How James Cameron created the world of Avatar?

Watch this 23-minute behind the scenes video to see how the number 1 movie of all time was conceptualized and created by James Cameron.

According to Box Office Mojo, as of January 26, 2010, Avatar earned approximately US $1,878,025,999 worldwide (that’s almost 1.9 billion US dollars). In the United States alone, the movie’s ticket sales for 40 days is a staggering $558,179,737. That domestic gross accounted for almost 30 percent of the revenue worldwide. Next to the US is China (with $103,113,774), Russia ($96,259,863), and South Korea ($79,691,558). The Philippines ranked in the bottom ten with only $5,197,803 ticket sales since the movie debuted on December 17, 2009. Maybe this figure was caused by the MMFF with almost all Philippine cinemas showing only local films from December 25 to January 6?

I predict that Avatar’s total box office sales will increase to 2 billion dollars in the middle of February 2010. And when this happens, the Pandora 3D movie will be the first film to reach the 2-billion-dollar mark.

FYI: The Titanic reached the 1.8 billion dollar profit in 70 days. Avatar did it only for 38 days.  I myself watched the movie 4 times. How many times did you watched it?

We Should Thank the Soviets for the Internet!

Yup! You heard me right. Were it not for these Soviet guys, Internet would have been nothing more than just a part of everyday speech in Star Trek universe. Let me elucidate you on the matter.

The year was 1957. In their bid to make an edge in the technology war, the Soviets launched Sputnik. This satellite was the first man-made object to circle around the Earth. This came as a huge surprise for the Americans. For them, this invention was a huge catalyst that could change the course of the Cold War. The Americans fear that the Soviets have advanced so much that they were already trailing behind, technology-wise.

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