![]() ![]() ![]() Gibson, 54, who seven years ago turned from starring in hit movies to directing The Passion of the Christ, the all-time top R-rated and foreign-language film, became more notorious recently for being an off-screen road warrior. The only dents Cameron suffered this week were to his pride: Avatar lost the top awards given out by the directors' and producers' guild to the Iraq-war drama The Hurt Locker, directed by Cameron's ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow. Since the movie's earnings fell only 14% from last weekend's every other returning film in this week's top 10 saw at least twice as big a drop the Avatar avalanche will continue for another few weeks. 1 and the first picture ever to cross the $2 billion mark. In theaters worldwide, Avatar is already the all-time No. ![]() 2, it should pass the $600.8 million amassed in 1997-98 by Cameron's own Titanic and become the all-time domestic box-office champ (in fake dollars). Avatar sent Gibson into a ditch, earning $30 million, according to early studio estimates, bringing its 45-day total in North American theaters to $594.5 million. AVATAR THE MOVIEICON MOVIETo stop a road hog, send out a road warrior: the one and only Mad Max, Mel Gibson, a bona fide movie icon playing a trademark haunted-hero role in Edge of Darkness, his first starring role since Signs in 2002. 18, James Cameron's Avatar has monopolized the top box-office spot like some gigantic truck that not only takes up two lanes but also drives everyone else off the highway. ![]()
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