Never bet against James Cameron. The man is responsible for some of the best and highest-grossing blockbusters of the last 40 years, and yet every time he makes a new (and admittedly risky) movie, everyone is skeptical about its chances of success. Granted, Cameron himself saying "Avatar: The Way of Water" had to become one of the highest-grossing movies of all time just to break even does sound ludicrous and nearly impossible, but still! Jimmy C delivers.
Of course, hindsight is 20/20, and it is easy to see now that the "Avatar" franchise just prints money, but before 2009 there were plenty of reasons to be doubtful of a brand-new sci-fi movie making that much money. This means that James Cameron faced naysayers, particularly studio execs who thought they knew how to deliver the highest-grossing movie of all time better than the guy who had done it already.
In an interview with The New York Times,...
Of course, hindsight is 20/20, and it is easy to see now that the "Avatar" franchise just prints money, but before 2009 there were plenty of reasons to be doubtful of a brand-new sci-fi movie making that much money. This means that James Cameron faced naysayers, particularly studio execs who thought they knew how to deliver the highest-grossing movie of all time better than the guy who had done it already.
In an interview with The New York Times,...
- 3/10/2024
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Oh how the mighty have fallen! Once the king of Hollywood, "Titanic" director James Cameron has now seen his 1997 romantic tragedy overtaken on the all-time box office rankings by "Avatar: The Way of Water," a flashy sci-fi sequel from a young upstart filmmaker called James Cameron. Variety reports that "The Way of Water" is now the third-highest grossing movie of all time, having grossed 2.2433 billion at the worldwide box office.
This act of Cameron-on-Cameron violence concludes a direct battle between the two movies at the box office, with "Titanic" returning to theaters freshly remastered in 3D 4K Hdr, complete with a higher frame rate in some scenes. However, "Titanic" didn't quite manage to stay ahead in the race, and after tousling with the "Avatar" sequel for a couple of weekends it has now dropped down to No. 4 on the all-time chart. According to Box Office Pro, "Avatar: The Way of Water...
This act of Cameron-on-Cameron violence concludes a direct battle between the two movies at the box office, with "Titanic" returning to theaters freshly remastered in 3D 4K Hdr, complete with a higher frame rate in some scenes. However, "Titanic" didn't quite manage to stay ahead in the race, and after tousling with the "Avatar" sequel for a couple of weekends it has now dropped down to No. 4 on the all-time chart. According to Box Office Pro, "Avatar: The Way of Water...
- 2/19/2023
- by Hannah Shaw-Williams
- Slash Film
James Cameron really is the king of the box office. With "Avatar: The Way of Water" set to overtake Cameron's own "Titanic" as the third biggest movie of all time, the unstoppable director can claim to have made three of the five most financially successful films of all time. And even though there's simply no way things could have gone better for the veteran filmmaker, I can't help but wish he'd actually made his Spider-Man movie.
Yes, before Sam Raimi introduced us all to Tobey Maguire's Spidey in 2002 and set the standard for Spider-Man films going forward, James Cameron almost made his own web-slinging blockbuster. The director went as far as producing a "scriptment" (script and treatment combined) which has since found its way online. Unfortunately, the whole thing fell apart in 1995 when Carolco, the independent studio behind Cameron's mega-hit "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," and rights-holders to a Spider-Man movie,...
Yes, before Sam Raimi introduced us all to Tobey Maguire's Spidey in 2002 and set the standard for Spider-Man films going forward, James Cameron almost made his own web-slinging blockbuster. The director went as far as producing a "scriptment" (script and treatment combined) which has since found its way online. Unfortunately, the whole thing fell apart in 1995 when Carolco, the independent studio behind Cameron's mega-hit "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," and rights-holders to a Spider-Man movie,...
- 2/5/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
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