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Max Braden: I think given how strong the response has been from people who have seen it, we can expect strong performance into the coming weeks. I don't get the feeling that this was tremendously front-loaded. I want to say it will cross the $300 million mark, but I wonder if the possible loss of IMAX box office in the next couple months might make that hard to reach.

Pete Kilmer: It's going to be "THE" Christmas family movie to see. Sorry Sherlock, you'll do well no doubt, but Avatar is going to be an "experience" kind of film that the whole family will do.

Kim Hollis: With all the reports of repeat viewings, I'm really thinking it's got a great shot at being something really special. I'll reserve full judgment until I have a little more information, but it's feeling like a very strong start to me.

I'll never let go, Avatar. I'll never let go.

Kim Hollis: Ultimately, how do you think Avatar will be remembered?

Reagen Sulewski: Jurassic Park seems like a decent enough analog, as far as the idea of what movies can do visually. I think other filmmakers are going to drool at the idea of getting their hands on these tools and putting them to better use.





Sean Collier: The film that made most movies cost $4 more, and made me wear uncomfortable glasses for a couple of hours every week.

Matthew Huntley: If the film's story feels derivative, it's the visuals that stand out as something truly awesome and one-of-a-kind. I'm sure a lot more films will be shot in this 3D fashion, but it's always the first one that's the most indelible.

Tom Macy: That's tough. I think financially and critically it will be remembered as a success and usually that's all a film can hope for and more. But from the beginning Avatar was being touted as the movie that was going to change the medium forever, and on the front it came up a little short. It is definitely on a scale unlike anything we've ever seen and motion capture will probably be utilized more now after the stunning results Cameron turned out. But ultimately I think Avatar will be remembered as a sturdy stepping stone in the evolution of films, but not the all out game changer some were (perhaps unfairly) hoping for.

Max Braden: I'd have to see it to go so far in putting it up there with Jurassic Park. I think The Abyss and Terminator 2 were actually more groundbreaking for Cameron because of their photorealistic effects on fluid cgi in general, and Jurassic Park was kind of a first in making organic objects look convincingly real. Without having seen Avatar I feel like it's more the next step in an innovative process than a first, but I'm willing to be convinced once I see it.

Pete Kilmer: I think it will be placed alongside Jurassic Park and then kind of set aside. I think the somewhat lackluster story (and I loved this film) will limit its DVD sales until home 3-D is a reality and then the movie will get another look as the groundbreaking visual spectacle it is.

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