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Principal photography for Avatar began in April 2007 in Los Angeles and=20
Wellington. Cameron described the film as a hybrid with a full live-action=
=20
shoot in combination with computer-generated characters and live environmen=
ts.=20
"Ideally at the end of the day the audience has no idea which they're looki=
ng=20
at," Cameron said. The director indicated that he had already worked four=
=20
months on nonprincipal scenes for the film.[66] The live action was shot wi=
th a=20
modified version of the proprietary digital 3-D Fusion Camera System, devel=
oped=20
by Cameron and Vince Pace.[67] In January 2007, Fox had announced that 3-D=
=20
filming for Avatar would be done at 24 frames per second despite Cameron's=
=20
strong opinion that a 3-D film requires higher frame rate to make strobing =
less=20
noticeable.[68] According to Cameron, the film is composed of 60%=20
computer-generated elements and 40% live action, as well as traditional=20
miniatures.[69] Motion-capture photography lasted 31 days at the Hughes=20
Aircraft stage in Playa Vista in Los Angeles.[54][70] Live action photograp=
hy=20
began in October 2007 at Stone Street Studios in Wellington and was schedul=
ed=20
to last 31 days.[71] More than a thousand people worked on the production.[=
70]=20
In preparation of the filming sequences, all of the actors underwent=20
professional training specific to their characters such as archery, horseba=
ck=20
riding, firearm use, and hand-to-hand combat. They received language and=20
dialect training in the Na'vi language created for the film.[72] Before=20
shooting the film, Cameron also sent the cast to the Hawaiian tropical=20
rainforests[73] to get a feel for a rainforest setting before shooting on t=
he=20
soundstage.[72] During filming, Cameron made use of his virtual camera syst=
em,=20
a new way of directing motion-capture filmmaking. The system shows the acto=
rs'=20
virtual counterparts in their digital surroundings in real time, allowing t=
he=20
director to adjust and direct scenes just as if shooting live action. Accor=
ding=20
to Cameron, "It's like a big, powerful game engine. If I want to fly throug=
h=20
space, or change my perspective, I can. I can turn the whole scene into a=
=20
living miniature and go through it on a 50 to 1 scale."[74] Using conventio=
nal=20
techniques, the complete virtual world cannot be seen until the motion-capt=
ure=20
of the actors is complete. Cameron said this process does not diminish the=
=20
value or importance of acting. On the contrary, because there is no need fo=
r=20
repeated camera and lighting setups, costume fittings and make-up touch-ups=
,=20
scenes do not need to be interrupted repeatedly.[75] Cameron described the=
=20
system as a "form of pure creation where if you want to move a tree or a=20
mountain or the sky or change the time of day, you have complete control ov=
er=20
the elements".[76] Cameron gave fellow directors Steven Spielberg and Peter=
=20
Jackson a chance to test the new technology.[65] Spielberg said, "I like to=
=20
think of it as digital makeup, not augmented animation ... Motion capture=
=20
brings the director back to a kind of intimacy that actors and directors on=
ly=20
know when they're working in live theater."[75] Spielberg and George Lucas =
were=20
also able to visit the set to watch Cameron direct with the equipment.[77] =
To=20
film the shots where CGI interacts with live action, a unique camera referr=
ed=20
to as a "simulcam" was used, a merger of the 3-D fusion camera and the virt=
ual=20
camera systems. While filming live action in real time with the simulcam, t=
he=20
CGI images captured with the virtual camera or designed from scratch, are=
=20
superimposed over the live action images as in augmented reality and shown =
on a=20
small monitor, making it possible for the director to instruct the actors h=
ow=20
to relate to the virtual material in the scene.[72] Due to Cameron's person=
al=20
convictions about climate change, he allowed only plant-based (vegan) food =
to=20
be served on set.=20


A number of innovative visual effects techniques were used during productio=
n.=20
According to Cameron, work on the film had been delayed since the 1990s to=
=20
allow the techniques to reach the necessary degree of advancement to adequa=
tely=20
portray his vision of the film.[13][14] The director planned to make use of=
=20
photorealistic computer-generated characters, created using new motion capt=
ure=20
animation technologies he had been developing in the 14 months leading up t=
o=20
December 2006.[74] Innovations include a new system for lighting massive ar=
eas=20
like Pandora's jungle,[80] a motion-capture stage or "volume" six times lar=
ger=20
than any previously used, and an improved method of capturing facial=20
expressions, enabling full performance capture. To achieve the face capturi=
ng,=20
actors wore individually made skull caps fitted with a tiny camera position=
ed=20
in front of the actors' faces; the information collected about their facial=
=20
expressions and eyes is then transmitted to computers.[81] According to=20
Cameron, the method allows the filmmakers to transfer 100% of the actors'=
=20
physical performances to their digital counterparts.[82] Besides the=20
performance capture data which were transferred directly to the computers,=
=20
numerous reference cameras gave the digital artists multiple angles of each=
=20
performance.[83] A technically challenging scene was near the end of the fi=
lm=20
when the computer-generated Neytiri held the live action Jake in human form=
,=20
and attention was given to the details of the shadows and reflected light=
=20
between them.[84] The lead visual effects company was Weta Digital in=20
Wellington, at one point employing 900 people to work on the film.[85] Beca=
use=20
of the huge amount of data which needed to be stored, cataloged and availab=
le=20
for everybody involved, even on the other side of the world, a new cloud=20
computing and Digital Asset Management (DAM) system named Gaia was created =
by=20
Microsoft especially for Avatar, which allowed the crews to keep track of a=
nd=20
coordinate all stages in the digital processing.[86] To render Avatar, Weta=
=20
used a 930 m2 (10,000 sq ft) server farm making use of 4,000 Hewlett-Packar=
d=20
servers with 35,000 processor cores with 104 terabytes of RAM and three=20
petabytes of network area storage running Ubuntu Linux, Grid Engine cluster=
=20
manager, and 2 of the animation software and managers, Pixar's RenderMan an=
d=20
Pixar's Alfred queue management system.[87][88][89][90] The render farm=20
occupies the 193rd to 197th spots in the TOP500 list of the world's most=20
powerful supercomputers. A new texturing and paint software system, called=
=20
Mari, was developed by The Foundry in cooperation with Weta.[91][92] Creati=
ng=20
the Na'vi characters and the virtual world of Pandora required over a petab=
yte=20
of digital storage,[93] and each minute of the final footage for Avatar=20
occupies 17.28 gigabytes of storage.[94] It would often take the computer=
=20
several hours to render a single frame of the film.[95] To help finish=20
preparing the special effects sequences on time, a number of other companie=
s=20
were brought on board, including Industrial Light & Magic, which worked=20
alongside Weta Digital to create the battle sequences. ILM was responsible =
for=20
the visual effects for many of the film's specialized vehicles and devised =
a=20
new way to make CGI explosions.[96] Joe Letteri was the film's visual effec=
ts=20
general supervisor.[97] Music and soundtrack Main article: Avatar: Music fr=
om=20
the Motion Picture James Horner =E2=80=93 "Jake Enters His Avatar World" 0:=
32 listen to=20
a clip from the score of the 2009 film Avatar. Problems playing this file? =
See=20
media help. Composer James Horner scored the film, his third collaboration =
with=20
Cameron after Aliens and Titanic.[98] Horner recorded parts of the score wi=
th a=20
small chorus singing in the alien language Na'vi in March 2008.[99] He also=
=20
worked with Wanda Bryant, an ethnomusicologist, to create a music culture f=
or=20
the alien race.[100] The first scoring sessions were planned to take place =
in=20
early 2009.[101] During production, Horner promised Cameron that he would n=
ot=20
work on any other project except for Avatar and reportedly worked on the sc=
ore=20
from four in the morning until ten at night throughout the process. He stat=
ed=20
in an interview, "Avatar has been the most difficult film I have worked on =
and=20
the biggest job I have undertaken."[102] Horner composed the score as two=
=20
different scores merged into one. He first created a score that reflected t=
he=20
Na'vi way of sound and then combined it with a separate "traditional" score=
 to=20
drive the film.[72] British singer Leona Lewis was chosen to sing the theme=
=20
song for the film, called "I See You". An accompanying music video, directe=
d by=20
Jake Nava, premiered December 15, 2009, on MySpace.

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Avatar is primarily an action-adventure journey of self-discovery, in the=
=20
context of imperialism, and deep ecology.[104] Cameron said his inspiration=
 was=20
"every single science fiction book I read as a kid" and that he wanted to=
=20
update the style of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter series.[11] He=20
acknowledged that Avatar shares themes with the films At Play in the Fields=
 of=20
the Lord, The Emerald Forest, and Princess Mononoke, which feature clashes=
=20
between cultures and civilizations, and with Dances with Wolves, where a=20
battered soldier finds himself drawn to the culture he was initially fighti=
ng=20
against.[105][106] He also cited Hayao Miyazaki's anime films such as Princ=
ess=20
Mononoke as an influence on the ecosystem of Pandora.[106] In 2012, Cameron=
=20
filed a 45-page legal declaration that intended to "describe in great detai=
l=20
the genesis of the ideas, themes, storylines, and images that came to be=20
Avatar."[107] In addition to historical events (such as European colonizati=
on=20
of the Americas), his life experiences and several of his unproduced projec=
ts,=20
Cameron drew connections between Avatar and his previous films. He cited hi=
s=20
script and concept art for Xenogenesis, partially produced as a short film,=
 as=20
being the basis for many of the ideas and visual designs in Avatar. He stat=
ed=20
that Avatar's "concepts of a world mind, intelligence within nature, the id=
ea=20
of projecting force or consciousness using an avatar, colonization of alien=
=20
planets, greedy corporate interests backed up by military force, the story =
of a=20
seemingly weaker group prevailing over a technologically superior force, an=
d=20
the good scientist were all established and recurrent themes" from his earl=
ier=20
films including Aliens, The Abyss, Rambo: First Blood Part II, The Terminat=
or=20
and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He specifically mentioned the "water tentac=
le"=20
in The Abyss as an example of an "avatar" that "takes on the appearance of.=
..an=20
alien life form...in order to bridge the cultural gap and build trust."[108=
]=20
Cameron also cited a number of works by other creators as "reference points=
 and=20
sources of inspiration" for Avatar. These include two of his "favorite" fil=
ms,=20
2001: A Space Odyssey, where mankind experiences an evolution after meeting=
=20
alien life, and Lawrence of Arabia, where "an outsider...encounters and=20
immerses into a foreign culture and then ultimately joins that group to fig=
ht=20
other outsiders." Cameron said he became familiar with the concept of a hum=
an=20
operating a "synthetic avatar" inside another world from George Henry Smith=
's=20
short story "In the Imagicon" and Arthur C. Clarke's novel The City and the=
=20
Stars. He said he learned of the term "avatar" by reading the cyberpunk nov=
els=20
Neuromancer by William Gibson and Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling. The=
=20
idea of a "world mind" originated in the novel Solaris by Stanislaw Lem.=20
Cameron mentioned several other films about people interacting with "indige=
nous=20
cultures" as inspiring him, including Dances with Wolves, The Man Who Would=
 Be=20
King, The Mission, The Emerald Forest, Medicine Man, The Jungle Book and=20
FernGully. He also cited as inspiration the John Carter and Tarzan stories =
by=20
Edgar Rice Burroughs and other adventure stories by Rudyard Kipling and H.=
=20
Rider Haggard.[108] In a 2007 interview with Time magazine, Cameron was ask=
ed=20
about the meaning of the term Avatar, to which he replied, "It's an incarna=
tion=20
of one of the Hindu gods taking a flesh form. In this film what that means =
is=20
that the human technology in the future is capable of injecting a human's=
=20
intelligence into a remotely located body, a biological body."[10] Cameron =
also=20
cited the Japanese cyberpunk manga and anime Ghost in the Shell, in terms o=
f=20
how humans can remotely control, and transfer their personalities into, ali=
en=20
bodies.[109][110] For the love story between characters Jake and Neytiri,=
=20
Cameron applied a star-crossed love theme, which he said was in the traditi=
on=20
of Romeo and Juliet.[108] He acknowledged its similarity to the pairing of =
Jack=20
and Rose from his film Titanic. An interviewer stated, "Both couples come f=
rom=20
radically different cultures that are contemptuous of their relationship an=
d=20
are forced to choose sides between the competing communities."[113] Cameron=
=20
described Neytiri as his "Pocahontas," saying that his plotline followed th=
e=20
historical story of a "white outsider [who] falls in love with the chief's=
=20
daughter, who becomes his guide to the tribe and to their special bond with=
=20
nature."[108] Cameron felt that whether or not the Jake and Neytiri love st=
ory=20
would be perceived as believable partially hinged on the physical=20
attractiveness of Neytiri's alien appearance, which was developed by=20
considering her appeal to the all-male crew of artists.[114] Although Camer=
on=20
felt Jake and Neytiri do not fall in love right away, their portrayers=20
(Worthington and Saldana) felt the characters did. Cameron said the two act=
ors=20
"had a great chemistry" during filming.[113] A gray mountain in the middle =
of a=20
forest. Pandora's floating "Hallelujah Mountains" were inspired in part by =
the=20
Chinese Huangshan mountains (pictured).[115] Zhangjiajie National Forest Pa=
rk=20
For the film's floating "Hallelujah Mountains", the designers drew inspirat=
ion=20
from "many different types of mountains, but mainly the karst limestone=20
formations in China."[116] According to production designer Dylan Cole, the=
=20
fictional floating rocks were inspired by Huangshan (also known as Yellow=
=20
Mountain), Guilin, Zhangjiajie, among others around the world.[116] Cameron=
 had=20
noted the influence of the Chinese peaks on the design of the floating=20
mountains.[117] To create the interiors of the human mining colony on Pando=
ra,=20
production designers visited the Noble Clyde Boudreaux[118] oil platform in=
 the=20
Gulf of Mexico during June 2007. They photographed, measured and filmed eve=
ry=20
aspect of the platform, which was later replicated on-screen with=20
photorealistic CGI during post-production.


The first photo of the film was released on August 14, 2009,[124] and Empir=
e=20
released exclusive images from the film in its October issue.[125] Cameron,=
=20
producer Jon Landau, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, and Sigourney Weaver appear=
ed=20
at a panel, moderated by Tom Rothman, at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con on Ju=
ly=20
23. Twenty-five minutes of footage was screened[126] in Dolby 3D.[127] Weav=
er=20
and Cameron appeared at additional panels to promote the film, speaking on =
the=20
23rd[128] and 24th[129][130] respectively. James Cameron announced at the=
=20
Comic-Con Avatar Panel that August 21 will be 'Avatar Day'. On this day, th=
e=20
trailer was released in all theatrical formats. The official game trailer a=
nd=20
toy line of the film were also unveiled on this day.[131] The 129-second=20
trailer was released online on August 20, 2009.[132] The new 210-second tra=
iler=20
was premiered in theaters on October 23, 2009, then soon after premiered on=
line=20
on Yahoo! on October 29, 2009, to positive reviews.[133][134] An extended=
=20
version in IMAX 3D received overwhelmingly positive reviews.[132] The Holly=
wood=20
Reporter said that audience expectations were colored by "the [same]=20
establishment skepticism that preceded Titanic" and suggested the showing=
=20
reflected the desire for original storytelling.[135] The teaser has been am=
ong=20
the most viewed trailers in the history of film marketing, reaching the fir=
st=20
place of all trailers viewed on Apple.com with 4 million views.[136] On Oct=
ober=20
30, to celebrate the opening of the first 3-D cinema in Vietnam, Fox allowe=
d=20
Megastar Cinema to screen exclusive 16 minutes of Avatar to a number of=20
press.[137] The three-and-a-half-minute trailer of the film premiered live =
on=20
November 1, 2009, during a Dallas Cowboys football game at Cowboys Stadium =
in=20
Arlington, Texas, on the Diamond Vision screen, one of the world's largest=
=20
video displays, and to TV audiences viewing the game on Fox. It is said to =
be=20
the largest live motion picture trailer viewing in history.[138] The Coca-C=
ola=20
Company collaborated with Fox to launch a worldwide marketing campaign to=
=20
promote the film. The highlight of the campaign was the website AVTR.com.=
=20
Specially marked bottles and cans of Coca-Cola Zero, when held in front of =
a=20
webcam, enabled users to interact with the website's 3-D features using=20
augmented reality (AR) technology.[139] The film was heavily promoted in an=
=20
episode of the Fox series Bones in the episode "The Gamer In The Grease"=20
(Season 5, Episode 9). Avatar star Joel David Moore has a recurring role on=
 the=20
program, and is seen in the episode anxiously awaiting the release of the=
=20
film.[140] A week prior to the American release, Zoe Saldana promoted the f=
ilm=20
on Adult Swim when she was interviewed by an animated Space Ghost.[141]=20
McDonald's had a promotion mentioned in television commercials in Europe ca=
lled=20
"Avatarize yourself", which encouraged people to go to the website set up b=
y=20
Oddcast, and use a photograph of themselves to change into a Na'vi.[142] Bo=
oks=20
Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pando=
ra,=20
a 224-page book in the form of a field guide to the film's fictional settin=
g of=20
the planet of Pandora, was released by Harper Entertainment on November 24,=
=20
2009.[143] It is presented as a compilation of data collected by the humans=
=20
about Pandora and the life on it, written by Maria Wilhelm and Dirk Mathiso=
n.=20
HarperFestival also released Wilhelm's 48-page James Cameron's Avatar: The=
=20
Reusable Scrapbook for children.[144] The Art of Avatar was released on=20
November 30, 2009, by Abrams Books. The book features detailed production=
=20
artwork from the film, including production sketches, illustrations by Lisa=
=20
Fitzpatrick, and film stills. Producer Jon Landau wrote the foreword, Camer=
on=20
wrote the epilogue, and director Peter Jackson wrote the preface.[145] In=
=20
October 2010, Abrams Books also released The Making of Avatar, a 272-page b=
ook=20
that detailed the film's production process and contains over 500 color=20
photographs and illustrations.[146] In a 2009 interview, Cameron said that =
he=20
planned to write a novel version of Avatar after the film was released.[147=
] In=20
February 2010, producer Jon Landau stated that Cameron plans a prequel nove=
l=20
for Avatar that will "lead up to telling the story of the movie, but it wou=
ld=20
go into much more depth about all the stories that we didn't have time to d=
eal=20
with", saying that "Jim wants to write a novel that is a big, epic story th=
at=20
fills in a lot of things".[148] In August 2013 it was announced that Camero=
n=20
hired Steven Gould to pen four standalone novels to expand the Avatar=20
universe.[149] ance Post released a special limited edition stamp based on=
=20
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Initial screening Avatar premiered in London on December 10, 2009, and was=
=20
released theatrically worldwide from December 16 to 18.[156] The film was=
=20
originally set for release on May 22, 2009, during filming[157] but was pus=
hed=20
back to allow more post-production time (the last shots were delivered in=
=20
November)[80] and give more time for theaters worldwide to install 3D=20
projectors.[158] Cameron stated that the film's aspect ratio would be 1.78:=
1=20
for 3D screenings and that a 2.39:1 image would be extracted for 2D=20
screenings.[159][160] However, a 3D 2.39:1 extract was approved for use wit=
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constant-image-height screens (i.e., screens that increase in width to disp=
lay=20
2.39:1 films).[161] During a 3D preview showing in Germany on December 16, =
the=20
movie's DRM "protection" system malfunctioned, and some copies delivered=20
weren=E2=80=99t watched at all in the theaters. The problems were fixed in =
time for the=20
public premiere.[162] Avatar was released in a total of 3,457 theaters in t=
he=20
US, of which 2,032 theaters showed it in 3D. In total, 90% of all advance=
=20
ticket sales for Avatar were for 3D screenings.[163] Internationally, Avata=
r=20
opened on a total of 14,604 screens in 106 territories, of which 3,671 were=
=20
showing the film in 3D (producing 56% of the first weekend gross).[164][165=
]=20
The film was simultaneously presented in IMAX 3D format, opening in 178=20
theaters in the United States on December 18. The international IMAX releas=
e=20
included 58 theaters beginning on December 16, and 25 more theaters were to=
 be=20
added in the coming weeks.[166] The IMAX release was the company's widest t=
o=20
date, a total of 261 theaters worldwide. The previous IMAX record opening w=
as=20
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which opened in 161 IMAX theaters i=
n=20
the US, and about 70 international.[167] 20th Century Fox Korea adapted and=
=20
later released Avatar in 4D version, which included "moving seats, smells o=
f=20
explosives, sprinkling water, laser lights and wind".[20] Post-original rel=
ease=20
In July 2010, Cameron confirmed that there would be an extended theatrical=
=20
rerelease of the film on August 27, 2010, exclusively in 3D theaters and IM=
AX=20
3D.[168] Avatar: Special Edition includes an additional nine minutes of=20
footage, all of which is CG,[169] including an extension of the sex scene[1=
70]=20
and various other scenes that were cut from the original theatrical film.[1=
69]=20
This extended re-release resulted in the film's run time approaching the=20
then-current IMAX platter maximum of 170 minutes, thereby leaving less time=
 for=20
the end credits. Cameron stated that the nine minutes of added scenes cost =
more=20
than $1 million a minute to produce and finish.[171] During its 12-week=20
re-release, Avatar: Special Edition grossed an additional $10.74 million in=
=20
North America and $22.46 million overseas for a worldwide total of $33.2=20
million.[5] The film was later re-released in China in March 2021, allowing=
 it=20
to surpass Avengers: Endgame to become the highest-grossing film of all=20
time.[24] Avatar was re-released in theaters on September 23, 2022, by Walt=
=20
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film=20
being remastered in 4K high-dynamic range, with select scenes at a high fra=
me=20
rate of 48-frames-per-second.[172] The reissue was prior to the December 20=
22=20
premiere of its sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water.[173] Prior to this, Camer=
on=20
previously teased a re-release of the film back in 2017 when promoting the=
=20
Dolby Cinema re-release of Titanic, stating that there were plans in the wo=
rks=20
to remaster the film with Dolby Vision and re-release it in Dolby Cinema.


Home media 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released the film on DVD and=
=20
Blu-ray in the US on April 22, 2010,[175] and in the UK on April 26.[176] T=
he=20
US release was not on a Tuesday as is the norm, but was done to coincide wi=
th=20
Earth Day.[177] The first DVD and Blu-ray release does not contain any=20
supplemental features other than the theatrical film and the disc menu in f=
avor=20
of and to make space for optimal picture and sound. The release also preser=
ves=20
the film's native 1.78:1 (16:9) format as Cameron felt that was the best fo=
rmat=20
to watch the film.[178] The Blu-ray disc contains DRM (BD+ 5) which some=20
Blu-ray players might not support without a firmware update.[179][180] Avat=
ar=20
set a first-day launch record in the U.S. for Blu-ray sales at 1.5 million=
=20
units sold, breaking the record previously held by The Dark Knight (600,000=
=20
units sold). First-day DVD and Blu-ray sales combined were over four millio=
n=20
units sold.[181] In its first four days of release, sales of Avatar on Blu-=
ray=20
reached 2.7 million in the United States and Canada =E2=80=93 overtaking Th=
e Dark=20
Knight to become the best ever selling Blu-ray release in the region.[182][=
183]=20
The release later broke the Blu-ray sales record in the UK the following=20
week.[184] In its first three weeks of release, the film sold a total of 19=
.7=20
million DVD and Blu-ray discs combined, a new record for sales in that=20
period.[185] As of July 18, 2012, DVD sales (not including Blu-ray) totaled=
=20
over 10.5 million units sold with $190,806,055 in revenue.[186] Avatar reta=
ined=20
its record as the top-selling Blu-ray in the US market until January 2015, =
when=20
it was surpassed by Disney's Frozen.[187] The Avatar three-disc Extended=20
Collector's Edition on DVD and Blu-ray was released on November 16, 2010. T=
hree=20
different versions of the film are present on the discs: the original=20
theatrical cut (162 minutes), the special edition cut (170 minutes), and a=
=20
collector's extended cut (178 minutes). The DVD set spreads the film across=
 two=20
discs, while the Blu-ray set presents it on a single disc.[188] The collect=
or's=20
extended cut contains 8 more minutes of footage, thus making it 16 minutes=
=20
longer than the original theatrical cut. Cameron mentioned, "you can sit do=
wn,=20
and in a continuous screening of the film, watch it with the Earth opening"=
. He=20
stated the "Earth opening" is an additional 4+1=E2=81=842 minutes of scenes=
 that were=20
in the film for much of its production but were ultimately cut before the=
=20
film's theatrical release.[189] The release also includes an additional 45=
=20
minutes of deleted scenes and other extras.[188] Cameron initially stated t=
hat=20
Avatar would be released in 3D around November 2010, but the studio issued =
a=20
correction: "3-D is in the conceptual stage and Avatar will not be out on 3=
D=20
Blu-ray in November."[190] In May 2010, Fox stated that the 3D version woul=
d be=20
released some time in 2011.[185] It was later revealed that Fox had given=
=20
Panasonic an exclusive license for the 3D Blu-ray version and only with the=
=20
purchase of a Panasonic 3DTV. The length of Panasonic's exclusivity period =
is=20
stated to last until February 2012.[191] On October 2010, Cameron stated th=
at=20
the standalone 3D Blu-ray would be the final version of the film's home rel=
ease=20
and that it was "maybe one, two years out".[192] On Christmas Eve 2010, Ava=
tar=20
had its 3D television world premiere on Sky.[193][194][195] On August 13, 2=
012,=20
Cameron announced on Facebook that Avatar would be released globally on Blu=
-ray=20
3D.[196] The Blu-ray 3D version was finally released on October 16, 2012.[1=
97]=20
Reception Critical response On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of 31=
9=20
reviews are positive, and the average rating is 7.4/10. The site's consensu=
s=20
reads, "It might be more impressive on a technical level than as a piece of=
=20
storytelling, but Avatar reaffirms James Cameron's singular gift for=20
imaginative, absorbing filmmaking."[198] On Metacritic =E2=80=94 which assi=
gns a=20
weighted mean score =E2=80=94 the film has a score of 83 out of 100 based o=
n 35=20
critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[199] Audiences polled by CinemaSco=
re=20
gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Every demographi=
c=20
surveyed was reported to give this rating. These polls also indicated that =
the=20
main draw of the film was its use of 3D.[200] Roger Ebert of the Chicago=20
Sun-Times called the film "extraordinary" and gave it four stars out of fou=
r.=20
"Watching Avatar, I felt sort of the same as when I saw Star Wars in 1977,"=
 he=20
said, adding that like Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship =
of=20
the Ring, the film "employs a new generation of special effects" and it "is=
 not=20
simply a sensational entertainment, although it is that. It's a technical=
=20
breakthrough. It has a flat-out Green and anti-war message".[201] A. O. Sco=
tt=20
of At The Movies also compared his viewing of the film to the first time he=
=20
viewed Star Wars and he said "although the script is a little bit ... obvio=
us,"=20
it was "part of what made it work".[202][203] Todd McCarthy of Variety prai=
sed=20
the film, saying "The King of the World sets his sights on creating another=
=20
world entirely in Avatar, and it's very much a place worth visiting."[204] =
Kirk=20
Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review. "The=
=20
screen is alive with more action and the soundtrack pops with more robust m=
usic=20
than any dozen sci-fi shoot-'em-ups you care to mention," he stated.[205] P=
eter=20
Travers of Rolling Stone awarded Avatar a three-and-a-half out of four star=
=20
rating and wrote in his print review "It extends the possibilities of what=
=20
movies can do. Cameron's talent may just be as big as his dreams."[206] Ric=
hard=20
Corliss of Time magazine thought that the film was "the most vivid and=20
convincing creation of a fantasy world ever seen in the history of moving=
=20
pictures."[207] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times thought the film has=
=20
"powerful" visual accomplishments but "flat dialogue" and "obvious=20
characterization".[208] James Berardinelli of ReelViews praised the film an=
d=20
its story, giving it four out of four stars; he wrote "In 3-D, it's immersi=
ve =E2=80=93=20
but the traditional film elements =E2=80=93 story, character, editing, them=
e, emotional=20
resonance, etc. =E2=80=93 are presented with sufficient expertise to make e=
ven the 2-D=20
version an engrossing 2+1=E2=81=842-hour experience."[209] Avatar's underly=
ing social=20
and political themes attracted attention. Armond White of the New York Pres=
s=20
wrote that Cameron used "villainous American characters" to "misrepresent=
=20
facets of militarism, capitalism, and imperialism".[210][211] Russell D. Mo=
ore=20
of The Christian Post concluded that "propaganda exists in the film" and st=
ated=20
"If you can get a theater full of people in Kentucky to stand and applaud t=
he=20
defeat of their country in war, then you've got some amazing special=20
effects."[212] Adam Cohen of The New York Times was more positive about the=
=20
film, calling its anti-imperialist message "a 22nd-century version of the=
=20
American colonists vs. the British, India vs. the Raj, or Latin America vs.=
=20
United Fruit".[213] Ross Douthat of The New York Times opined that the film=
 is=20
"Cameron's long apologia for pantheism [...] Hollywood's religion of choice=
 for=20
a generation now",[214] while Saritha Prabhu of The Tennessean called the f=
ilm=20
a "misportrayal of pantheism and Eastern spirituality in general",[215] and=
=20
Maxim Osipov of The Hindustan Times, on the contrary, commended the film's=
=20
message for its overall consistency with the teachings of Hinduism in the=
=20
Bhagavad Gita.[216] Annalee Newitz of io9 concluded that Avatar is another =
film=20
that has the recurring "fantasy about race" whereby "some white guy" become=
s=20
the "most awesome" member of a non-white culture.[217] Michael Phillips of =
the=20
Chicago Tribune called Avatar "the season's ideological Rorschach blot",[21=
8]=20
while Miranda Devine of The Sydney Morning Herald thought that "It [was]=20
impossible to watch Avatar without being banged over the head with the=20
director's ideological hammer."[219] Nidesh Lawtoo believed that an essenti=
al,=20
yet less visible social theme that contributed to Avatar's success concerns=
=20
contemporary fascinations with virtual avatars and "the transition from the=
=20
world of reality to that of virtual reality".[220] Critics and audiences ha=
ve=20
cited similarities with other films, literature or media, describing the=20
perceived connections in ways ranging from simple "borrowing" to outright=
=20
plagiarism. Ty Burr of The Boston Globe called it "the same movie" as Dance=
s=20
with Wolves.[221] Like Dances with Wolves, Avatar has been characterized as=
=20
being a "white savior" movie, in which a "backwards" native people is impot=
ent=20
without the leadership of a member of the invading white culture.[222][223]=
=20
Parallels to the concept and use of an avatar are in Poul Anderson's 1957=
=20
novelette "Call Me Joe", in which a paralyzed man uses his mind from orbit =
to=20
control an artificial body on Jupiter.[224][225] Cinema audiences in Russia=
=20
have noted that Avatar has elements in common with the 1960s Noon Universe=
=20
novels by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, which are set in the 22nd century on=
 a=20
forested world called Pandora with a sentient indigenous species called the=
=20
Nave.[226] Various reviews have compared Avatar to the films FernGully: The=
=20
Last Rainforest,[227][228] Pocahontas[229] and The Last Samurai.[230] NPR's=
=20
Morning Edition has compared the film to a montage of tropes, with one=20
commentator stating that Avatar was made by "mixing a bunch of film scripts=
 in=20
a blender".[231] Gary Westfahl wrote that "the science fiction story that m=
ost=20
closely resembles Avatar has to be Ursula Le Guin's novella The Word for Wo=
rld=20
Is Forest (1972), another epic about a benevolent race of alien beings who=
=20
happily inhabit dense forests while living in harmony with nature until the=
y=20
are attacked and slaughtered by invading human soldiers who believe that th=
e=20
only good gook is a dead gook".[225] The science fiction writer and editor=
=20
Gardner Dozois said that along with the Anderson and Le Guin stories, the=
=20
"mash-up" included Alan Dean Foster's 1975 novel, Midworld.[232] Some sourc=
es=20
saw similarities to the artwork of Roger Dean, which features fantastic ima=
ges=20
of dragons and floating rock formations.[233][234] In 2013, Dean sued Camer=
on=20
and Fox, claiming that Pandora was inspired by 14 of his images. Dean sough=
t=20
damages of $50m.[235] Dean's case was dismissed in 2014, and The Hollywood=
=20
Reporter noted that Cameron had won multiple Avatar idea theft cases.[236]=
=20
Avatar received compliments from filmmakers, with Steven Spielberg praising=
 it=20
as "the most evocative and amazing science-fiction movie since Star Wars" a=
nd=20
others calling it "audacious and awe inspiring", "master class", and=20
"brilliant". Noted art director-turned-filmmaker Roger Christian is also a=
=20
noted fan of the film.[237] On the other hand, Duncan Jones said: "It's not=
 in=20
my top three James Cameron films. ... [A]t what point in the film did you h=
ave=20
any doubt what was going to happen next?".[238] For French filmmaker Luc=20
Besson, Avatar opened the doors for him to now create an adaptation of the=
=20
graphic novel series Val=C3=A9rian and Laureline that technologically suppo=
rts the=20
scope of its source material, with Besson even throwing his original script=
 in=20
the trash and redoing it after seeing the film.[239] TIME ranked Avatar num=
ber=20
3 in their list of "The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far)"[24=
0]=20
also earning it a spot on the magazine's All-Time 100 list,[241] and IGN li=
sted=20
Avatar as number 22 on their list of the top 25 Sci-Fi movies of all time.=
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 After the film's release and unusually strong box office performance over =
its=20
first two weeks, it was debated as the one film capable of surpassing Titan=
ic's=20
worldwide gross, and its continued strength perplexed box office analysts.[=
294]=20
Other films in recent years had been cited as contenders for surpassing=20
Titanic, such as 2008's The Dark Knight,[295] but Avatar was considered the=
=20
first film with a genuine chance to do so, and its numbers being aided by=
=20
higher ticket prices for 3D screenings[294] did not fully explain its succe=
ss=20
to box office analysts. "Most films are considered to be healthy if they ma=
nage=20
anything less than a 50% drop from their first weekend to their second. Dip=
ping=20
just 11% from the first to the third is unheard of," said Paul Dergarabedia=
n,=20
president of box-office analysis for Hollywood.com. "This is just=20
unprecedented. I had to do a double take. I thought it was a=20
miscalculation."[296] Analysts predicted second place for the film's worldw=
ide=20
gross, but most were uncertain about it surpassing Titanic because "Today's=
=20
films flame out much faster than they did when Titanic was released."[296]=
=20
Brandon Gray, president of Box Office Mojo, believed in the film's chances =
of=20
becoming the highest-grossing film of all time, though he also believed it =
was=20
too early to surmise because it had only played during the holidays. He sai=
d,=20
"While Avatar may beat Titanic's record, it will be tough, and the film is=
=20
unlikely to surpass Titanic in attendance. Ticket prices were about $3 chea=
per=20
in the late 1990s."[296] Cameron said he did not think it was realistic to =
"try=20
to topple Titanic off its perch" because it "just struck some kind of chord=
"=20
and there had been other good films in recent years.[297] He changed his=20
prediction by mid-January. "It's gonna happen. It's just a matter of time,"=
 he=20
said.[298] You've got to compete head on with these other epic works of fan=
tasy=20
and fiction, the Tolkiens and the Star Wars and the Star Treks. People want=
 a=20
persistent alternate reality to invest themselves in and they want the deta=
il=20
that makes it rich and worth their time. They want to live somewhere else. =
Like=20
Pandora. James Cameron on the success of Avatar[299] Although analysts have=
=20
been unable to agree that Avatar's success is attributable to one primary=
=20
factor, several explanations have been advanced. First, January is historic=
ally=20
"the dumping ground for the year's weakest films", and this also applied to=
=20
2010.[300] Cameron himself said he decided to open the film in December so =
that=20
it would have less competition from then to January.[287] Titanic capitaliz=
ed=20
on the same January predictability, and earned most of its gross in 1998.[3=
00]=20
Additionally, Avatar established itself as a "must-see" event. Gray said, "=
At=20
this point, people who are going to see Avatar are going to see Avatar and=
=20
would even if the slate was strong."[300] Marketing the film as a "novelty=
=20
factor" also helped. Fox positioned the film as a cinematic event that shou=
ld=20
be seen in the theaters. "It's really hard to sell the idea that you can ha=
ve=20
the same experience at home," stated David Mumpower, an analyst at=20
BoxOfficeProphets.com.[300] The "Oscar buzz" surrounding the film and=20
international viewings helped. "Two-thirds of Titanic's haul was earned=20
overseas, and Avatar [tracked] similarly ...Avatar opened in 106 markets=20
globally and was No. 1 in all of them", and the markets "such as Russia, wh=
ere=20
Titanic saw modest receipts in 1997 and 1998, are white-hot today" with "mo=
re=20
screens and moviegoers" than before.[300] According to Variety, films in 3D=
=20
accumulated $1.3 billion in 2009, "a threefold increase over 2008 and more =
than=20
10% of the total 2009 box-office gross". The increased ticket price =E2=80=
=93 an=20
average of $2 to $3 per ticket in most markets =E2=80=93 helped the film.[3=
00]=20
Likewise, Entertainment Weekly attributed the film's success to 3D glasses =
but=20
also to its "astronomic word-of-mouth". Not only do some theaters charge up=
 to=20
$18.50 for IMAX tickets, but "the buzz" created by the new technology was t=
he=20
possible cause for sold-out screenings.[301] Gray said Avatar having no bas=
is=20
in previously established material makes its performance remarkable and eve=
n=20
more impressive. "The movie might be derivative of many movies in its story=
 and=20
themes," he said, "but it had no direct antecedent like the other top-gross=
ing=20
films: Titanic (historical events), the Star Wars movies (an established fi=
lm=20
franchise), or The Lord of the Rings (literature). It was a tougher sell=20
..."[300] The Hollywood Reporter estimated that after a combined production=
 and=20
promotion cost of between $387=E2=80=93437 million, the film turned a net p=
rofit of=20
$1.2 billion.
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op"><table class=3D"html_block block-1" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpad=
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n: 0;">Principal photography for Avatar began in April 2007 in Los Angeles =
and Wellington. Cameron described the film as a hybrid with a full live-act=
ion shoot in combination with computer-generated characters and live enviro=
nments. "Ideally at the end of the day the audience has no idea which they'=
re looking at," Cameron said. The director indicated that he had already wo=
rked four months on nonprincipal scenes for the film.[66] The live action w=
as shot with a modified version of the proprietary digital 3-D Fusion Camer=
a System, developed by Cameron and Vince Pace.[67] In January 2007, Fox had=
 announced that 3-D filming for Avatar would be done at 24 frames per secon=
d despite Cameron's strong opinion that a 3-D film requires higher frame ra=
te to make strobing less noticeable.[68] According to Cameron, the film is =
composed of 60% computer-generated elements and 40% live action, as well as=
 traditional miniatures.[69] Motion-capture photography lasted 31 days at t=
he Hughes Aircraft stage in Playa Vista in Los Angeles.[54][70] Live action=
 photography began in October 2007 at Stone Street Studios in Wellington an=
d was scheduled to last 31 days.[71] More than a thousand people worked on =
the production.[70] In preparation of the filming sequences, all of the act=
ors underwent professional training specific to their characters such as ar=
chery, horseback riding, firearm use, and hand-to-hand combat. They receive=
d language and dialect training in the Na'vi language created for the film.=
[72] Before shooting the film, Cameron also sent the cast to the Hawaiian t=
ropical rainforests[73] to get a feel for a rainforest setting before shoot=
ing on the soundstage.[72] During filming, Cameron made use of his virtual =
camera system, a new way of directing motion-capture filmmaking. The system=
 shows the actors' virtual counterparts in their digital surroundings in re=
al time, allowing the director to adjust and direct scenes just as if shoot=
ing live action. According to Cameron, "It's like a big, powerful game engi=
ne. If I want to fly through space, or change my perspective, I can. I can =
turn the whole scene into a living miniature and go through it on a 50 to 1=
 scale."[74] Using conventional techniques, the complete virtual world cann=
ot be seen until the motion-capture of the actors is complete. Cameron said=
 this process does not diminish the value or importance of acting. On the c=
ontrary, because there is no need for repeated camera and lighting setups, =
costume fittings and make-up touch-ups, scenes do not need to be interrupte=
d repeatedly.[75] Cameron described the system as a "form of pure creation =
where if you want to move a tree or a mountain or the sky or change the tim=
e of day, you have complete control over the elements".[76] Cameron gave fe=
llow directors Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson a chance to test the new =
technology.[65] Spielberg said, "I like to think of it as digital makeup, n=
ot augmented animation ... Motion capture brings the director back to a kin=
d of intimacy that actors and directors only know when they're working in l=
ive theater."[75] Spielberg and George Lucas were also able to visit the se=
t to watch Cameron direct with the equipment.[77] To film the shots where C=
GI interacts with live action, a unique camera referred to as a "simulcam" =
was used, a merger of the 3-D fusion camera and the virtual camera systems.=
 While filming live action in real time with the simulcam, the CGI images c=
aptured with the virtual camera or designed from scratch, are superimposed =
over the live action images as in augmented reality and shown on a small mo=
nitor, making it possible for the director to instruct the actors how to re=
late to the virtual material in the scene.[72] Due to Cameron's personal co=
nvictions about climate change, he allowed only plant-based (vegan) food to=
 be served on set. </div></div></td></tr> </table></td></tr></tbody></table=
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space: 0;"><tr style=3D"box-sizing: border-box;"><td class=3D"pad" style=3D=
"box-sizing: border-box;"><div style=3D"box-sizing: border-box; font-family=
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center"><div style=3D"box-sizing: border-box; display: none; width: 0px; ma=
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x-height: 0; line-height: 0; margin: 0;">A number of innovative visual effe=
cts techniques were used during production. According to Cameron, work on t=
he film had been delayed since the 1990s to allow the techniques to reach t=
he necessary degree of advancement to adequately portray his vision of the =
film.[13][14] The director planned to make use of photorealistic computer-g=
enerated characters, created using new motion capture animation technologie=
s he had been developing in the 14 months leading up to December 2006.[74] =
Innovations include a new system for lighting massive areas like Pandora's =
jungle,[80] a motion-capture stage or "volume" six times larger than any pr=
eviously used, and an improved method of capturing facial expressions, enab=
ling full performance capture. To achieve the face capturing, actors wore i=
ndividually made skull caps fitted with a tiny camera positioned in front o=
f the actors' faces; the information collected about their facial expressio=
ns and eyes is then transmitted to computers.[81] According to Cameron, the=
 method allows the filmmakers to transfer 100% of the actors' physical perf=
ormances to their digital counterparts.[82] Besides the performance capture=
 data which were transferred directly to the computers, numerous reference =
cameras gave the digital artists multiple angles of each performance.[83] A=
 technically challenging scene was near the end of the film when the comput=
er-generated Neytiri held the live action Jake in human form, and attention=
 was given to the details of the shadows and reflected light between them.[=
84] The lead visual effects company was Weta Digital in Wellington, at one =
point employing 900 people to work on the film.[85] Because of the huge amo=
unt of data which needed to be stored, cataloged and available for everybod=
y involved, even on the other side of the world, a new cloud computing and =
Digital Asset Management (DAM) system named Gaia was created by Microsoft e=
specially for Avatar, which allowed the crews to keep track of and coordina=
te all stages in the digital processing.[86] To render Avatar, Weta used a =
930 m2 (10,000 sq ft) server farm making use of 4,000 Hewlett-Packard serve=
rs with 35,000 processor cores with 104 terabytes of RAM and three petabyte=
s of network area storage running Ubuntu Linux, Grid Engine cluster manager=
, and 2 of the animation software and managers, Pixar's RenderMan and Pixar=
's Alfred queue management system.[87][88][89][90] The render farm occupies=
 the 193rd to 197th spots in the TOP500 list of the world's most powerful s=
upercomputers. A new texturing and paint software system, called Mari, was =
developed by The Foundry in cooperation with Weta.[91][92] Creating the Na'=
vi characters and the virtual world of Pandora required over a petabyte of =
digital storage,[93] and each minute of the final footage for Avatar occupi=
es 17.28 gigabytes of storage.[94] It would often take the computer several=
 hours to render a single frame of the film.[95] To help finish preparing t=
he special effects sequences on time, a number of other companies were brou=
ght on board, including Industrial Light & Magic, which worked alongside We=
ta Digital to create the battle sequences. ILM was responsible for the visu=
al effects for many of the film's specialized vehicles and devised a new wa=
y to make CGI explosions.[96] Joe Letteri was the film's visual effects gen=
eral supervisor.[97] Music and soundtrack Main article: Avatar: Music from =
the Motion Picture James Horner =E2=80=93 "Jake Enters His Avatar World" 0:=
32 listen to a clip from the score of the 2009 film Avatar. Problems playin=
g this file? See media help. Composer James Horner scored the film, his thi=
rd collaboration with Cameron after Aliens and Titanic.[98] Horner recorded=
 parts of the score with a small chorus singing in the alien language Na'vi=
 in March 2008.[99] He also worked with Wanda Bryant, an ethnomusicologist,=
 to create a music culture for the alien race.[100] The first scoring sessi=
ons were planned to take place in early 2009.[101] During production, Horne=
r promised Cameron that he would not work on any other project except for A=
vatar and reportedly worked on the score from four in the morning until ten=
 at night throughout the process. He stated in an interview, "Avatar has be=
en the most difficult film I have worked on and the biggest job I have unde=
rtaken."[102] Horner composed the score as two different scores merged into=
 one. He first created a score that reflected the Na'vi way of sound and th=
en combined it with a separate "traditional" score to drive the film.[72] B=
ritish singer Leona Lewis was chosen to sing the theme song for the film, c=
alled "I See You". An accompanying music video, directed by Jake Nava, prem=
iered December 15, 2009, on MySpace. </div></div></td></tr></table><table c=
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rflow: hidden; mso-hide: all; height: 0; font-size: 0; max-height: 0; line-=
height: 0; margin: 0;">Avatar is primarily an action-adventure journey of s=
elf-discovery, in the context of imperialism, and deep ecology.[104] Camero=
n said his inspiration was "every single science fiction book I read as a k=
id" and that he wanted to update the style of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Ca=
rter series.[11] He acknowledged that Avatar shares themes with the films A=
t Play in the Fields of the Lord, The Emerald Forest, and Princess Mononoke=
, which feature clashes between cultures and civilizations, and with Dances=
 with Wolves, where a battered soldier finds himself drawn to the culture h=
e was initially fighting against.[105][106] He also cited Hayao Miyazaki's =
anime films such as Princess Mononoke as an influence on the ecosystem of P=
andora.[106] In 2012, Cameron filed a 45-page legal declaration that intend=
ed to "describe in great detail the genesis of the ideas, themes, storyline=
s, and images that came to be Avatar."[107] In addition to historical event=
s (such as European colonization of the Americas), his life experiences and=
 several of his unproduced projects, Cameron drew connections between Avata=
r and his previous films. He cited his script and concept art for Xenogenes=
is, partially produced as a short film, as being the basis for many of the =
ideas and visual designs in Avatar. He stated that Avatar's "concepts of a =
world mind, intelligence within nature, the idea of projecting force or con=
sciousness using an avatar, colonization of alien planets, greedy corporate=
 interests backed up by military force, the story of a seemingly weaker gro=
up prevailing over a technologically superior force, and the good scientist=
 were all established and recurrent themes" from his earlier films includin=
g Aliens, The Abyss, Rambo: First Blood Part II, The Terminator and Termina=
tor 2: Judgment Day. He specifically mentioned the "water tentacle" in The =
Abyss as an example of an "avatar" that "takes on the appearance of...an al=
ien life form...in order to bridge the cultural gap and build trust."[108] =
Cameron also cited a number of works by other creators as "reference points=
 and sources of inspiration" for Avatar. These include two of his "favorite=
" films, 2001: A Space Odyssey, where mankind experiences an evolution afte=
r meeting alien life, and Lawrence of Arabia, where "an outsider...encounte=
rs and immerses into a foreign culture and then ultimately joins that group=
 to fight other outsiders." Cameron said he became familiar with the concep=
t of a human operating a "synthetic avatar" inside another world from Georg=
e Henry Smith's short story "In the Imagicon" and Arthur C. Clarke's novel =
The City and the Stars. He said he learned of the term "avatar" by reading =
the cyberpunk novels Neuromancer by William Gibson and Islands in the Net b=
y Bruce Sterling. The idea of a "world mind" originated in the novel Solari=
s by Stanislaw Lem. Cameron mentioned several other films about people inte=
racting with "indigenous cultures" as inspiring him, including Dances with =
Wolves, The Man Who Would Be King, The Mission, The Emerald Forest, Medicin=
e Man, The Jungle Book and FernGully. He also cited as inspiration the John=
 Carter and Tarzan stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs and other adventure stor=
ies by Rudyard Kipling and H. Rider Haggard.[108] In a 2007 interview with =
Time magazine, Cameron was asked about the meaning of the term Avatar, to w=
hich he replied, "It's an incarnation of one of the Hindu gods taking a fle=
sh form. In this film what that means is that the human technology in the f=
uture is capable of injecting a human's intelligence into a remotely locate=
d body, a biological body."[10] Cameron also cited the Japanese cyberpunk m=
anga and anime Ghost in the Shell, in terms of how humans can remotely cont=
rol, and transfer their personalities into, alien bodies.[109][110] For the=
 love story between characters Jake and Neytiri, Cameron applied a star-cro=
ssed love theme, which he said was in the tradition of Romeo and Juliet.[10=
8] He acknowledged its similarity to the pairing of Jack and Rose from his =
film Titanic. An interviewer stated, "Both couples come from radically diff=
erent cultures that are contemptuous of their relationship and are forced t=
o choose sides between the competing communities."[113] Cameron described N=
eytiri as his "Pocahontas," saying that his plotline followed the historica=
l story of a "white outsider [who] falls in love with the chief's daughter,=
 who becomes his guide to the tribe and to their special bond with nature."=
[108] Cameron felt that whether or not the Jake and Neytiri love story woul=
d be perceived as believable partially hinged on the physical attractivenes=
s of Neytiri's alien appearance, which was developed by considering her app=
eal to the all-male crew of artists.[114] Although Cameron felt Jake and Ne=
ytiri do not fall in love right away, their portrayers (Worthington and Sal=
dana) felt the characters did. Cameron said the two actors "had a great che=
mistry" during filming.[113] A gray mountain in the middle of a forest. Pan=
dora's floating "Hallelujah Mountains" were inspired in part by the Chinese=
 Huangshan mountains (pictured).[115] Zhangjiajie National Forest Park For =
the film's floating "Hallelujah Mountains", the designers drew inspiration =
from "many different types of mountains, but mainly the karst limestone for=
mations in China."[116] According to production designer Dylan Cole, the fi=
ctional floating rocks were inspired by Huangshan (also known as Yellow Mou=
ntain), Guilin, Zhangjiajie, among others around the world.[116] Cameron ha=
d noted the influence of the Chinese peaks on the design of the floating mo=
untains.[117] To create the interiors of the human mining colony on Pandora=
, production designers visited the Noble Clyde Boudreaux[118] oil platform =
in the Gulf of Mexico during June 2007. They photographed, measured and fil=
med every aspect of the platform, which was later replicated on-screen with=
 photorealistic CGI during post-production. </div></div></td></tr></table><=
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olor=3D"#fff"><tbody style=3D"box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style=3D"box-siz=
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n=3D"top"><table class=3D"html_block block-1" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" c=
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iv style=3D"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helve=
tica,sans-serif; text-align: center;" align=3D"center"><div style=3D"box-si=
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den; mso-hide: all; height: 0; font-size: 0; max-height: 0; line-height: 0;=
 margin: 0;">The first photo of the film was released on August 14, 2009,[1=
24] and Empire released exclusive images from the film in its October issue=
.[125] Cameron, producer Jon Landau, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, and Sigourn=
ey Weaver appeared at a panel, moderated by Tom Rothman, at the 2009 San Di=
ego Comic-Con on July 23. Twenty-five minutes of footage was screened[126] =
in Dolby 3D.[127] Weaver and Cameron appeared at additional panels to promo=
te the film, speaking on the 23rd[128] and 24th[129][130] respectively. Jam=
es Cameron announced at the Comic-Con Avatar Panel that August 21 will be '=
Avatar Day'. On this day, the trailer was released in all theatrical format=
s. The official game trailer and toy line of the film were also unveiled on=
 this day.[131] The 129-second trailer was released online on August 20, 20=
09.[132] The new 210-second trailer was premiered in theaters on October 23=
, 2009, then soon after premiered online on Yahoo! on October 29, 2009, to =
positive reviews.[133][134] An extended version in IMAX 3D received overwhe=
lmingly positive reviews.[132] The Hollywood Reporter said that audience ex=
pectations were colored by "the [same] establishment skepticism that preced=
ed Titanic" and suggested the showing reflected the desire for original sto=
rytelling.[135] The teaser has been among the most viewed trailers in the h=
istory of film marketing, reaching the first place of all trailers viewed o=
n Apple.com with 4 million views.[136] On October 30, to celebrate the open=
ing of the first 3-D cinema in Vietnam, Fox allowed Megastar Cinema to scre=
en exclusive 16 minutes of Avatar to a number of press.[137] The three-and-=
a-half-minute trailer of the film premiered live on November 1, 2009, durin=
g a Dallas Cowboys football game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on=
 the Diamond Vision screen, one of the world's largest video displays, and =
to TV audiences viewing the game on Fox. It is said to be the largest live =
motion picture trailer viewing in history.[138] The Coca-Cola Company colla=
borated with Fox to launch a worldwide marketing campaign to promote the fi=
lm. The highlight of the campaign was the website AVTR.com. Specially marke=
d bottles and cans of Coca-Cola Zero, when held in front of a webcam, enabl=
ed users to interact with the website's 3-D features using augmented realit=
y (AR) technology.[139] The film was heavily promoted in an episode of the =
Fox series Bones in the episode "The Gamer In The Grease" (Season 5, Episod=
e 9). Avatar star Joel David Moore has a recurring role on the program, and=
 is seen in the episode anxiously awaiting the release of the film.[140] A =
week prior to the American release, Zoe Saldana promoted the film on Adult =
Swim when she was interviewed by an animated Space Ghost.[141] McDonald's h=
ad a promotion mentioned in television commercials in Europe called "Avatar=
ize yourself", which encouraged people to go to the website set up by Oddca=
st, and use a photograph of themselves to change into a Na'vi.[142] Books A=
vatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandor=
a, a 224-page book in the form of a field guide to the film's fictional set=
ting of the planet of Pandora, was released by Harper Entertainment on Nove=
mber 24, 2009.[143] It is presented as a compilation of data collected by t=
he humans about Pandora and the life on it, written by Maria Wilhelm and Di=
rk Mathison. HarperFestival also released Wilhelm's 48-page James Cameron's=
 Avatar: The Reusable Scrapbook for children.[144] The Art of Avatar was re=
leased on November 30, 2009, by Abrams Books. The book features detailed pr=
oduction artwork from the film, including production sketches, illustration=
s by Lisa Fitzpatrick, and film stills. Producer Jon Landau wrote the forew=
ord, Cameron wrote the epilogue, and director Peter Jackson wrote the prefa=
ce.[145] In October 2010, Abrams Books also released The Making of Avatar, =
a 272-page book that detailed the film's production process and contains ov=
er 500 color photographs and illustrations.[146] In a 2009 interview, Camer=
on said that he planned to write a novel version of Avatar after the film w=
as released.[147] In February 2010, producer Jon Landau stated that Cameron=
 plans a prequel novel for Avatar that will "lead up to telling the story o=
f the movie, but it would go into much more depth about all the stories tha=
t we didn't have time to deal with", saying that "Jim wants to write a nove=
l that is a big, epic story that fills in a lot of things".[148] In August =
2013 it was announced that Cameron hired Steven Gould to pen four standalon=
e novels to expand the Avatar universe.[149] ance Post released a special l=
imited edition stamp based on Avatar, coinciding with the film's worldwide =
release. </div></div></td></tr></table><table class=3D"html_block block-2" =
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x-height: 0; line-height: 0; margin: 0;">Initial screening Avatar premiered=
 in London on December 10, 2009, and was released theatrically worldwide fr=
om December 16 to 18.[156] The film was originally set for release on May 2=
2, 2009, during filming[157] but was pushed back to allow more post-product=
ion time (the last shots were delivered in November)[80] and give more time=
 for theaters worldwide to install 3D projectors.[158] Cameron stated that =
the film's aspect ratio would be 1.78:1 for 3D screenings and that a 2.39:1=
 image would be extracted for 2D screenings.[159][160] However, a 3D 2.39:1=
 extract was approved for use with constant-image-height screens (i.e., scr=
eens that increase in width to display 2.39:1 films).[161] During a 3D prev=
iew showing in Germany on December 16, the movie's DRM "protection" system =
malfunctioned, and some copies delivered weren=E2=80=99t watched at all in =
the theaters. The problems were fixed in time for the public premiere.[162]=
 Avatar was released in a total of 3,457 theaters in the US, of which 2,032=
 theaters showed it in 3D. In total, 90% of all advance ticket sales for Av=
atar were for 3D screenings.[163] Internationally, Avatar opened on a total=
 of 14,604 screens in 106 territories, of which 3,671 were showing the film=
 in 3D (producing 56% of the first weekend gross).[164][165] The film was s=
imultaneously presented in IMAX 3D format, opening in 178 theaters in the U=
nited States on December 18. The international IMAX release included 58 the=
aters beginning on December 16, and 25 more theaters were to be added in th=
e coming weeks.[166] The IMAX release was the company's widest to date, a t=
otal of 261 theaters worldwide. The previous IMAX record opening was Harry =
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which opened in 161 IMAX theaters in the =
US, and about 70 international.[167] 20th Century Fox Korea adapted and lat=
er released Avatar in 4D version, which included "moving seats, smells of e=
xplosives, sprinkling water, laser lights and wind".[20] Post-original rele=
ase In July 2010, Cameron confirmed that there would be an extended theatri=
cal rerelease of the film on August 27, 2010, exclusively in 3D theaters an=
d IMAX 3D.[168] Avatar: Special Edition includes an additional nine minutes=
 of footage, all of which is CG,[169] including an extension of the sex sce=
ne[170] and various other scenes that were cut from the original theatrical=
 film.[169] This extended re-release resulted in the film's run time approa=
ching the then-current IMAX platter maximum of 170 minutes, thereby leaving=
 less time for the end credits. Cameron stated that the nine minutes of add=
ed scenes cost more than $1 million a minute to produce and finish.[171] Du=
ring its 12-week re-release, Avatar: Special Edition grossed an additional =
$10.74 million in North America and $22.46 million overseas for a worldwide=
 total of $33.2 million.[5] The film was later re-released in China in Marc=
h 2021, allowing it to surpass Avengers: Endgame to become the highest-gros=
sing film of all time.[24] Avatar was re-released in theaters on September =
23, 2022, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures for a limited two week eng=
agement, with the film being remastered in 4K high-dynamic range, with sele=
ct scenes at a high frame rate of 48-frames-per-second.[172] The reissue wa=
s prior to the December 2022 premiere of its sequel, Avatar: The Way of Wat=
er.[173] Prior to this, Cameron previously teased a re-release of the film =
back in 2017 when promoting the Dolby Cinema re-release of Titanic, stating=
 that there were plans in the works to remaster the film with Dolby Vision =
and re-release it in Dolby Cinema. </div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr>=
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line-height: 0; margin: 0;">Home media 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment =
released the film on DVD and Blu-ray in the US on April 22, 2010,[175] and =
in the UK on April 26.[176] The US release was not on a Tuesday as is the n=
orm, but was done to coincide with Earth Day.[177] The first DVD and Blu-ra=
y release does not contain any supplemental features other than the theatri=
cal film and the disc menu in favor of and to make space for optimal pictur=
e and sound. The release also preserves the film's native 1.78:1 (16:9) for=
mat as Cameron felt that was the best format to watch the film.[178] The Bl=
u-ray disc contains DRM (BD+ 5) which some Blu-ray players might not suppor=
t without a firmware update.[179][180] Avatar set a first-day launch record=
 in the U.S. for Blu-ray sales at 1.5 million units sold, breaking the reco=
rd previously held by The Dark Knight (600,000 units sold). First-day DVD a=
nd Blu-ray sales combined were over four million units sold.[181] In its fi=
rst four days of release, sales of Avatar on Blu-ray reached 2.7 million in=
 the United States and Canada =E2=80=93 overtaking The Dark Knight to becom=
e the best ever selling Blu-ray release in the region.[182][183] The releas=
e later broke the Blu-ray sales record in the UK the following week.[184] I=
n its first three weeks of release, the film sold a total of 19.7 million D=
VD and Blu-ray discs combined, a new record for sales in that period.[185] =
As of July 18, 2012, DVD sales (not including Blu-ray) totaled over 10.5 mi=
llion units sold with $190,806,055 in revenue.[186] Avatar retained its rec=
ord as the top-selling Blu-ray in the US market until January 2015, when it=
 was surpassed by Disney's Frozen.[187] The Avatar three-disc Extended Coll=
ector's Edition on DVD and Blu-ray was released on November 16, 2010. Three=
 different versions of the film are present on the discs: the original thea=
trical cut (162 minutes), the special edition cut (170 minutes), and a coll=
ector's extended cut (178 minutes). The DVD set spreads the film across two=
 discs, while the Blu-ray set presents it on a single disc.[188] The collec=
tor's extended cut contains 8 more minutes of footage, thus making it 16 mi=
nutes longer than the original theatrical cut. Cameron mentioned, "you can =
sit down, and in a continuous screening of the film, watch it with the Eart=
h opening". He stated the "Earth opening" is an additional 4+1=E2=81=842 mi=
nutes of scenes that were in the film for much of its production but were u=
ltimately cut before the film's theatrical release.[189] The release also i=
ncludes an additional 45 minutes of deleted scenes and other extras.[188] C=
ameron initially stated that Avatar would be released in 3D around November=
 2010, but the studio issued a correction: "3-D is in the conceptual stage =
and Avatar will not be out on 3D Blu-ray in November."[190] In May 2010, Fo=
x stated that the 3D version would be released some time in 2011.[185] It w=
as later revealed that Fox had given Panasonic an exclusive license for the=
 3D Blu-ray version and only with the purchase of a Panasonic 3DTV. The len=
gth of Panasonic's exclusivity period is stated to last until February 2012=
.[191] On October 2010, Cameron stated that the standalone 3D Blu-ray would=
 be the final version of the film's home release and that it was "maybe one=
, two years out".[192] On Christmas Eve 2010, Avatar had its 3D television =
world premiere on Sky.[193][194][195] On August 13, 2012, Cameron announced=
 on Facebook that Avatar would be released globally on Blu-ray 3D.[196] The=
 Blu-ray 3D version was finally released on October 16, 2012.[197] Receptio=
n Critical response On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of 319 review=
s are positive, and the average rating is 7.4/10. The site's consensus read=
s, "It might be more impressive on a technical level than as a piece of sto=
rytelling, but Avatar reaffirms James Cameron's singular gift for imaginati=
ve, absorbing filmmaking."[198] On Metacritic =E2=80=94 which assigns a wei=
ghted mean score =E2=80=94 the film has a score of 83 out of 100 based on 3=
5 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[199] Audiences polled by CinemaS=
core gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Every demog=
raphic surveyed was reported to give this rating. These polls also indicate=
d that the main draw of the film was its use of 3D.[200] Roger Ebert of the=
 Chicago Sun-Times called the film "extraordinary" and gave it four stars o=
ut of four. "Watching Avatar, I felt sort of the same as when I saw Star Wa=
rs in 1977," he said, adding that like Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings:=
 The Fellowship of the Ring, the film "employs a new generation of special =
effects" and it "is not simply a sensational entertainment, although it is =
that. It's a technical breakthrough. It has a flat-out Green and anti-war m=
essage".[201] A. O. Scott of At The Movies also compared his viewing of the=
 film to the first time he viewed Star Wars and he said "although the scrip=
t is a little bit ... obvious," it was "part of what made it work".[202][20=
3] Todd McCarthy of Variety praised the film, saying "The King of the World=
 sets his sights on creating another world entirely in Avatar, and it's ver=
y much a place worth visiting."[204] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Report=
er gave the film a positive review. "The screen is alive with more action a=
nd the soundtrack pops with more robust music than any dozen sci-fi shoot-'=
em-ups you care to mention," he stated.[205] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone=
 awarded Avatar a three-and-a-half out of four star rating and wrote in his=
 print review "It extends the possibilities of what movies can do. Cameron'=
s talent may just be as big as his dreams."[206] Richard Corliss of Time ma=
gazine thought that the film was "the most vivid and convincing creation of=
 a fantasy world ever seen in the history of moving pictures."[207] Kenneth=
 Turan of the Los Angeles Times thought the film has "powerful" visual acco=
mplishments but "flat dialogue" and "obvious characterization".[208] James =
Berardinelli of ReelViews praised the film and its story, giving it four ou=
t of four stars; he wrote "In 3-D, it's immersive =E2=80=93 but the traditi=
onal film elements =E2=80=93 story, character, editing, theme, emotional re=
sonance, etc. =E2=80=93 are presented with sufficient expertise to make eve=
n the 2-D version an engrossing 2+1=E2=81=842-hour experience."[209] Avatar=
's underlying social and political themes attracted attention. Armond White=
 of the New York Press wrote that Cameron used "villainous American charact=
ers" to "misrepresent facets of militarism, capitalism, and imperialism".[2=
10][211] Russell D. Moore of The Christian Post concluded that "propaganda =
exists in the film" and stated "If you can get a theater full of people in =
Kentucky to stand and applaud the defeat of their country in war, then you'=
ve got some amazing special effects."[212] Adam Cohen of The New York Times=
 was more positive about the film, calling its anti-imperialist message "a =
22nd-century version of the American colonists vs. the British, India vs. t=
he Raj, or Latin America vs. United Fruit".[213] Ross Douthat of The New Yo=
rk Times opined that the film is "Cameron's long apologia for pantheism [..=
.] Hollywood's religion of choice for a generation now",[214] while Saritha=
 Prabhu of The Tennessean called the film a "misportrayal of pantheism and =
Eastern spirituality in general",[215] and Maxim Osipov of The Hindustan Ti=
mes, on the contrary, commended the film's message for its overall consiste=
ncy with the teachings of Hinduism in the Bhagavad Gita.[216] Annalee Newit=
z of io9 concluded that Avatar is another film that has the recurring "fant=
asy about race" whereby "some white guy" becomes the "most awesome" member =
of a non-white culture.[217] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune called=
 Avatar "the season's ideological Rorschach blot",[218] while Miranda Devin=
e of The Sydney Morning Herald thought that "It [was] impossible to watch A=
vatar without being banged over the head with the director's ideological ha=
mmer."[219] Nidesh Lawtoo believed that an essential, yet less visible soci=
al theme that contributed to Avatar's success concerns contemporary fascina=
tions with virtual avatars and "the transition from the world of reality to=
 that of virtual reality".[220] Critics and audiences have cited similariti=
es with other films, literature or media, describing the perceived connecti=
ons in ways ranging from simple "borrowing" to outright plagiarism. Ty Burr=
 of The Boston Globe called it "the same movie" as Dances with Wolves.[221]=
 Like Dances with Wolves, Avatar has been characterized as being a "white s=
avior" movie, in which a "backwards" native people is impotent without the =
leadership of a member of the invading white culture.[222][223] Parallels t=
o the concept and use of an avatar are in Poul Anderson's 1957 novelette "C=
all Me Joe", in which a paralyzed man uses his mind from orbit to control a=
n artificial body on Jupiter.[224][225] Cinema audiences in Russia have not=
ed that Avatar has elements in common with the 1960s Noon Universe novels b=
y Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, which are set in the 22nd century on a fores=
ted world called Pandora with a sentient indigenous species called the Nave=
.[226] Various reviews have compared Avatar to the films FernGully: The Las=
t Rainforest,[227][228] Pocahontas[229] and The Last Samurai.[230] NPR's Mo=
rning Edition has compared the film to a montage of tropes, with one commen=
tator stating that Avatar was made by "mixing a bunch of film scripts in a =
blender".[231] Gary Westfahl wrote that "the science fiction story that mos=
t closely resembles Avatar has to be Ursula Le Guin's novella The Word for =
World Is Forest (1972), another epic about a benevolent race of alien being=
s who happily inhabit dense forests while living in harmony with nature unt=
il they are attacked and slaughtered by invading human soldiers who believe=
 that the only good gook is a dead gook".[225] The science fiction writer a=
nd editor Gardner Dozois said that along with the Anderson and Le Guin stor=
ies, the "mash-up" included Alan Dean Foster's 1975 novel, Midworld.[232] S=
ome sources saw similarities to the artwork of Roger Dean, which features f=
antastic images of dragons and floating rock formations.[233][234] In 2013,=
 Dean sued Cameron and Fox, claiming that Pandora was inspired by 14 of his=
 images. Dean sought damages of $50m.[235] Dean's case was dismissed in 201=
4, and The Hollywood Reporter noted that Cameron had won multiple Avatar id=
ea theft cases.[236] Avatar received compliments from filmmakers, with Stev=
en Spielberg praising it as "the most evocative and amazing science-fiction=
 movie since Star Wars" and others calling it "audacious and awe inspiring"=
, "master class", and "brilliant". Noted art director-turned-filmmaker Roge=
r Christian is also a noted fan of the film.[237] On the other hand, Duncan=
 Jones said: "It's not in my top three James Cameron films. ... [A]t what p=
oint in the film did you have any doubt what was going to happen next?".[23=
8] For French filmmaker Luc Besson, Avatar opened the doors for him to now =
create an adaptation of the graphic novel series Val=C3=A9rian and Laurelin=
e that technologically supports the scope of its source material, with Bess=
on even throwing his original script in the trash and redoing it after seei=
ng the film.[239] TIME ranked Avatar number 3 in their list of "The 10 Grea=
test Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far)"[240] also earning it a spot on th=
e magazine's All-Time 100 list,[241] and IGN listed Avatar as number 22 on =
their list of the top 25 Sci-Fi movies of all time. </div></div></td></tr> =
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px; overflow: hidden; mso-hide: all; height: 0; font-size: 0; max-height: 0=
; line-height: 0; margin: 0;"> After the film's release and unusually stron=
g box office performance over its first two weeks, it was debated as the on=
e film capable of surpassing Titanic's worldwide gross, and its continued s=
trength perplexed box office analysts.[294] Other films in recent years had=
 been cited as contenders for surpassing Titanic, such as 2008's The Dark K=
night,[295] but Avatar was considered the first film with a genuine chance =
to do so, and its numbers being aided by higher ticket prices for 3D screen=
ings[294] did not fully explain its success to box office analysts. "Most f=
ilms are considered to be healthy if they manage anything less than a 50% d=
rop from their first weekend to their second. Dipping just 11% from the fir=
st to the third is unheard of," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-o=
ffice analysis for Hollywood.com. "This is just unprecedented. I had to do =
a double take. I thought it was a miscalculation."[296] Analysts predicted =
second place for the film's worldwide gross, but most were uncertain about =
it surpassing Titanic because "Today's films flame out much faster than the=
y did when Titanic was released."[296] Brandon Gray, president of Box Offic=
e Mojo, believed in the film's chances of becoming the highest-grossing fil=
m of all time, though he also believed it was too early to surmise because =
it had only played during the holidays. He said, "While Avatar may beat Tit=
anic's record, it will be tough, and the film is unlikely to surpass Titani=
c in attendance. Ticket prices were about $3 cheaper in the late 1990s."[29=
6] Cameron said he did not think it was realistic to "try to topple Titanic=
 off its perch" because it "just struck some kind of chord" and there had b=
een other good films in recent years.[297] He changed his prediction by mid=
-January. "It's gonna happen. It's just a matter of time," he said.[298] Yo=
u've got to compete head on with these other epic works of fantasy and fict=
ion, the Tolkiens and the Star Wars and the Star Treks. People want a persi=
stent alternate reality to invest themselves in and they want the detail th=
at makes it rich and worth their time. They want to live somewhere else. Li=
ke Pandora. James Cameron on the success of Avatar[299] Although analysts h=
ave been unable to agree that Avatar's success is attributable to one prima=
ry factor, several explanations have been advanced. First, January is histo=
rically "the dumping ground for the year's weakest films", and this also ap=
plied to 2010.[300] Cameron himself said he decided to open the film in Dec=
ember so that it would have less competition from then to January.[287] Tit=
anic capitalized on the same January predictability, and earned most of its=
 gross in 1998.[300] Additionally, Avatar established itself as a "must-see=
" event. Gray said, "At this point, people who are going to see Avatar are =
going to see Avatar and would even if the slate was strong."[300] Marketing=
 the film as a "novelty factor" also helped. Fox positioned the film as a c=
inematic event that should be seen in the theaters. "It's really hard to se=
ll the idea that you can have the same experience at home," stated David Mu=
mpower, an analyst at BoxOfficeProphets.com.[300] The "Oscar buzz" surround=
ing the film and international viewings helped. "Two-thirds of Titanic's ha=
ul was earned overseas, and Avatar [tracked] similarly ...Avatar opened in =
106 markets globally and was No. 1 in all of them", and the markets "such a=
s Russia, where Titanic saw modest receipts in 1997 and 1998, are white-hot=
 today" with "more screens and moviegoers" than before.[300] According to V=
ariety, films in 3D accumulated $1.3 billion in 2009, "a threefold increase=
 over 2008 and more than 10% of the total 2009 box-office gross". The incre=
ased ticket price =E2=80=93 an average of $2 to $3 per ticket in most marke=
ts =E2=80=93 helped the film.[300] Likewise, Entertainment Weekly attribute=
d the film's success to 3D glasses but also to its "astronomic word-of-mout=
h". Not only do some theaters charge up to $18.50 for IMAX tickets, but "th=
e buzz" created by the new technology was the possible cause for sold-out s=
creenings.[301] Gray said Avatar having no basis in previously established =
material makes its performance remarkable and even more impressive. "The mo=
vie might be derivative of many movies in its story and themes," he said, "=
but it had no direct antecedent like the other top-grossing films: Titanic =
(historical events), the Star Wars movies (an established film franchise), =
or The Lord of the Rings (literature). It was a tougher sell ..."[300] The =
Hollywood Reporter estimated that after a combined production and promotion=
 cost of between $387=E2=80=93437 million, the film turned a net profit of =
$1.2 billion. </div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td>=
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