How Much Is Avatar 2 Really Making? - Charts with Dan!

[@fangal12]

I'm proud to say I'm part of that +6% for Puss n Boots The Last Wish. We went to see it as a family this weekend and even my husband who doesn't like a lot of animated movies was laughing his butt off during this one. It's a strong recommend from me

[@sarahcoppernoll2466]

Same! We need more family movie offerings

[@ThennaryNak]

I just want to give a shout out to whoever decided to translate m3gan to ミーガン. While it changes the pronunciation of the name from meh-gan to mii-gan the Japanese kanji for three is 三 which can be read as み/mi, which means they incorporated the 3 in m3gan into the name in Japanese.

[@cretinousmartyr3522]

Omg I know just enough Japanese that I would've been able to notice that but I missed it, thanks for pointing that out, that's pretty cool they did that.

[@shanetaylor761]

Wow that's pretty cool.

[@Mr.bl0w]

I love the new segment on how much money a movie has made. That’s genius. Great great great job.

[@David-kd4qr]

Yeah I hate how many people say/think "The movie's budget was $100 and it made $110 at the box office so it made $10" Not at all how that works.

[@Zeltaris]

I love it as well. Some of those movies are making it tough to find their budget.

[@reignofjerm]

“Didn’t change the hierarchy of this chart” 😂😂😂😂 You know, it’s the little things that make me love this show. 💪🏽

[@Slaphappy1975]

As an international fan, I really appreciate how Dan also discusses the international box office and even has insight into what's expected in the coming weeks (ie Chinese New Year).

[@shelby127]

6:38 you’re awesome Dan. I wish I had time to do what you do

[@TheASHLEYSMITHY]

Love a weekly does of charts with Dan, could listen for hours, great job Dan, have a great week.

[@toddhollen]

I'm surprised they haven't done a re-release of Everything Everywhere All At Once considering how much awards buzz it is getting. I wonder if they are waiting until closer to the Oscars.

[@fedwyn]

If memory serves me, Dune had their re-release mid-February last year, so maybe by that time they'll do the same(?)

[@Mr.rbfitz]

They did a re-release at the end ofJuly with a longer cut and directors’ intro

[@nms7872]

It is inevitable. When it wins best picture, the sky's the limit

[@johncra8982]

Typically awards films do rereleases after they've won some awards at the Oscars, not in the lead up.

[@adeliacunningham7620]

After Oscar nominations next week, expect a re-release over the weekend...

[@soundgal_sine_qua_non]

I've been in London for the last week and heard ads for Babylon on the radio the whole time I was there. They're really pushing it hard and selling it as a critical success. You can sense how stressed the studio is about making money.

[@yveltalpoderoso1303]

I really liked Babylon so I guess it’s word seeing

[@angelpipessd]

Damn Dan - the amount of research and time it must have taken to determine the estimated earnings for Avatar must have been significant, on top of the normal amount of research and work you do in a weekly basis. You are better than we deserve ❤

[@malkuhl2616]

I think it'd be interesting to compare the major studios' profitability over a certain period of time.

[@nickfield1569]

Just noticed the Avatar charts are formatted in papyrus. Well done, Dan

[@LeninhawkD]

Brad Pitt tends to be a much bigger draw internationally vs domestically, so it'll be interesting to see if that translates to an ensemble piece like "Babylon". Idea for a weird chart: the top 5 Brad Pitt movies with the largest disparity between their domestic and international box office grosses.

[@ProWrestlingEVE]

I like the sound of this!

[@kypzethdurron]

I can't say I have heard a single person mention Babylon except for weird freaks like me who know about films - certainly fewer than have been talking about the whale for instance (though subjectivity of personal account means definitely not to trust that - but I can't see the film getting close to 75% international box office tbh which would be a massive loss)

[@TheZachary86]

I’m from outside the US. Brad Pitt isn’t a strong a draw as you think. Considering the movie is a period piece, it’s not going to appeal to many.

[@misslouk]

Not doing well outside of the us. Brad Pitt is a pretty washed up actor....

[@rinfinity930]

wow! loved the comparison between Avatar 2 and Babylon that was very interesting.

[@TheGirdfather]

Great work on this video. Appreciate that hard work.

[@bluesdjben]

Gina Lollobrigida was the namesake of one of my favorite dogs. When I was in high school and college, we had a Newfoundland named Gina, who my dad named after Gina Lollobrigida (we also had a St. Bernard who he named Marcello after Marcello Mastroianni). Gina lived to be 10 years old, which is slightly on the older side for a Newfoundland, and was a wonderful part of our family. I'm impressed that her namesake managed to outlive her by over seven years.

[@BoringReviews]

Thanks Dan. Enjoyed it. Watched it all

[@mickeyveach3612]

I live in Michigan and I saw Otto with my family. We saw it in one of the bigger theater rooms on a random Tuesday evening and it was completely sold out. Our audience was mostly Middle aged to seniors. I guess Tom hanks still has a box office draw for a whole generation.

[@kingkiller5325]

I haven't seen Otto but I have seen the movie it's adapted from. And it's great. So Otto should probably be good too and perform well.

[@Mikelovesmuseums]

Same here in DC - mostly older people coming out to see Tom

[@pedrothevenard]

Great show as always Dan, great breakdown on the profitability of a movie. You should considering doing a special on the greatest juggernaut of the entertainment industry this century, the most relevant and widespread on multiple platforms, of course I mean Cocomelon, that is about to reach 150 billion views on KZbin, and let's face it, KZbin its just as much a streaming service as the other ones, plus it's unending rule on kids Netflix makes Cocomelon probably one of the quietest industry phenomenons of all time, even though it's ever-present in ANY parents life.

[@samdean8182]

House Party’s debut four million debut isn’t good; but it’s better than Babylon’s debut which was $3,603,368. As this is despite House Party playing on only 1,400 theaters compared to Babylon’s 3,343 theaters. Further highlighting how much of an embarrassment Babylon is for everyone involved with that film.

[@duckywinks]

“Well I guess the movie isn’t a hit.”

[@Jogwheel]

Also, I have assume House Party's P&A budget was much much smaller than Babylon's.

[@jackvlahos407]

Actually Damien Chazelle talked about how he is in a way happy that the movie flopped and might strike out during award season. Said he believes in 10 years time it will be looked at as a far overlooked masterpiece. Couldn’t agree more

[@jackvlahos407]

@@mabusestestament don’t think he used the word masterpiece I was paraphrasing. I think he said like “the film will be seen in a much better light” or something like that. don’t really think there’s anything wrong w that lol

[@bayonetababe9697]

Yeah it may not have done well at the box office but it was in my top ten of best films for 2022. I agree that it will one day be looked at differently and will most likely be a cult classic.

[@seangalvin4582]

Keep in mind that even if Disney only makes 100.00 profit on Avatar. That's on top of all the jobs and people it employed for years and years. A lot of people made a lot of money from the movie even if it only "profits" 15.00 at the end of the day. A lot of people forget that. This movie was a small company for years and years. People bought houses and put their kids through school.

[@tronam]

Disney basically just inherited distribution rights from 20th Century Studios and had little to do with its actual production. With Lightstorm being privately held it makes me wonder about the IP ownership and how much that impacts Disney's profit split.

[@Jerico195]

And probably are still employeed since cameron is making 3 more. Lol

[@colababe]

@@Jerico195 He made them simultaneously so now they need new projects.

[@colababe]

This depends on how many other projects they could have made in the same time frame for different amounts of money, but they are union so it is all the same most likely.

[@dylanrichards8414]

@@colababe he made 2 & 3 simultaneously, he hasnt made 4 or 5 yet.

[@HariOmRadhaKrishna]

We drove 1 hr to town 3 Sundays in a row, until there was a showing with good seats, that was not too full. At about the 2 hr 45 min mark (spoiler: where Jake fights the bad guy 1-on-1, starting the finale fights) the lady in front of me started playing videos on her phone. My left eye kept going to the light of her phone & it was hard to focus on the 3-d movie. At the credits I told my wife that I was going to beat on that lady's chair with my cane & scream Get Out, but she said that she had not noticed.

[@bulldawgbuzz]

Hi Dan, can you talk about how movie subscription plans are recorded in box office numbers? I have a subscription through Marcus theaters where many movies are free to see, including all movies on Tuesdays. Was curious as to how those ticket sales are counted.

[@1505627]

I saw a headline claiming that Zoe Saldana is now the only actor in history who has appeared in 4 2billion dollar films, and it reminded me of a feature on the show you did a while back charting the box office grosses of actors. I'd love to see that come back. Or at least an "of all time" version of it, to see where Saldana ranks there

[@Zachfive]

I’d be curious how profits for Avatar 3 would come out, considering how much of the cost of filming that edition has already been covered by the cost of Way of Water…

[@paulmaloney4387]

Puss in Boots is such an unexpected banger of a film. Hope it's success continues!

[@jaybanks3463]

Avatar2 Pitch Meaning. James Cameron “ok we going to do this movie about swimming with the fishees” Studio Head “why the hell would we want to do that!? Cameron “cause I’m gonna have u swimming in money”.

[@bbrev106]

Love the analysis. Where do you get the P&A numbers? something I'd love to track.

[@DanMurrellMovies]

It’s nothing official - cross referencing lots of sources

[@patrickpeterson5864]

Man Called Otto has lots of legs before the film was even announced. In the library world, Man called Ove has been a standout of book clubs and checkouts. The fact Tom Hanks is doing it is just icing on the cake for those in the rest of the country as you said Dan! Love the show!

[@phlynx68]

Great info! Thanks Dan!

[@JoeJoe-lq6bd]

Glad you did the weekly cuts. I think people don't really get how much those are. I always thought that the domestic market opening weekends were significantly higher than that though (~70-80%). I know at one point, the reported numbers across the board were about 80% for the opening weekend, though the theaters may have pushed back as opening weekends got bigger and "legs" became less of factor.

[@shelby127]

42:09 I find it infinitely interesting HomeAlone 1 and 2 are on the list. We indeed did watch them both

[@kstepko]

Disney’s ‘Planes’ had a SEQUEL?!? The original ‘Planes’ was barely on my radar - pun intended.

[@heatheraggus7501]

I liked your comment for the pun 🙂

[@zackabdulbaki879]

How do you find the P&A budgets for films? I only ever see the production budgets on IMDb and Wikipedia.

[@DanMurrellMovies]

They’re hard to find officially. I usually have to look at different sources and come up with a consensus.

[@FlagCutie]

I believe the technical term for how much money Avatar is making is a buttload. 🤣 Thanks for another great show Dan!

[@rjw705]

You mentioned Neilson ratings. Have you ever given any thought to reporting the Neilson ratings for traditional TV as well?

[@EverydayCanadianMan]

Skinamarink was filmed for about 15000$ cdn. They are from my hometown of Edmonton AB Canada 🇨🇦 . It's made way more then expected

[@kevin.9625]

Dan youre content is so great! Thank you!

[@AWSVids]

American Sniper being the record holder for the weekend of Martin Luther King day... a day memorializing a man who was killed by a sniper... an American one, I presume... is just... I mean, it's something.

[@antonyoliver7953]

Dan, Avatar The Way of Water *not* being the blue line continues to mess with my mind! 😉

[@JamesWrightSinisterIntent]

Hey Dan, great show, I have been a fan of your channel since the beginning and respect your updates to make the show unique, all of which have been awesome. I have a question. Have you considered taking the difference between the 2 Avatar films to quantify the relative progress of each? I know you have done a ton of work to get the charts you do have, and it shows, but you can easily show the progress on the same chart that shows the individual progress. Is your data available in Google docs or other cloud service to share different ways to look at this data?

[@kypzethdurron]

Do you mean the gap between the two lines shown as its own column/line chart and/or the same adjusted for inflation? I'd be interested in that too as it's a clearer depiction of the gap over time, but not sure if that's exactly what you're asking?

[@JamesWrightSinisterIntent]

@@kypzethdurron either would be fine, maybe both to get the whole picture, as always... tough to say without looking at the data!

[@Mikelovesmuseums]

Big fan of the new profit segment Dan. Keep it up!

[@charvolth]

One thing I'm thinking about with Avatar 3, since it was filmed back to back with 2 was how much will 3 cost? WoW required creating some impressive new infrastructure, and how much new infrastructure was needed for 3? While WoW might have cost 400, filming 3 back to back might have brought 3's budget down. Unless Cameron went 'Colonel Kurtz' level insane developing even newer facilities for 3. I can say that I am already well ahead of movies viewed in a theater compared to last year. There seems to be way more films available that hit my interest. Last January I saw Licorice Pizza, the B&W version of Nightmare Alley, and a Fathom Event of Casablanca. Halfway through January, and I already got in M3agan, Puss & Boots, Corsage, Shin Ultra-Man (Fathom), and the original Friday the 13th (Regal did it for Jan 13th). I plan on getting in Plane, A Man Called Otto, and Infinity Pool for this month... so far.

[@ShogunsCustomMaps]

The other day I was listening to some classic rock and just suddenly realized that when I was kid listening to classic rock in the 80s it was newer than the new music of the time is now. Getting old is wild, the perception of time is completely different

[@Z71990]

45:52 Another Rare Wednesday release on 25th January,of an Indian movie named "Pathan". Everyone is in India is excited about the movie, and is also the return of a moviestar SRK after 4 years. Get ready to show it on ur charts

[@metobyk]

Interesting take on the results for A Man called Otto. Grace Randolph had a polar opposite take.

[@DanMurrellMovies]

In what way?

[@straak]

It's much, much more Dan. I was speaking with one of the managers of my local theater and Disney's deal was 90% BO receipts for the first two weeks.

[@DanMurrellMovies]

As I said - I was making a conservative estimate. I’ve heard as much as 80% for the opening weekend, but never 90%.

[@lisamortini8567]

Gina Lollobrigida was an icon in France when I was growing up. What a loss but she lived a good, long life.

[@benfromthebunker9621]

Hey Dan I have a question. How do backend deals for actors, writers, and directors affect budget of films? Is that figured in to the budget, or is that calculated after?

[@DanMurrellMovies]

Those come out of the box office revenues. Some can negotiate a gross cut (before the movie turns a profit) but most come from net revenue (after a movie turns a profit). Cameron is likely a guy who can negotiate a share of the gross revenue.

[@TVandManga]

Brilliant video Dan!

[@SuperFlik]

Shout out to Skinamarink for reminding me of the Canadian children's entertainers Sharon, Lois & Bram

[@xxguitardudex93]

I cannot wait for Tuesdays to get my Mirella fix!! Love the vids man!

[@Moray2023]

Can't believe puss and boots actually went UP 6%

[@Stradivarius6288]

Love the breakout of how much money Avatar 2 is making. As an accountant, I would LOVE to see the budgets and actuals for movies.

[@vincenthalfprice9930]

Dan, I've gotta ask and I know its probably a dumb question. Have I been using the term "legs" wrong, in relation to box office terms? If I'm right (and I'm really not sure anymore), Legs equals a film's box office take divisible by its opening weekend? E.g. if a movie opens to $200M and finishes at $800M, it "legged out" 4x from its OW?

[@siddhantbanerjee3328]

Dan's last comment about That 90s show sent me into crisis

[@RonnieBarzel]

Gina Lollabrigida fascinatingly became a helluva photojournalist in the ‘70s. I highly recommend her first book, “Italia Mia.”

[@notefish328]

Knowing how divisive Skinamarink turned out to be, I would love to hear your thoughts on it at some point, Dan.

[@heatheraggus7501]

30 years ago we got Leprechaun, this year we got Troll, maybe 30 years from now we'll get Goblin.

[@marvintnt1820]

I really love that breakdown on how much money a studio makes from its box office earnings.

[@zackabdulbaki879]

Love the show, Dan! 😁 Fan request; I'd love to see some Oscar predictions for the nominations now that the Critics Choice Awards are over.

[@AlexSciChannel]

@@Jonathan_Lawyer M3GAN is a 2023 film. Only films that are eligible must have been released in 2022

[@rohanshirumalla626]

@@Jonathan_Lawyer hell nah 😂😂😂

[@BillySotherden]

@@Jonathan_Lawyer write 6 more separate comments.

[@ProbablyNotAI]

@@AlexSciChannel Yeah that's probably the only thing keeping it from winning the Best Horror Film Oscar.

[@ivanvoronov3871]

I would love that

[@TheLegendaryMovieCritic]

Avatar: The Way Of Water, M3GAN, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, A Man Called Otto, Plane & Skinamarink is making a great January Box Office!

[@GreeneLighte]

"Sorry, Kids," says Dan, "Put your whisky glass away; I won't say it this time--" "Say what, Dan? What won't you say?"

[@EspionageofNY]

If I were Disney/Cameron I would do a Way of Water rerelease with 20 minutes of additional footage just to boost it to the top 4 of all time.

[@swirlingchi]

Likely for each new Avatar they will do rereleases of previous films with preview footage in mid-credits

[@fedwyn]

That'll likely happen in September 2024

[@tobz475]

Which is they will like the first movie

[@unavolta123]

Hi Dan, love your show. Just one question: do you think that you will do another Allmymovies episode? Greetings from Austria

[@DanMurrellMovies]

Probably not - I loved the show but viewership couldn’t justify the time it required

[@Ushi123]

Hey Dan can you make more of these profit or loss margins for other big budget movies as well.

[@clayhulsebus6768]

Interesting note… 2022 didn’t have a collective $100 Million weekend in the US until mid-February. All 3 weekends have been $100 Million this year

[@Cash42]

I didn’t realize Broker opened in so many theaters that’s crazy cause I still haven’t been able to see Women Talking it’s not playing anywhere near me. I watched Skinamarink over the weekend, it was definitely an experience to have with a packed crowd at the theater, I wouldnt want to watch that in my house once it hits streaming 😂

[@hrithikd1310]

28:00 This chart too need to be corrected as all the 4 Indian movies which released last week have crossed $1 million mark. Till Monday collections: Waltair Veerayya - $1.91m Varisu- $1.05m Veera Simha Reddy - $1.03m Thunivu - $1.02m

[@DanMurrellMovies]

If I may ask - where did you find this information? Other than Waltair Veerayya, none of those films are listed on the sites I use for research.

[@hrithikd1310]

@@DanMurrellMovies my reply got deleted or something 🙄. Did you read it?

[@DanMurrellMovies]

No, didn’t delete it, and haven’t seen it in my filters.

[@hrithikd1310]

@@DanMurrellMovies it again got deleted! Can I dm you on twitter?

[@DanMurrellMovies]

Sure, my DMs are open

[@aloysiusmaina2625]

"An accountant somewhere just cried" 🤣

[@EleventhCubFan]

I hope it makes All the money! Bring on 3,4,5,6,7….

[@keithkey504]

It felt like Amsterdam and Babylon marketing just blurred together for me.

[@heatheraggus7501]

Me too! Messy and loud.

[@potterpotty01]

i think A Man Called Otto did really well, because.....It's really good!

[@HighHatProductions]

I like one of the newer charts, (Dropped Out of the Top 10) & I think retrospective of films that had the longest legs in the top 10 box office last year would be nice one off chart. If it's a slow box office weekend.

[@HighHatProductions]

Dang spam bot, making me think Dan's got merch. *Shakes fists at cloud*

[@kypzethdurron]

Looking at the US only, Avatar 2 is on $572M, up $50M in the last week vs $75M the week before. If we assume it averages $25M for the 4 weeks until Quantumania and then gets wiped out it finishes around $675M around #8/Infinity War and 100 million behind the first one (unadjusted). Seems very unlikely it can make up that gap. Worldwide, Avatar 2 is at $1916M (latest from Mojo), up almost exactly $200M in the last week vs just over $300M the week before... If it averages $100M for 4 weeks it ends around $2.3B in a solid #3 spot on the all time list, half a billion off the first Avatar but pretty phenomenal. (And I loved your financial segment, and it is obviously making a killing in profit, but if it makes Pandora at disney parks double in revenue then that's hundreds of millions of dollars per year on top of it too, plus cost efficiencies in the sequels being made overlapping and guaranteed money helping shareholder confidence etc... Massive success all round, and we shouldn't really compare it to the unassailable original on any count imho)

[@tagabundok1]

I love the segment on breaking down a film's profitability. But it makes me wonder how profitable streaming projects are. Also, do the creators get a bonus if the project is considered successful? Like does Tim Burton get a lump sum for the episodes of Wednesday that he directed or does he also get some reward because the series brought in a ton of views? I suspect the streaming industry isn't that transparent yet but it makes me wonder 🤔.

[@malestorm234]

Can you do the profit break down for ‘Top Gun’ too? I did a profit breakdown per studio for 2022 and most lost money, and my numbers didn’t include some cost you did. I have Disney, Universal, and then Paramount. Universal actually had the most films that were profitable, but ‘Avatar’ and Top Gun’ gave Disney and Paramount big boosts.

[@bbbylw]

P&A actually stands for 'prints & advertsing'

[@briar1102]

I would love to see a video about the D&D OGL controversy! Mainly because it is leaking into the movie scene, with calls to boycott Honor Among Thieves now.. could really affect the kinda numbers it does opening weekend as it would have to rely on casual viewers who aren't aware of the situation rather than D&D fans. Might affect the Paramount+ series too.

[@garyb9167]

I would like to see a 1 time profit/loss comparison for John Carter and Lone Ranger

[@kingkiller5325]

These 2 movies are absolutely legendary in how much money they lost. And probably the biggest reason why Disney doesn't make new non franchise movies anymore.

[@fedwyn]

Tbf, both John Carter and Lone Ranger were also franchises before the movies came out

[@shelby127]

36:58 way into box office history is a statement that hurts me when I was 9 yo at the time

[@markant9534]

That was the year I finished secondary school in North London, I was 16.

[@Heidi2003]

Love this show! Thanks Dan

[@tgs40]

I wanted to see Babylon. Started to go see it in the 3rd week and it was already out of all the theaters in my area.

[@salvation7362]

Star Wars, Avatar and Marvel type movies are advertisements, commercials for toys, video games and merchandise. "According to Wikipedia, The Star Wars franchise is now worth an estimated $68.7 billion. Merchandise makes up $42.2 billion of that figure, with box office ticket sales making up only $10.316 billion of the total." Avatar doesn't have to make it huge in the theater, it's just a bonus on top of all that merch money.

[@gabzpot]

Babylon just released here in Brazil. I will watch it today. I can't wait.

[@tronam]

James Cameron’s production company, Lightstorm Entertainment, is privately held and doesn’t belong to Disney, so I wonder who owns the Avatar IP. Isn’t Disney basically handling distribution by proxy through 20th Century Studios post acquisition? They pretty much had nothing to do with the making of this movie, so I wonder how the profit split actually works in this case.

[@palmoart]

Avatar IP is hold by Lightstorm. Disney I just distributing. Also Avatar 2 broke even Avatar 3 as well since they both were shot together. Dan consider Marketing budget which is never consider in break even. Avatar will probably end somewhere around 2.4 - 2.5 Billion. However Disney will divide the budget so at the end it will be 350M for Avatar 2 with break even be at 900 Million. This is a colossal success.

[@lanastan322]

as sad as I am about the lack of success for Babylon I liked how you analyzed both types of movies

[@drwww87]

At this point, I think we're owed a chart on Dan's gut health. #AG1

[@Vhagaryen]

I would've gone to see House Party had the reviews not sucked. I knew it was bad news when Kid and Play didn't have a cameo.

[@aidanmchutchison567]

Just before I clicked on this video I saw that House Party is available for $25 on Apple & Amazon in my country (g’day from Australia btw) with very little fanfare & almost zero advertising to speak of. Also, I saw A Man Called Otto the day before I went back to work last week, I was surprised by how many people filled up that theatre (half full), & as a 23 year old I wasn’t even the youngest person there, that was when I knew Otto would do well (& that’s just in Australia keep in mind)

[@thealjohnsonshow2188]

*Godspeed, Lisa Marie Presley*

[@michaelhannell4083]

Is that budget for the avatar based on current dollars or have they been inflated bc most of that movie was filmed years ago before the pandemic. And to be honest with you haven't seen much of a advertising for avatar. I feel like I say mor advertising for the first avatar than I have for the sequel.

[@davidlewis5929]

The accountants wouldn't cry over a loss the sale/production team would. Accountants are like historians, they tell you what happened it is a sales/production teams that will take the hit for the failures.

[@shanetaylor761]

I think a movie like Megan shows that when you actually make a good film pg-13 horror can be a great way to make money. Its crazy the percentage of pg-13 horror movies that aren't good.

[@kermitthepog7063]

My uncle was in his year at uni, back then it was Gerry apparently 😂

[@DanMurrellMovies]

He’s said he prefers Gerry because no one will say “Jer-ehrd.” Everyone says “Juh-rahrd.”

[@kermitthepog7063]

@@DanMurrellMovies not an uncommon name here in Scotland, popstar Gerry Cinnamon for example. Most people don't go by their full names like that (like you also) so don't here the full version much, but it certainly wouldn't be Gerard like Americans say it, that pronunciation sounds French or Belgian or something.

[@dajusta87]

Haters on Avatar 2 : it’s a terrible story. But Top Gun Maverick was totally original

[@randomly_random_0]

Ikr

[@hamilpatel4025]

Come for the box office news, stay for the "silly little charts".

[@vellu1986]

Hello from Shanghai! We haven't actually had any Covid lockdowns here in China after everything opened up in early December, but the effect on the box office has been similar with hundreds of millions (including myself) catching Covid at the same time. But at least here in Shanghai the peak is gone, most people are done with their Covid and life is pretty back to much normal so I expect to see some big numbers from the CNY holiday.

[@QuantumCosmos2.0]

Avatar 3 & part of Avatar 4 filming cost and also the P&A cost of $150M are included in the reported budget of $450M. As far as I know the budget of the Avatar sequel is $250M for the first copy and an additional $150M for P&A. Hence a total of $400M. Now when you consider the share percentage of Disney during the initial 2 weeks that is 80-90% depending on the quality of the screens and 70% on its 3rd week the actual profit becomes over $500M for Disney till now. And now you have the long-term streaming revenue, the merchandise revenue, as well as the Park revenue. Disney will make a lot of money with this one! And Avatar 3 most probably will become a Record Breaker provided there won't be any resurfacing of the Pandemic or an all out war!

[@noahlilly9083]

Hey Dan - love the videos! Here is an question for a future video segment or just a quick fun fact: "What is the highest grossing weekend across the top 10 movies of all time?"