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I'm gonna see it on Tuesday.

But Dudes this Snow Storm is CRAZY.

I wouldn't judge it's performance compared to New Moon.. Every single lady practically went an seen it 3 times just for the sake to shoot up the $$... Probably each one had 10 orgasms to follow that! :P

the storm did cost them a lot of money so my guess it it would be almost double if not for the storm

not double, no way. It may have cost them quite a bit, but I live here in Maine and we didn't get any snow. I also work in a small theater. It was pretty busy Saturday night, but where I live, The Blind Side is still getting the most business. I think with word of mouth, we can expect to see an increase in ticket sales in the coming weeks, especially for the 3D format. Although, the theater I work at doesn't have the projectors whick may also contribute to our lack of business.

I think Avatar was a great movie. I would like to see it do better.

Check out my new article up in the editorials to see the movie I think will take the top box office slot next weekend.

the snow storm hurt a bit, but not as much as fox wants you to believe. also remember that the imax and 3d formats charge more money. so when you look at amount of tickets sold its not real good. it didnt even beat I am legend for best christmas openeing and barely beat return of the king as second. and it only did that cause of the increased ticket prices. for a $500 million dollar movie, not so good. the international grosses are what might save this movie. but ROR is right, it doesnt matter to us what it makes, only the studios. the best movies usually make shit, and the shit movies usually make alot. go figure.

Awesome film. The movie takes you on an epic journey and I seriously felt like living on Pandora and being a Na'vi,

I can understand it's DVD sales being crap but I can't wait for it to come out on Blu-Ray, what a way to show off your tech gear when your mates come over!

Most importantly, it's hard to compare it to other recent movies because most BIG films these days are either adaptations or remakes. In that sense, it is a definite win.

Hope it does really well, hope Sam Worthington is not Captain America! Great actor but Cap has to be American. :-P

I bet Cameron will never release a winter movie again, summer movies only from now on, lol. I think it's hilarious that it only made that much in it's first weekend. If it fails horribly and doesn't make it's money back, all Cameron has to do is tell the public he'll make the next Terminator movie and that will destroy Titanic's record and ANY record out there. We all want a great Terminator movie Mr. Cameron, now go make it.

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Is the 3D a must? No but it made the movie so epic. I highly recommend seeing it in 3D. I normally hate the 3D thing when it comes to movies but Avatar didn't overdo and it was so well done it looked real. Like it was actually in the theatre with us.

I can't explain it. It was amazing!

I think people should really stop giving in to over-hype, even after the movie's out. It's pathetic to come up with excuses. Guys, it's a good movie, go see it once.

I'm still looking forward to it. I havn't had a chance yet, because the town I'm in has no Cinema. I'll be going over the Christmas break. :)

@Shaman Basically It was a Fing GREAT movie. The 3d was fantastic and I felt like I was really there. Zoe saldana did an AMAZING AMAZING JOB...im in love with her I always have been but her performance MADE IT for me :]. Is it the greatest movie ever NO. Would I see it again...in Imax 3d only I would. Do i think its the greatest thing since toast again no, but a story told by a good storyteller. Yea we've all heard it before but the way it was told is what made it great I loved the movie it not in my top five maybe my top ten but it was so great. O also zoe saldana

Fartman- We state our opinions, not everyone else's. They're not saying the whole world hated it, they're saying they liked it even. Where's the "harshness"??? Does it have to be black or white??? Do we HAVE to absolutely suck Cameron's cock or otherwise want to murder him? Can't they just say it was average and so was he??? A plot needs to be written and not "taken from", that would have been a start. And if the movie is 3 hours long but it's too difficult to stretch the plot that long, you simply don't make the damn movie 3 hours long. It's also only LOGICAL to realise that more than half of this film's appeal is for the effects that apparently look better in 3D which is impossible to recreate as nicely at home. So since the numbers proove that people aren't standing in line to see it twice, it's even more logical to think that people would wait for it to be a bargin than pay full price for the DVD. We're not bashing a damn thing and all i've heard of this film from anyone on here is "go see it". If they were bashing it, they'd say "don't go waste your money" like they did with GI Blow. I know i'll be buying the DVD, for 5$ at Wal Mart, and i haven't even seen it yet. It's not like i'm saying i would never buy that piece of trash. There is a world of difference.

superdog- Great minds ;)

Set2Fallfirst- Why not go see it again but without Imax 3D? Was it that bad??? If a movie's good, then it's good. It shouldn't need Imax or 3D.

That's the thing, when you watch it at home, all you have left is the substandard plot. I don't know about you guys but when i watch a movie at home, i like it to be good, not just good looking. I only go at theaters a few times out of the year and i never rent. I'm a big buyer and if all i have to look at is a boring story and cool color, i'm not gonna go out of my way to pay full price for it. But that's just me.

300, now THAT blew me away on a 13inch bubble screen!!! It didn't need Imax or 3D to do the job.

I go to the movies once a week fartman, and this movie, although visually stunning had a one note plot. Don't get me wrong, it was good and it engrossed me for the whole 3 hours(I never once looked at my watch) but it wasn't its story that kept me interested it was the world that Cameron created. And that world just seems to big to translate well to dvd, no matter how great your tv is and how expensive the dvd is I don't think the environment will have the same affect as it did in Imax 3d.

What does my picture have to do with my opinion?

And I don't think we should burn him at the stake, it was a fun movie, but the plot was predictable. Ask yourself was there ever a doubt in your mind that Sully would lose? Right from the start it was obvious that the natives would win. And while that's not a terrible thing, it certainly stops it from being the greatest movie of the year.

Sigh....Okay so you guys have a point. But knowing Sully would win made the movie fun for me, because it was a great ending. And I almost doubted for a while.

The thing is though, I just don't think that the predictability and the use of so many effects made it bad in any way.

But you have to admit, all the critique begins to water down how good the movie actually was. I don't mean to stir the sh[i]t, but I think it'll do fine on DVD, but youre right, it probably won't cover how much the movie costed. In the long run I think we will remember how awesome the movie was

Shaman, you predict only $300 million?? Thats alot of effing money!! $300 mil is what it is currently on pace for, if it's legs stay strong $350 maybe even close to $400 is not out of range.