"Avatar" earned $ 1.3 billion

Cash fees around the world from the rental of the Avatar painting by James Cameron over the past weekend grew by $ 191.5 million and reached an impressive figure of $ 1.3 billion. This was reported by representatives of the sales company "XX Century Fox".

The blockbuster, taken in a three -dimensional image, firmly occupies the second place in this indicator in the history of modern cinema. The palm of the championship is still holding another creation of Cameron - "Titanic". In 1997-98, this tape raised $ 1.84 billion in the cinema halls of the world.

More than $ 1 billion brought five paintings to their creators. In addition to the Titanic and Avatar, this is the "Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King", "Pirates of the Caribbean: the Dead Street" and "The Dark Knight".

Avatar’s cash fees outside the United States increased by $ 143 million over the weekend and reached $ 906 million. Among the 111 foreign countries, where this tape in the style of fantasy is being displayed, the creators of France ($ 100 million), Germany ($ 73) and Great Britain ($ 67 million) were most money, ITAR-TASS reports.

As emphasized in the XX Century Fox, in China the prime minister took place on January 4, in a week the Avatar’s cash desk amounted to a record 40.2 million dollars there.

In addition to the blockbuster of Cameron, the list of the most cash films included the current box office includes: the painting "Invisible Party" with Sandra Bullock ($ 219.2 million), the animated film "Elvin and Burunduki-2" ($ 178.2 million), the Sherlock Holmes explosion (165.2 million dollars) and cartoon) and cartoon films) "Princess and frog" ($ 92.6 million).