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Avatar opens huge in China -- (link)

Posted by fatsquatch (aka chris) Jan 6 '10, 14:03

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$4.8 million Monday! (www.variety.com)

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Avatar should pass Return of the King worldwide today. -- nm - Inigo Jan 6, 14:15 14
- How great that it's going to make LOTR *and* Batman fanboys cry. nm - Dignan Jan 6, 14:20 10
  - Will there wind up being Avatar fanboys? That's kind of hard for me to imagine right now, but I guess it could happen. -- nm - David Jan 6, 14:26 9
    - The whole thing is just weird. I mean, people seem to like it, but is anyone really *passionate* about it? nm - Dignan Jan 6, 14:31 2
      - Most empty blockbuster I can remember - Will Hunting Jan 6, 14:37
      - Redmond rubs it out thinking about the Na'vi chick - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:33
    - I think so but they'll be rarer. Someone posted a discussion board for people who became depressed after seeing Avatar and realising they'll never - Roger More Jan 6, 14:28 5
      - That's kind of what I meant. Obviously, a film of this scale will have some strong supporters. The question is whether there will be enough of them... - David Jan 6, 14:30 2
        
        It'll be interesting to see what spinoffs are developed - novels, toys, merchandise etc -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:33 1
        
        fanfics. fetishes, conventions. (the fandom gets scary nt.) -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 14:34
      - The term Avatards has already been easily coined. -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 14:29 1
        
        I am responsible for bring both of these things to ST, I think. :) (The link and #Avatard :)) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 14:31
- suck it hobbits! -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:16 2
  - *brick* -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:17 1
    - "I made fun of "Lord of the Rings" so hard, it made some supergeek puke all over the counter." -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 14:22
despite being availible on dvd for a month from their street vendors :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 6, 14:15
(what's most surprising to me is that $4.8 million is a record figure in a country the size of China) -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:11 4
- cheaper tickets, fewer cinemas, possibly gov't restrictions on Hollywood films -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:17 1
  - now I've read the article, cheaper tickets don't seem to be a factor :) -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:19
- I was just about to post that. Plus it's a record? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 14:15 1
  - for a Monday, apparently -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:16
*draws a random analogy to Tibet* -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 14:04 7
- It's actually very similar to Zatoichi #20, "Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 14:12 2
  - and Fern Gully! -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:14 1
    - I will be very amused when, in a future interview, Cameron confides he was inspired by his kids' love for Fern Gully -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 14:15
- no way, manosan, that's Japanese invasion of Manchuria. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:07
- Tibet mixed with Xianjing -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:07
- some of the Chinese filmmaker quotes are funny: "We ought to be ashamed in the face of the purity of 'Avatar.'" - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:07 1
  - He has already been executed -- nm - Guigue Jan 6, 14:08

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