Avatar (2009) - Box Office Mojo

Avatar

Domestic Total Gross: $749,766,139 Domestic Lifetime Gross: $760,507,625
Distributor: Fox	Release Date: December 18, 2009
Genre: Sci-Fi Adventure	Runtime: 2 hrs. 40 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13	Production Budget: $237 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$760,507,625	27.3%
+ Foreign:	$2,027,457,462	72.7%

= Worldwide:	$2,787,965,087

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$77,025,481
(#1 rank, 3,452 theaters, $22,313 average)
% of Total Gross:	10.3%
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Widest Release:

3,461 theaters

Close Date:

August 12, 2010

In Release:

238 days / 34 weeks

The Players

Director:	James Cameron
Writer:	James Cameron
Actors:	Sam Worthington Zoe Saldana Sigourney Weaver Michelle Rodriguez Giovanni Ribisi Joel David Moore
Producers:	James Cameron Laeta Kalogridis (executive) Jon Landau Colin Wilson (executive)
Composer:	James Horner

2009 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Nine Oscars, Including Three Wins.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
3D	2
CGI Star	1
Disability - Paraplegic / Quadriplegic	1
Environmentalist	1
IMAX (Feature-length)	2
Sci-Fi - Adventure	2

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: Avatar	1
Showdown: All Time Grossers	2
Showdown: Avatar vs. Avengers vs. Jurassic World	1
Showdown: Cameron Clash	1
Showdown: December Sci-Fi Battle	2
Showdown: King Size Domestic Grosses	2

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	2
All Time Adjusted	15
All Time Worldwide	1
Yearly 2009	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 2009	5
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2009	1
Worldwide Openings	41
Worldwide Yearly 2009	1
Foreign Opening Weekends	27
Opening Weeks	52
Opening Day Gross	102
Single Day Gross	269
Non-Opening Friday Gross	21
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	28
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	10
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross	8
Single Day Friday Gross	105
Single Day Monday Gross	19
Single Day Saturday Gross	105
Single Day Sunday Gross	67
Single Day Thursday Gross	36
Single Day Tuesday Gross	12
Single Day Wednesday Gross	25
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	9
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	114
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	88
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	85
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	81
New Years Days	2
Christmas Days	5
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends	191
Opening Weekends	88
Opening Weekends - December	6
Opening Weekends - Holiday	21
Eleventh Weekends	2
Ninth Weekends	2
Tenth Weekends	2
Top 10-Day Grosses	38
Top 3-Day Grosses	87
Top 4-Day Grosses	83
Top 6-Day Grosses	65
Top 7-Day Grosses	62
Top 8-Day Grosses	54
Top 9-Day Grosses	45
Twelfth Weekends	2
Twelfth Weekends	3
Top 5-Day Grosses	72
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	12
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	64
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	23
Consecutive Weekends At #1	10
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	50
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	17
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends	2
President's Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	20
Second Weekends	7
Third Weekends	2
Fourth Weekends	1
Fifth Weekends	1
Sixth Weekends	1
Seventh Weekends	1
Eighth Weekends	2
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	22
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	39
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	56
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	248
Rated PG-13	2
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	62
Widest Releases	438
Widest Opening Releases	415
Fastest to $100 million	75
Fastest to $150 million	56
Fastest to $200 million	39
Fastest to $250 million	25
Fastest to $300 million	16
Fastest to $350 million	12
Fastest to $400 million	10
Fastest to $450 million	8
Fastest to $500 million	6
Slowest to $100 million	592
Slowest to $200 million	147
Best Picture Nomination Effect	129
BOM Users' Grades	57
BOM Users' Grades (2009 Releases)	12
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on February 4, 2010)	1
Yearly (Wide) 2009	1
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2009	5
Opening Weeks Adjusted	58
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	37
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	41
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	8
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	7
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	123
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	21
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	125
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	85
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	48
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	11
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	28
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	165
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	154
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	131
Opening Weekends Adjusted - December	9
Opening Weekends Adjusted	117
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	27
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	5
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	3
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	3
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	14
Second Weekends Adjusted	11
Third Weekends Adjusted	2
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	1
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	2
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	3
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	2
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	4
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	3
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	84