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Avatar Soars Into $1-Billion Territory

Suki I writes " Avatar soars into $1-billion territory. 'Strong foreign ticket sales help make the science-fiction movie the fifth in history to pass the watermark. ... One of the riskiest movies of all times is now officially one of the most successful at the box office. When Avatar opened, its solid but far from stellar results left 20th Century Fox uncertain about whether the $430 million that it and two financing partners had invested to produce and market the 3-D film would pay off.'" Given that the big alternatives were Sherlock Holmes or Alvin & the Chipmunks, I think the winner was clear.

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  1. Re:Who's with me on this? by Anonymusing · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, at least Cameron didn't make a Titanic sequel.

    "Titanic II: Revenge of the Sunken," perhaps.

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  2. Re:Didn't see Avatar... by Culture20 · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, I wanted to see it with my girlfriend, but I don't have one. Thanks for the reminder.

  3. Re:Science Fiction? by JerkBoB · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, you... With your "logic" and "facts". Way to ruin a rant, Pointdexter.

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  4. Floating Mountains by 19thNervousBreakdown · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why in the fuck were those mountains floating? Nobody seems to give a shit, but I want to know why those goddamn mountains were floating. You can't just toss in FUCKING FLOATING MOUNTAINS with no goddamn explanation in a "science fiction" movie. Unless you're calling it straight-up fantasy, you get no FLOATING MOUNTAINS.

    Floating. The fucking mountains were floating, and there was never even a hand-wavey explanation. Nothing. Just, meh, the fucking mountains float, they're legendary, who gives a shit?

    Fuck you. I want to know why those goddamn mountains are FUCKING FLOATING FUUUUUUUUCK WHYYYYYYYYYY ARE THEY FLOATING?

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    1. Re:Floating Mountains by pwfffff · · Score: 5, Funny

      The first time I heard 'unobtanium' I had to resist the urge to punch the first person I saw in the groin.

  5. Re:And yet... by jitterman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey jerk! What the fu... oh! Wait. You're agreeing with me. Darn, that ruins my chance to flame you. A$$hole!

    ;)

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