Avatar costing $500 million
James Cameron has been gestating ‘Avatar’ now and running up the budget with a whopping $500,000,000 in expenses! How much movie revenue does News Corp think the movie ‘Avatar’ can generate? Titanic was a home run at the box office for Cameron — Will Avatar perform?
NY Mag’s article alludes to the huge risk involved with this movie:
…20th Century Fox and its parent company News Corp. are scared because the movie has no big-name stars and is becoming one of the most expensive feature films ever made.
[...] opening — with $225,000,000 worldwide for 2012. Maybe James Cameron is not crazy to spend $500,000,000 on Avatar after all? If ‘2012′ can bang home $225 million in its opening weekend, then [...]