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Avatar (2009 film)

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Avatar

Theatrical poster

Directed by James Cameron

Produced by James Cameron

Jon Landau

Written by James Cameron

Starring Sam Worthington

Zoe Saldana

Stephen Lang

Michelle Rodriguez

Sigourney Weaver

Giovanni Ribisi

Joel David Moore

C. C. H. Pounder

Wes Studi

Laz Alonso

Music by James Horner

Cinematography Mauro Fiore

Editing by James Cameron

John Refoua

Stephen E. Rivkin

Studio Lightstorm Entertainment

Dune Entertainment

Ingenious Film Partners

Distributed by 20th Century Fox

Release date(s) December 10, 2009

(London premiere)

December 18, 2009

(United States)

Running time 162 minutes[1]

Country United States

Language English

Budget $237 million[2]

Gross revenue $2,042,741,709 [3][4]

Avatar is a 2009 American science fiction epic film written and directed by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez and Stephen Lang. The film is set in the year 2154, when humans are mining a precious mineral called unobtanium on the lush moon Pandora in the Alpha Centauri star system.[5] The mining colony's expansion threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi—a sentient humanoid species which is indigenous to Pandora. The film's title refers to the genetically engineered Na'vi bodies used by several human characters to interact with the natives of Pandora.[6]

Development on Avatar began in 1994, when Cameron wrote an 80-page scriptment for the film.[7] Filming was supposed to take place after the completion of Cameron's 1997 film Titanic, for a planned release in 1999,[8] but according to Cameron, the necessary technology was not yet available to portray his vision of the film.[9] Work on the language for the film's extraterrestrial race began in summer 2005, and Cameron began developing the script and fictional universe in early 2006.[10][11]

Avatar was officially budgeted at $237 million.[2] Other estimates put the cost at $280–310 million to produce and $150 million for marketing.[12][13][14] The film was released for traditional two-dimensional projection, as well as in 3-D, using the RealD 3D, Dolby 3D, XpanD 3D and IMAX 3D formats. The film was touted as a breakthrough in filmmaking technology, for its development of 3D viewing and stereoscopic filmmaking with cameras that were specially designed for the film's production.[15]

Avatar premiered in London on December 10, 2009, and was released internationally on December 16, and in North America on December 18, to critical acclaim and commercial success.[16][17][18] The film broke several box office records during its release and became the highest-grossing film of all time worldwide, surpassing Titanic,[19] which had held the record for the previous 12 years. It also became the first film to gross more than $2 billion.[20] Following the film's success, Cameron stated that there will be a sequ