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2009 PG-13 2h 42m Action, Adventure, Fantasy 20th Century Fox

Enter the world of Pandora.

Avatar Box Office

Opening Weekend
$77.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$785.2M
Final · incl. re-releases
Worldwide Total
$2.92B
$2.14B international
Domestic Legs9.7x
Budget$237M
2009 Rank#1
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 18-20 1 $77.03M $77.03M 3,452 $22.3K 1
Dec 25-27 1 $75.62M -1.8% $212.71M 3,456 $21.9K 2
Jan 1-3 1 $68.49M -9.4% $352.11M 3,461 $19.8K 3
Jan 8-10 1 $50.31M -26.6% $430.85M 3,422 $14.7K 4
Jan 15-17 1 $42.79M -14.9% $493.25M 3,285 $13.0K 5
Jan 22-24 1 $34.94M -18.3% $551.74M 3,141 $11.1K 6
Jan 29-31 1 $31.28M -10.5% $595.75M 3,074 $10.2K 7
Feb 5-7 2 $22.85M -26.9% $629.34M 3,000 $7.6K 8
Feb 12-14 4 $23.61M +3.3% $661.22M 2,685 $8.8K 9
Feb 19-21 3 $16.24M -31.2% $687.96M 2,581 $6.3K 10
Feb 26-28 4 $13.66M -15.9% $706.56M 2,456 $5.6K 11
Mar 5-7 5 $8.12M -40.5% $720.61M 2,163 $3.8K 12
Mar 12-14 7 $6.53M -19.6% $730.27M 1,718 $3.8K 13
Mar 19-21 8 $4.03M -38.3% $736.91M 1,236 $3.3K 14
Mar 26-28 11 $2.05M -49.2% $740.44M 930 $2.2K 15
Apr 2-4 13 $980K -52.1% $742.33M 511 $1.9K 16
Apr 9-11 12 $845K -13.8% $743.69M 454 $1.9K 17
Apr 16-18 12 $1.00M +18.7% $745.02M 500 $2.0K 18
Apr 23-25 15 $920K -8.2% $746.37M 421 $2.2K 19
Apr 30-May 2 19 $633K -31.2% $747.29M 387 $1.6K 20
May 7-9 19 $425K -32.9% $747.95M 328 $1.3K 21
May 14-16 21 $335K -21.2% $748.47M 279 $1.2K 22
May 21-23 29 $189K -43.8% $748.82M 167 $1.1K 23

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJames Cameron
ScreenplayJames Cameron
Produced byJames Cameron, Jon Landau
CinematographyMauro Fiore
MusicJames Horner
Prod. DesignRick Carter, Robert Stromberg
StarringSam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi
Studio20th Century Fox

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