Just curious, are these numbers adjusted for inflation?

As of today, Cameron has 3 of the top 5 highest grossing movies of all time worldwide. Soon to be 3 of the top 4.

Can't be overstated how insane that is for a single director. And without the benefit of a 20 film franchise that the Russo Bros had.

Domestically, Way of Water should be falling back below Maverick sometime this weekend. It's still outpacing NWH's dailies, although it's getting much closer to those than Maverick's.

Should be on track to end its run between $650M-700M, depending how hard the hit it takes from Ant-Man. (Would end in spot #7-9.)

Nope!

Disney/Marvel Studios’ ‘Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania’ arrived on tracking today with a projected 4-day $120M opening per industry sources https://t.co/N30qIEiSM8

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) January 26, 2023

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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As of today, Cameron has 3 of the top 5 highest grossing movies of all time worldwide. Soon to be 3 of the top 4.

Can't be overstated how insane that is for a single director. And without the benefit of a 20 film franchise that the Russo Bros had.

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Especially since Titanic and the Avatars aren't even his best movies.

Give me T2, True Lies, and Aliens over those any day.

I figured, but it does make the comparisons a bit hollow.
As an example and a far from perfect approach, but Just to to use constant US dollars, the 1.84 billion titanic made in 1997/8 would be about 3.4 billion today.
And that's before the idea of greater wealth worldwide meaning higher ticket prices in foreign markets now comparatively (even beyond traditional inflation - nicer theaters and seats commanding more money).
Just would be cool if someone could come up with a formula for a true comparison.

I wasn't speaking about anyone here, just musing generally about how the industry does comparisons. Would be cool if they had something to account for it.

Just did a search, IMDB had it. Don't know how often it's updated though.

https://m.imdb.com/list/ls026442468/

The Porkchop Express said:

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I know. I'm saying if you have an interest, you should go for it. I wanted to learn all about the all-time strikeout record by an MLB hitter and now I'm headed for year 3 curating the Joey Gallo thread on F53.

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Part of it was to make fun of Rangers fans, but it became so much more.

I never was making fun of Ranger fans. But it was super funny that they took it so personally. Hopefully, the board's legions of MInnesota Twins fans aren't as thin-skinned in 2023.

Way of Water has officially passed The Force Awakens to hit #4 on the all-time worldwide list.

This is likely to be its final spot, although it's not impossible to pass Titanic. (Needs $123M.)

Although Titanic is re-releasing in February, so that's unlikely anyway.

For all the doubts people had about how many people would care about this movie, #4 all-time is pretty good.

I couldn't finish the first Avatar, just not my thing. I couldn't finish The Matrix either and tried four or five times.

bonfarr said:

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I couldn't finish the first Avatar, just not my thing. I couldn't finish The Matrix either and tried four or five times.

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How do you watch your movies? Serious question.

Chipotlemonger said:

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bonfarr said:

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I couldn't finish the first Avatar, just not my thing. I couldn't finish The Matrix either and tried four or five times.

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How do you watch your movies? Serious question.

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Put the movie on and kick back and start watching like everyone else. Both of those movies just had me bored and disinterested 30 minutes in and I switched them off and did something else. I do like SciFi but those movies just did nothing for me.

I had so many people tell me how good The Matrix was that I kept going back to it but never could get into it.

Those are "theater movies", especially the Avatars.

A MAN CALLED OTTO quietly waltzing past $40m should be getting talked about a lot more.

— Brian Duffield (@BrianDuffield) January 28, 2023

bonfarr said:

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I couldn't finish the first Avatar, just not my thing. I couldn't finish The Matrix either and tried four or five times.

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Probably felt a little deja vu during the latter efforts.

#AvatarTheWayOfWater easily holds #1 spot for 7th straight wknd. Latest global #boxoffice:

Domestic: $15.7M (-22%) / $620.6M
Intl: $42.4M (-25%) / $1.496B
Worldwide: $58.1M (-24%) / $2.117B

No film has been #1 for 7 consecutive wknds since *checks notes* #Avatar in 2009/2010!

— Gitesh Pandya (@GiteshPandya) January 29, 2023

Just passed Last Jedi at the #11 spot ($620M) and should pass Avengers ($623M) by Tuesday to reach the top 10.

Avatar 2 has surpassed Incredibles 2 and The Last Jedi to move into 11th place all-time at the domestic box office.

Is Saturday and SUnday #s have it up to $620,580,771, slightly ahead of The Last Jedi's $620,181,382.

It's just $2.8 million behind The Avengers for 10th now. After that is Jurassic World at $652m and Titanic at $659m.

Internationally it's at $1.496 billion, about $52 million behind Titanic.

Worldwide it's at $2.116 billion, about $91 million behind Titanic.

Puss n Boots remains a remarkably solid second behind Avatar.

Friday was Avatar $3.57 million, Puss $2.44m; Saturday: Avatar $7.84m, Puss $4.99m; Sunday: Avatar $4.29m, Puss $3.19m.

Puss n Boots is up to $140.8 million, getting close to Uncharted for 12th among 2022 releases. A Man Called Otto had a $6 million weekend to get up to $46 million.

Black Panther 2 surpassed $453 million in its last weekend before Disney Plus.

The overall domestic gross for all domestic movies for 2022 was $7.335 billion. This was up for $4.861 billion in 2021, but still way down from $11.443 billion in 2019.

Domestic total box first broke $10 billion in 2009 and was between $10 and $11 billion every year until 2019.

The record is $11.610 billion in 2018, the year of Black Panther, Infinity War, Incredibles 2, Fallen Kingdom, and Deadpool 2. In all 35 movies made at least $100 million that year.

My theory is Avatar fans are offline, outside, and enjoying their life and I'm happy for them.

— Pablo Hidalgo (@pabl0hidalgo) December 14, 2022

Memes about there not being Avatar memes turn out to be Avatar memes. https://t.co/S9jUlu5TqK

— Pablo Hidalgo (@pabl0hidalgo) January 28, 2023

Avatar's reign ends this weekend after an impressive 7 straight weekends at #1.

https://deadline.com/2023/01/box-office-knock-at-the-cabin-avatar-2-80-for-brady-1235246078/

Btw, I looked at three different theaters in LA tonight for Friday tickets to Knock at the Cabin, and all three theaters were already nearly sold out. Pretty cool to see. Between that, Ant-Man and Wasp: Quantumania, Cocaine Bear, and maybe even Magic Mike's Last Dance, this could be a pretty big February for theaters at the box office. Fingers crossed.

Avatar 2 has surpassed The Avengers for 10th place all time at the domestic box office. It is now at $623,536,460 through Tuesday. Avatar ended its 2012 run at $623,357,910.

It will be at least a couple of weeks if not moreso for A2 to reach #9, which is currently held by Jurassic World at $652.3 million.

The Top 10 domestic has seen 3 new entries in the last 365 days. No Way home, which rose to #3 at $814 million, Top Gun Maverick, which is 5th at $718.7 million, and now Avatar 2 at #10.

Avatar 2 broke $1.5 billion international on Tuesday, and is now $43.5 million behind Titanic for #3 all-time there.

Worldwide it's at $2.128 billion, about $79 million behind Titanic for third.

M Night Shamalamadingdong's Knock at the Cabin opens this Friday and seems a decent bet to knock off Avatar for the weekend crown for the first time. Also opening is TC's Executive Producer debut, 80 for Brady.

Magic Mike's Last Dance, featuring Brian Earl Spilner as "Greased-up Backup Dancer #3" opens on February 10th, as does a 25th anniversary re-release of Titanic.

Ant-Man launches on February 17th, as does a limited re-release of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

And then March right out of the gate with Scream 6.

For a second I thought TC actually did produce 80 For Brady.

Ha, if someone offered me a credit on that movie, with pay, for doing absolutely nothing, I think I would still turn it down.