Avatar on the verge of dethroning Titanic

Starpulse reports that the film Avatar is still dominating the box office, earning $36 million American this past weekend.

Today (January 25), the film by director James Cameron should overtake the previous world box office record set by Titanic, a film by the same director.

Since being released in 1997, no-one has been able to beat Titanic‘s $1.843 billion worldwide gross.

James Cameron should do that now with Avatar, which is expected to finish its run at more than $2 billion. Revenue for the film, also presented in 3D, reached $1.84 billion this past weekend, only $2 million short of Titanic.

Avatar was a victim of its own success in China when authorities decided to pull the film off screens to make room for domestic productions.

At the Golden Globe Awards, Avatar won Best Motion Picture – Drama and James Cameron won Best Director.