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chud.com - 16 days ago

THE BATTLE OF AVATAR'S BUDGET

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How much did this movie cost? And does it matter?

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nytimes.com - 17 days ago

For ‘Avatar,' a Huge Budget Supported by Many Players

— nytimes.com — LOS ANGELES — Can a movie studio make money on a film based on an original and... unfamiliar story, with no Hollywood superstars, a vanishing DVD market and a price tag approaching $500 million? That question looms large for 20th Century Fox and its 3-D ... For ‘Avatar,' a Huge Budget Supported by Many Players

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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 16 days ago

Jim Cameron's 'Avatar' price tag: How about a cool $500 million?

— latimesblogs.latimes.com — When it comes to a mega-blockbuster like "Avatar," studios like Fox don't just hedge their bets.... Jim Cameron's 'Avatar' price tag: How about a cool $500 ...

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getthebigpicture.net - 17 days ago

New Stuff In a Kid-Friendly 'Avatar' Trailer

— getthebigpicture.net — We do get to see a few more details about James Cameron 's Avatar in this new... trailer, and some of this stuff will look terrific in 3-D, I'd have to believe. But there's one slight difference between this trailer and the previous ones: It is apparently kid-tested, mother approved.  ... New Stuff In a Kid-Friendly 'Avatar' Trailer

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Avatar Cost What?
Latino Review — ... Or Avatar could go the way of The Hangover and Star Trek and get out of the red by earning approximately $250 in domestic ticket sales out of the gate. With IMAX and 3D tickets costing more than your average admission to the theater, could that be a possibility? And if it does, is that good for film as we know it? ...

Did Avatar Cost Half a Billion Dollars as the NY Times claimed? [Big Money]
Gawker — ... While over at Chud.com Devin Faraci actively stands by the NYT numbers, but then goes on to bring us back to the larger point of the NYT piece, the idea that $500 million or $400 million it will be almost impossible for Avatar to turn a profit and that Fox studios has prepared for fact by selling off pieces of Avatar to investors around the globe, and that this fact will only increase the movement towards safe, explosion-heavy blockbusters that has already swallowed Hollywood. ...

Did Avatar Really Cost Half a Billion Dollars? [Big Money]
Gawker — ... . While over at Chud.com Devin Faraci actively stands by the NYT numbers, but then goes on to bring us back to the larger point of the NYT piece, the idea that $500 million or $400 million it will be almost impossible for Avatar to turn a profit and that Fox studios has prepared for fact by selling off pieces of Avatar to investors around the globe, and that this fact will only increase the movement towards safe, explosion-heavy blockbusters that has already swallowed Hollywood. Send an email to Richard Rushfield, the author of this post, at ...

NEW TV SPOT MAKES AVATAR A KIDS’ MOVIE
FilmDrunk: Movie news you can make fun of — ... it wasn’t, and CHUD said it was again, and I decided that’s a lot of reading for something no one knows for sure that I don’t care that much about, kind of like religion. ...