‘Avatar’ Tops Box Office, Passes $2 Billion Worldwide
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“Avatar” was the top film in the U.S. and Canada for the seventh weekend in a row, becoming the first movie to surpass $2 billion in combined global and domestic ticket sales.
James Cameron’s 3-D sci-fi adventure earned $30 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters this weekend, Hollywood.com Box- Office said today in a statement. The film has taken in $2.04 billion worldwide since its Dec. 18 release by News Corp.’s 20th Century Fox, according to Hollywood.com. “Avatar” may eclipse the $600.8 million domestic record of “Titanic” on Feb. 2 or 3, Hollywood.com said.