Holy Moly! Avatar Hits $2 Billion Worldwide

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3:16 pm, January 31st, 2010

UPDATE – 1/31/10

The numbers are in, and they’re staggering.

Not only did Avatar win a seventh consecutive weekend – as projected – but its $95.1 million international take across 120 global markets pushes the blockbuster past $2 billion overall, even earlier than expected.

With $594.5 million (domestic) and $1.45 billion (overseas), the film has registered an astonishing $2.045 billion at the box office.

Avatar has now cracked the $100 million mark in China, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Japan, South Korea, Australia, and Spain are close behind.

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ORIGINAL POST – 1/30/10

Early projections give Avatar a seventh straight weekend box office triumph.

The James Cameron sci-fi epic, already the all-time earnings champ, is rocketing toward the $600 million mark for domestic gross, as well as (gulp) $2 billion worldwide. It might pass both milestones in the next few days.

Avatar looks to tack approximately $28 million to its total by Sunday night. It had already passed $1.9 billion overall before the weekend even began.

The Mel Gibson comeback flick Edge of Darkness is expected to be in second place for the weekend, well behind Avatar if studio projections hold.

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