20th Century Fox banked big this weekend thanks to Titanic” director James Cameron’s epic sci-fi flick “Avatar” clocking in No. 1 at the box office, also setting a record for a 3-D opening with $73 million in US ticket sales and $159.2 million overseas, for a $232.2 million worldwide total.
“Avatar” stars Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana in an 22nd century love story about human-alien conflict on Pandora, a distant moon. The film used digital technology to transform most of the cast into blue-skinned 10-foot tall aliens, while computer animation was used to add the details of the characters, along with the lush foreign landscape and special effects.
“I think it is the must-see film event of recent memory,” Fox executive Chris Aronson said. “I do believe it is a game-changing movie. It will change the way people think about movies, the way they see movies, what they want to see in movies.”
While the studio touts “Avatar” as an original tale, we saw it this weekend and it kinda reminded us of Pocahontas, in a “white guy to the rescue” kinda way. We also think it’s kinda hilarious that it doesn’t matter whether she’s on Earth or Pandora — Zoe is always down for the swirl!
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