James Cameron’s 3D sci-fi epic “Avatar” held on to pole position at the British box office this weekend, with only the zombie remake “The Crazies” threatening to spoil its run, Screen International said on Tuesday.
Editor’s Note: With the movie award season in full swing, a subplot is the showdown between director James Cameron and his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow for their respective films, “Avatar” and “The Hurt Locker,” two very different Iraq War-themed movies that faced off at last Sunday’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards.
JAMES CAMERON’s AVATAR has reclaimed the number one spot in the British box office chart after taking another $4.48 million (£2.8 million) in its 10th week of release.
LONDON, Feb 24 – After a weekend devoid of new blockbusters, director James Cameron’s sci-fi epic “Avatar” resumed its long-standing position at the top of the UK box office, according to Screen International on Tuesday. The world’s biggest-grossing movie made another 2.8 million pounds to bring its British total to 83.2 million.
James Cameron’s Avatar has reclaimed the number one spot in the British box office chart after taking another $4.48 million (£2.8 million) in its 10th week of release.
JAMES CAMERON’s AVATAR has reclaimed the number one spot in the British box office chart after taking another $4.48 million (2.8 million) in its 10th week of…
LONDON: Iraq war drama “The Hurt Locker” swept 3-D blockbuster “Avatar” aside at the BAFTA British film awards on Sunday, picking up best film and best director among its six prizes and laying down a marker for the Oscars.The movies, directed by Kathryn Bigelow and ex-husband James Cameron respectively, were both nominated for eight awards at the BAFTAs.
Bigelow’s Iraq-war movie scooped six prizes at the British equivalent of the Oscars. She became the first woman to clinch the best-director Bafta, beating Cameron and Quentin Tarantino , among others. “Avatar” won two Baftas (for production design and special visual effects).
“The Hurt Locker” was the big winner of this year’s British Academy Film Awards, or Baftas, as director Kathryn Bigelow repeatedly defeated her ex-husband James Cameron, maker of “Avatar.”
Bigelow’s Iraq-war movie scooped six prizes at the British equivalent of the Oscars.
You could smell early on that there might be a quiet British backlash against Avatar at last night’s Bafta awards, an unspoken plot to send James Cameron’s film to Coventry for being too big, brash and blue.
Britain’s love of the underdog triumphed Sunday as intimate war drama “The Hurt Locker” beat 3D spectacular “Avatar” to take six prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards.
