Avatar is King of the World!!

As expected, James Cameron's Avatar has surpassed the director's 1997 hit Titanic as the highest grossing film evah!!! To think, I was one of the people who said and I'm quoting myself here, "It can't possibly live up to the hype. It's sci-fi, not everybody digs that sh*t."  I am moron. Fear me. 

Avatar's global haul of $1,843,802321(!!!) actually surpassed Titanic's long held record on Monday, as the epic continued it's mad dominance over the global box office. In terms of domestic grosses, Avatar is still $50M shy of Titanic's record, but that will likely fall in a couple of weeks if not sooner.

Adjusted for inflation, however, Avatar finishes a distant 26th place. It's been aided by high ticket prices and the super costly IMAX ticket sales.  The #1 film of all-time adjusted for inflation is still Gone with the Wind, who's $400M take back in 1939 would be worth $6B today. Guh.

You can read more on this story, along with further box office breakdown via THR's coverage.