List of box office records set by Avatar

James Cameron's Avatar was released in December 2009, and went on to break multiple North American and worldwide box office records, including becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time worldwide.

US and Canada records

• Highest-grossing 4th weekend^[1]
• Highest-grossing 5th weekend^[2]
• Highest-grossing 6th weekend
• Highest-grossing 7th weekend^[3][4]
• Highest opening weekend for an environmentalist film^[5]
• Highest-grossing CGI star movie^[6]
• Highest-grossing paraplegic film^[7]
• Highest-grossing environmentalist movie^[8]
• Highest-grossing movie released in 2009^[9]
• Highest-grossing Martin Luther King weekend^[10]

Former records

• Highest-grossing film^[11]
• Highest-grossing 2nd weekend^[12][13]
• Highest-grossing 3rd weekend^[14]
• Main contributor to the biggest aggregated weekend of all time.^[15]
• Biggest January weekend.^[16]
• Largest gross on New Year's Day^[17][18]
• Highest-grossing science fiction film^[19]

Worldwide records

• Avatar became the highest-grossing movie in history on January 25 after only 41 days of release.^[20][21][22]
• The film was No. 1 in all of the 106 markets it opened the week of December 20.^[23]
• It was No. 1 in every market worldwide in its second week of release.^[24][25]
• It was the highest-grossing movie worldwide for 7 weeks in a row.^[26]
• It became the second-highest-grossing movie worldwide only 20 days after its initial release.^[27]
• Highest-grossing movie of 2009
• Film with the most illegal downloads in its first week^[28][29]
• First 3-D movie to reach $1 billion worldwide
• Reached $1 billion sales outside US and Canada in 28 days^[30]
• First movie in history to reach $2 billion worldwide^[31]

Records in other countries

All-time records

• After 41 days of release, it held the record in 24 markets:^[22]

• China ($204 million)^[32] (now held by Furious 7)
• Germany ($157.6 million)^[33][34]
• United Kingdom ($150.02 million)^[35] (now held by Skyfall)
• Russia ($117.1 million)^{[22][33][36][37]}
• South Korea ($105.5 million)^[10][38] (now held by The Admiral: Roaring Currents)
• Spain ($110.0 million)^[22][36][37]
• Australia ($105.8 million)^{[22][37][39][40][41]}
• India ($24.2 million)^[22] (Highest grossing Hollywood title) (now held by Furious 7)
• Chile ($10.5 million)^[22][36]
• Hong Kong ($22.9 million)^[22][36][42]
• UAE ($7.3 million)^[22][43]
• Colombia ($13.6 million)^[22]
• Czech Republic ($11.8 million)^[22]
• Portugal ($9.3 million)^[22]
• Singapore ($8.1 million)^[22]
• Ukraine ($8.7 million)^[22]
• Hungary ($7.3 million)^[22]
• Romania ($5.6 million)^[22]
• Bulgaria ($3.4 million)^[22]
• Slovenia ($1.8 million)^[22]
• Dominican Republic ($1.3 million)^[22]
• Latvia ($1.5 million)^[22]
• Philippines ($1.65 million)^[22]
• Serbia ($1.3 million)^[22]
• Kuwait ($1.1 million)^[22]
• Qatar ($883,412)^[22]
• Jordan ($752,520)^[22]
• Jamaica ($476,301)^[22]
• Bahrain ($89,623)^[22]

Other records

• Highest sixth week sales (over 100M) overseas^[44]
• Over $100M in France, China, Germany, UK, and Russia^[3]
• Highest opening-week in Italy^[10][45]
• Russia opening theaters^[46]
• Highest fourth weekend sales^[37]
• Highest Dominican Republic opening-weekend^[23]
• Gained six weekends in a row at least 100M per weekend abroad^[47]

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