James Cameron's "Avatar"

Who cares what "some moviegoers may feel"? You can't please everyone. This release will be for the fans. Count me in.

What's the matter Jim? $2 billion not successful enough for you?

This will make your jaw drop. It's made nearly 2 billion OVERSEAS ALONE.
World wide, it's way past 2 billion.

Avatar Box Office Total

I'm sure once the project broke even, Cameron splits a hefty percentage of the profits with the studio, so yeah, I'm sure he wants it to make as much as possible.

So what's the total take?

Monster.

James Cameron's beast is about to be unleashed again!

Avatar to be re-released in August with new scenes

Well, get that money.

The George Lucas, Peter Jackson school of milking it for all its worth. You can feel Avatar fatigue and 3D fatigue starting to settle in the bones, like rheumatoid arthritis.

Count me in. I'm normally not a fan of extended cuts, since there's usually a good reason the scenes were cut in the first place, but I have faith in James Cameron. I couldn't imagine watching the shorter cut of T2 ever again.

This year for the first time since the Titanic era 12 years ago, Cameron was on the Forbes list of wealthy people in the entertainment industry because he pocketed 210 million dollars from Avatar. So far. I wonder how many sequels he will make?

He's expecting to gross an extra 100 million dollars in ticket sales with the now confirmed August 27th release.

I only saw it once in theatres, so I'll probably go back for at least one more viewing.

I couldn't imagine watching the shorter cut of T2 ever again.

Now you've done it. I'll have to track that down and watch it.

I guess the thread title no longer applies.

And how. I definitely won't be seeing it.

If Avatar had Johnny Depp in it, she'd be the first in line. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

There is no "extended cut" of Titanic. Just deleted scenes.

Ooohh, I've never seen any of the Titanic deleted scenes. That sounds interesting.

The most amazing deleted scene is a long version of the ending which is absolutely awful. Watching it really shows how a filmmaker can go wrong without realizing it. It's amazing what a few judicious snips of excessive footage can do to improve an ending. I highly recommend you watch this...and also listen to the commentary James Cameron provides on how he came to his senses regarding reworking the ending. (A rare instance of humility on the part of Mr. Cameron.) It made a huge difference.

Yup, I mentioned this in another thread a while ago. Some of the deleted scenes are truly awful, (How about some ice? being another example). As great as the movie is, it came dangerously close to hitting the wrong notes.

I understand Cameron is working on a novel about Avatar. Apparently it won't be ready in time for the re-release. At least I haven't heard anything about it.