"I still feel unfulfilled when I see it, and I won't feel bored at all. James Cameron uses realistic 3D special effects to bring us into another world. "Avatar" makes people believe that technological innovation will indeed change the view of the movie... In addition to the awareness of innovation, "Avatar" also alludes to many aspects of politics, culture, environmental protection, race, religion, etc. Director Cameron's ambition is as strong as his imagination!"

"This is not a simple movie, it's like a gold mine, worth digging deep!"

“Avatar is the most beautiful film I have seen in recent years!”

“Whether you choose 3D or normal mode, the shock and awe brought by Avatar are worth watching.”

"In fact, it's a video we've seen before, but like we've never seen it, it's Star Wars of our time!"

"James Cameron proves that he is indeed the king of the world. As the president of the VFX technology, the army of biological design, the army of motion capture, the army of stand-up actors, the army of dancers, the army of actors, and the army of music and sound, he brought science fiction into the 21st century in a shocking way. This is "Avatar"!"

Unlike the midnight box office numbers, "Avatar" almost instantly exploded the audience's reputation, which quickly spread around the world through word of mouth and the Internet.

Compared with those sequels or adapted blockbusters, the midnight box office of "Avatar" is a bit lower, but this is completely within Duke's expectations, after all, this is an original work.

The film industry has developed to this day, and no original film with non-adapted or non-sequels has exceeded 100 million US dollars in the first week, or even more than 70 million US dollars. It is basically Duke's works.

There is one thing that cannot be ignored. James Cameron has been away from mainstream movies for more than ten years and has been forgotten by many movie fans.

Moreover, the impact of the environment on the movie is also reflected in it. Blizzards have generally fallen in the eastern part of the United States since early Thursday morning. The severe weather of low temperatures and heavy snow will also affect the attendance rate of theaters.

All of these have caused Avatar to perform poorly in the midnight box office.

In addition, this is a highly competitive Hollywood. Even with the joint escort of Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox, competitors cannot avoid making some moves.

For example, Disney-owned media couldn't wait to start the mockery mode after the midnight box office of "Avatar".

"The most expensive film in history = the biggest box office tragedy in history!"

This title alone is thrilling enough. When people watch it, they will think that "Avatar" is bad and not popular with the audience.

"When I watched "Avatar", after a long period of stereoscopic bombing, those so-called strange ideas turned into blank with the disappearance of the images, except for some sensory stimulation. The stories, themes, characters, and even some pleasing pictures all seem familiar. The huge investment of hundreds of millions of dollars is just a mix of various successful commercial blockbusters, without any new content that makes people recall it. The so-called revolution is just a false wishful thinking."

"The creative process of "Avatar" is a world where various commercial blockbusters with investment and scale are rampant. It is full of references, and people see others everywhere. But there is no self."

"From the imagination, love is the most brainless part of "Avatar". In the specific plot, it integrates typical elements such as heroes and beauty, bows and arrows and cannons. From encounters, misunderstandings, family opposition to eliminating misunderstandings, handsome men reverse the uprising because of the love of beautiful women; justice defeats evil, bad people die ugly, good people laugh to the end, love lasts forever... There are also many vulgar elements in Hollywood."

"Let's talk about special effects. What can be praised by people in the film is special effects. But even the special effects scenes cannot be confused with the revolutionary pioneering nature. Previous "Jurassic Park", "Star Wars", "The Matrix", "The Lord of the Rings" and "King Kong" were all before it, and they are not inferior.

"This time Cameron just integrated them and used 3D technology."

But their views are obviously not mainstream and cannot stop movie fans from entering the theater. And as time goes by, many Hollywood insiders have also seen the film "Avatar" and praised it endlessly.

"With the movie new rules of the game, "Avatar" is the future!" - Michael Bay

"The history of movies can be divided by 'before 'Avatar' and 'Avatar'." - Steven Soderbergh

"This is a 'perceptual' movie that makes your film look unique, and I should start studying 3D movies too." - Ridley Scott

"The audience of the first audio movie will be shocked by the sound, the audience of the first color movie will be shocked by the color, "Avatar" did the same." - George Lucas

"The Renaissance in the History of Film." - Luc Besson

The praise from real professionals and the word-of-mouth reputation among movie fans have driven the "Avatar" craze.

In a day Saturday, Avatar won $26.75 million from North America, which was not bad, and of course it was not very good.

Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox, who still hold a large amount of publicity and marketing costs, were not in a hurry. They once again increased their promotion and promotion of the film. At this critical moment of promoting the box office of "Avatar", they used all the means they could use to promote the film. Even with the consent of James Cameron, they also hyped up the five marriages of the truck driver one by one...

By Saturday, the snow disaster in the eastern United States was even worse, and pedestrians and vehicles could not pass normally. Avatar was affected by this, and the box office saw a certain decline, but the amplitude was only 4.6%, and the daily closing of US$25.52 million was closed.

Adding to the $24.74 million obtained on Sunday, Avatar earned $77.02 million from North America in three days in its first weekend.

In original films, this achievement can definitely be said to be a top-notch, but compared to huge investments and adapted masterpieces such as "Iron Man" and "Transformers", the box office of "Avatar" is inconspicuous.

Naturally, some media came forward to swear.

"The story mode of "Avatar" is undoubtedly too old-fashioned. For such a top blockbuster of the year, the story cannot surprise people from the trailer release to the release of the film. It will eventually expose the 3D three-dimensional movie scam and destroy the myth of James Cameron!"

"The plot of "Avatar" reminds people of the same empty "Titanic". The plot is really average, visually novel, and the theme is more environmentally friendly. It is far from shocking for those who have watched 3D movies! After watching it, there is basically nothing worth remembering about! The consequences of paying too much attention to technology are the hollowness of thought!"

Some people even hype James Cameron's "Avatar" is plagiarizing a Japanese "City of Sky"...

Moreover, the rating of "Avatar" on ImDB is not very high. Three days after its release, it quietly dropped below eight points.

However, facts are always not diverted by the will of some people, and the box office trend of "Avatar" is also proving that the box office of a film has little to do with some ratings.

In the four working days after the first weekend, "Avatar" did not experience a normal box office plummeting, and the box office in a single day remained at a high of around $15 million. By the time the second weekend arrived, it had already earned nearly $140 million from North America.

Those with a keen sense of the market can actually feel that the trend of "Avatar" cannot be measured by normal market rules.

Another point is that in comparison, the imdb score is indeed more concerned by the industry than the rotten apples, but it is also extremely limited. As long as people who have a little understanding of this industry, it is not difficult to find that the imdb score has little relationship with the box office of the movie.

In fact, there is a recognized phenomenon about imdb. Logically speaking, on average, when everything else is the same, people who watch a movie without much publicity tend to get high scores, but few people; they would not like it, because large-scale publicity has established high expectations, tend to get low scores, but there are many people.

This is also the reason why independent movies always have high ratings (most of them are fans who score); and the box office miracle score is relatively low (promote those who don’t like them).

Therefore, there are indeed some essential conflicts between praise and popularity, high scores and box office, often.

This is fully reflected in both "Titanic" and "Avatar".

But "Avatar" is destined to be a film that will not operate according to market rules, just like "Titanic", which is completely reflected in the North American box office of the second weekend.

The next weekend of release in North America, "Avatar" showed a magical trend, and the box office of the next weekend was only one-to-one percent lower than the first weekend, and closed at $75.61 million in three days!

For a commercial movie, this is definitely a miracle!

Seeing the numbers for the next weekend, those who think too much can give up completely, while Duke, Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox can also be basically relieved.

Duke, especially, believes that this film will inevitably surpass the box office record of "Titanic", and the high ticket price of 3D and IMAX versions are both favorable guarantees.

In the following two weekends, "Avatar" absolutely shocked all forecast companies' attention. The third weekend fell by 9.4%, earning $68.49 million; the fourth weekend fell by 26%, still earning $50.3 million; the fifth weekend fell by 14%, earning $42.78 million...

"Avatar" has never had a box office hit on any weekend, but it is terrible.
Chapter completed!