LOS ANGELES — James Cameron’s science-fiction epic “Avatar” has passed his “Titanic” to become history’s highest-grossing film, with a sizable boost from higher-priced tickets for 3-D and Imax showings.

“Avatar,” like other contemporary films, has also benefited from the steady inflation of ticket prices —today’s average is $7.46, up from $4.69 in 1998 when “Titanic” was in theaters — meaning that “Titanic” had to sell many more tickets to reach box-office totals like “Avatar’s.” But “Avatar” remains poised to keep going for weeks if not months.

Through Monday its ticket sales around the world reached $1.86 billion, edging past the $1.84 billion in sales posted by “Titanic,” which came out in December 1997, according to figures released Tuesday by 20th Century Fox.

Fox released “Avatar” around the world; it split the distribution of “Titanic” with Paramount Pictures.

Through Monday “Avatar” took in about $554.9 million in domestic theaters, placing it just behind “Titanic,” with sales of $600.8 million, in the domestic box-office rankings, and just ahead of “The Dark Knight,” a Warner Brothers film from 2008, which took in $533.3 million.

The performance of “Avatar” is particularly striking because the film — a leading contender in this year’s Oscar race — reached its summit so quickly.
“In just 39 days it has eclipsed the worldwide record,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the president of Hollywood.com’s box-office division. “That’s extraordinarily impressive.”

Mr. Dergarabedian said he thought “Avatar” would pass the domestic box-office mark set by “Titanic” by the middle of next week, and that it is almost certain to pass $2 billion in worldwide sales before the end of its run.

Privately, some involved with the film are guessing that final ticket sales will go as high as $2.5 billion, though Fox has made no public projection. New Line Cinema’s “Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” No. 3 in the all-time worldwide rankings, had $1.1 billion in ticket sales, according to Boxofficemojo.com.

Fox said 72 percent of worldwide sales for “Avatar” came from 3-D screens. If Mr. Dergarabedian’s estimates are correct, the movie has accounted for roughly 56 million admissions in domestic theaters to date.
That is about the same number of tickets that “Titanic” had sold at this point in its theatrical run, he said.

But “Titanic” played and played, remaining in theaters until September 1998 and racking up about 128 million admissions. “Avatar” still needs a very long tail to surpass the number of viewers who saw “Titanic.”

To calculate the number of “Avatar” viewers around the world is impossible without taking into account exchange rates and a patchwork of ticket prices and viewing habits in dozens of countries in which the film has been showing.

Large-format Imax theaters have accounted for about $137.1 million of “Avatar” ticket sales around the world, said Greg Foster, president and chairman of Imax Filmed Entertainment. “There’s been only the most minimal drop-off,” he said. Imax theaters are scheduled to continue showing “Avatar” until “Alice in Wonderland,” another 3-D film, from Walt Disney, opens on March 5.

The world record is sweet vindication, both for Mr. Cameron and for Fox. Skeptics had questioned whether Mr. Cameron could deliver on his promise of a revolutionary visual experience, and whether Fox and its financial partners would profit from a film that cost nearly a half-billion dollars to make and release.

While those questions are now settled — the film will make a profit and the critics have been kind — the Academy Awards, scheduled for March 7, remain a hurdle. On Sunday the Producers Guild of America gave its highest movie award, sometimes a harbinger of success at the Oscars, to “The Hurt Locker.” A small, independent drama about the Iraq war, it was directed by Kathryn Bigelow, who is Mr. Cameron’s ex-wife.

On Tuesday Tom Rothman, a chairman of the Fox film operation, said the global success of “Avatar” carried a lesson beyond economics. “It tells you all of us on the planet have more things in common than we have dividing us,” Mr. Rothman said.

It was one heck of a show. The rain couldn’t stop the parade of stars as they walk the red carpet for the annual 67th Golden Globe Awards. There was fashion and glitter and winners that have definitely gotten much applause from those both present at the ceremony’s venue and safe-from-the-rain-at-home viewers.

It is definitely undeniable how much attention the awards show has attracted. Golden Globe’s viewers increased 14 percent compared to last year’s numbers. This is definitely a great sign that they are really recovering from the effects brought by the 2008 Writers Guild strike as can be seen in their background check company.

Writers Guild strike was a conflict that affected television shows in the United States from 2007 to 2008 season. As a result the Golden Globes was reduced to news conference instead of a ceremony seen only by six million viewers. The following year, the awards show’s telecast got lower number of viewer which range only to 15 million compared to that of 2007 Golden Globes which gained 20 million viewers.
Critics say the increase in viewers is due to the featured films at this year’s awards. Background check on Last year’s show focused on drama like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button while the 67th Golden Globes features different varieties, from comedy to sci-fi drama. One film in particular, that caught massive attention and interest, was James Cameron’s The Avatar, which won this year’s Best Motion Picture in the Drama Category.

It seems that all films that entered the nomination that night deserve to win. This is something that will definitely find a person thrilled, especially if they are fans of Sandra Bullock. She got nominated for Best Actress twice that night although for two different films and two different categories (Comedy and Drama)—she won the title for the movie Blind Side which falls under the Drama category and lost the other for the movie The Proposal as Meryl Streep wins it for Julie and Julia.

Besides the biggest win of Best Movie, the Avatar also gives its creator a big applause as James Cameron won Best Director. The winning of the said movie, plus the gross it is presently earning as shown in its records search, clearly solidifies the expectations that The Avatar will definitely be one of the nominees for the upcoming Oscars this February 2.

The Golden Globe has definitely gone to a recovery from the said 2008 strike event. This time the excitement on who gets to bring home the bacon will continue this February 2 at the Oscars. For a background check on the result of Golden Globe Awards visit goldenglobes.org. Movie junkees will definitely enjoy another round of another award night treat.

If you’re the typical fairy tale lover that has seen Disney’s Enchanted then you’re surely one for the love struck listeners of Jon Mclaughlin’s So Close. It was the song sung during the ball where Giselle danced with Robert (who happens to be Dr. McDreamy of Grey’s Anatomy). Since the song was first heard in the said movie, plus the dance and all, the impact of the song remains supremely romantic—not a care in the world whether it’s been two years since it was first heard.

It was nominated at the 80th Academy Awards for Best Original Song. It was also nominated with two more songs from the film namely Happy Working Song and That’s How You Know. Unfortunately the song lost to Falling Slowly (from the OST of the indie film Once). However the magical effect it has, that can search for people whom they've love.

I’ve done records search through Imeem.com, a social network which focuses on friends sharing songs and playlists. There were thirty-second listening pleasures with Jon McLaughlin himself singing the it—the complete tracks available there were not the original singer’s voice, as it seems users of the network prefers to sing it themselves and have it posted in Imeem (I was lucky enough to get one with a great voice).

The song was composed by one of Disney’s favorite award winning composer Alan Menken; lyrics written by Stephen Schwartz. According to public records search this song it was first released on November 20, 2007 as part of the Enchanted soundtrack. It’s a contemporary ballad which stands in contrast to the rest of the songs in the film, however it is a total genuine in tone as it surely describes the feelings of the main characters, while realizing that they are in love.

I have seen comments on imeem.com who continues to praise the song until now. Background check on this song will definitely show how persons are given that magical feel like you’re living in a fairy tale. And I have to agree with one of the comments: It’s a good wedding song….