'Avatar' reaches $670M overseas, trails 'Titanic'

"Avatar" reaches $1 billion worldwide in 17 days; "Alvin and the Chipmunks" still going strong overseas

James Cameron's "Avatar" is on its way to the very top of the list of all-time top-grossing films worldwide. Fox's sci-fi action adventure reached a stunning $670.2 million overseas after weekend earnings totaling $133.5 million in 110 territories, which explains why the film has now reached a global cume of $1.02 billion.

Cameron's "Titanic" is still leading the pack with $1.84 billion, followed by "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and "The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest." A lot of folks out there are pretty confident "Avatar" will soon knock some of them out. Given its current results, that may indeed be possible.

Following in second place on the international circuit this weekend was "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," which earned $32 million for an overseas total gross of $99.1 million. At No. 3, "Black Lightning" opened with $9.7 million.

Meanwhile, "It's Complicated" picked up another $5 million, bringing its early total to $13.8 million. "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" scored $3.6 million for a cume of $6 million. "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" picked up $2.8 million, reaching a total haul of $83.6 million.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter