During it’s opening weekend Avatar opened to $232 million worldwide, with $77 million of it coming from US audiences. This was a great result for 20th Century Fox. There are various reports on the films budget, however it probably earned half it’s budget back in it’s first few days of release. The big question, however, was whether the success would continue the following weekend with competition from Sherlock Holmes.

Holmes had a good opening in the US with $62 million, however it failed to topple Avatar from the #1 spot as James Cameron’s epic took $75 million, which is the highest-grossing ...

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