titanic -658m
3-Avengers -600m
4-Dark Knight -533m
5-Star Wars 1 -474m
6-Star Wars -460m
7-Shrek2 -441m
8-ET -435m
9-Pirates of Caribbean2 -423m
10-Lion King -422m

Avengers finally crosses over to #3

Avengers accumulated $5million on Friday to bring its domestic collection to $538 million thus beating Dark Knight ($533 million) .Meanwhile Avengers reached $1.33billion to overtake Harry Potter 8 (1.32 billion) in worldwide collections.

This puts Avengers in the #3 position ,in both domestic as well as worldwide collections ,after 29 days since it was released.

Number 3 is as far as it will go since both lists are topped by Cameron heavyweights ,Titanic (658million & 2.18 billion) & Avatar (760million & 2.78billion)

MIB3 breaks Avengers reign

Men In Black 3 broke The Avengers' three week reign on the top of the box office.MIB3 made a solid 55million in its first week,while Avengers slipped to 37million in its 4th week.

This brings Avengers' domestic total to $513million,overtaking Star Wars 1&4,Lion King,Shrek 2,PiratesOfThe Caribbean 2 and ET.It now sits at #4 in the domestic list, with only Dark Knight (533m) ,Titanic(600m) & Avatar(760m) in its way.

Avengers blasts forward.

 On its 3rd week , Avengers made a solid $55million. Leading to a domestic total of $457 million and adding the Foreign gross of $723million has led to a worldwide collection of $1.18 BILLION ,and this puts Avengers at the 4th spot of All Time Top Grossing Movies (overtaking LOTR 3,Toy Story 3,Transformers 3,PiratesOTC 2&4 & Star Wars Phantom Menance).The top 3 that are currently ahead of Avengers are ,Harry Potter 8 ($1.32b) ,Titanic($2.18b) & Avatar ($2.78b).Will Avengers beat these 3?

James Cameron lists his next 3 movies

Visionary director James Cameron (Terminator, Aliens, Titanic, Avatar) has said he wishes to make 3 more Avatar sequels and then stop.

James Cameron has always been an ocean fanatic and has been to many under water expeditions (recently he went to the Mariana Trench,thus being the first person over 50 to visit). Cameron says he wants to stop making movies after Avatar 2,3 and possibly Avatar 4. He furthers explains his reasoning saying that he would express everything he ever wants to tell through these 3 movies.And anything more would be through documentaries. Also he added he would stop producing any other movies.

Titanic to 3D

A short look into how Titanic's 3D conversion

3D Conversion