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Principal photography for Avatar began in April 2007 in Los Angeles and=20
Wellington. Cameron described the film as a hybrid with a full live-action=
=20
shoot in combination with computer-generated characters and live environmen=
ts.=20
"Ideally at the end of the day the audience has no idea which they're looki=
ng=20
at," Cameron said. The director indicated that he had already worked four=
=20
months on nonprincipal scenes for the film.[66] The live action was shot wi=
th a=20
modified version of the proprietary digital 3-D Fusion Camera System, devel=
oped=20
by Cameron and Vince Pace.[67] In January 2007, Fox had announced that 3-D=
=20
filming for Avatar would be done at 24 frames per second despite Cameron's=
=20
strong opinion that a 3-D film requires higher frame rate to make strobing =
less=20
noticeable.[68] According to Cameron, the film is composed of 60%=20
computer-generated elements and 40% live action, as well as traditional=20
miniatures.[69] Motion-capture photography lasted 31 days at the Hughes=20
Aircraft stage in Playa Vista in Los Angeles.[54][70] Live action photograp=
hy=20
began in October 2007 at Stone Street Studios in Wellington and was schedul=
ed=20
to last 31 days.[71] More than a thousand people worked on the production.[=
70]=20
In preparation of the filming sequences, all of the actors underwent=20
professional training specific to their characters such as archery, horseba=
ck=20
riding, firearm use, and hand-to-hand combat. They received language and=20
dialect training in the Na'vi language created for the film.[72] Before=20
shooting the film, Cameron also sent the cast to the Hawaiian tropical=20
rainforests[73] to get a feel for a rainforest setting before shooting on t=
he=20
soundstage.[72] During filming, Cameron made use of his virtual camera syst=
em,=20
a new way of directing motion-capture filmmaking. The system shows the acto=
rs'=20
virtual counterparts in their digital surroundings in real time, allowing t=
he=20
director to adjust and direct scenes just as if shooting live action. Accor=
ding=20
to Cameron, "It's like a big, powerful game engine. If I want to fly throug=
h=20
space, or change my perspective, I can. I can turn the whole scene into a=
=20
living miniature and go through it on a 50 to 1 scale."[74] Using conventio=
nal=20
techniques, the complete virtual world cannot be seen until the motion-capt=
ure=20
of the actors is complete. Cameron said this process does not diminish the=
=20
value or importance of acting. On the contrary, because there is no need fo=
r=20
repeated camera and lighting setups, costume fittings and make-up touch-ups=
,=20
scenes do not need to be interrupted repeatedly.[75] Cameron described the=
=20
system as a "form of pure creation where if you want to move a tree or a=20
mountain or the sky or change the time of day, you have complete control ov=
er=20
the elements".[76] Cameron gave fellow directors Steven Spielberg and Peter=
=20
Jackson a chance to test the new technology.[65] Spielberg said, "I like to=
=20
think of it as digital makeup, not augmented animation ... Motion capture=
=20
brings the director back to a kind of intimacy that actors and directors on=
ly=20
know when they're working in live theater."[75] Spielberg and George Lucas =
were=20
also able to visit the set to watch Cameron direct with the equipment.[77] =
To=20
film the shots where CGI interacts with live action, a unique camera referr=
ed=20
to as a "simulcam" was used, a merger of the 3-D fusion camera and the virt=
ual=20
camera systems. While filming live action in real time with the simulcam, t=
he=20
CGI images captured with the virtual camera or designed from scratch, are=
=20
superimposed over the live action images as in augmented reality and shown =
on a=20
small monitor, making it possible for the director to instruct the actors h=
ow=20
to relate to the virtual material in the scene.[72] Due to Cameron's person=
al=20
convictions about climate change, he allowed only plant-based (vegan) food =
to=20
be served on set.=20


A number of innovative visual effects techniques were used during productio=
n.=20
According to Cameron, work on the film had been delayed since the 1990s to=
=20
allow the techniques to reach the necessary degree of advancement to adequa=
tely=20
portray his vision of the film.[13][14] The director planned to make use of=
=20
photorealistic computer-generated characters, created using new motion capt=
ure=20
animation technologies he had been developing in the 14 months leading up t=
o=20
December 2006.[74] Innovations include a new system for lighting massive ar=
eas=20
like Pandora's jungle,[80] a motion-capture stage or "volume" six times lar=
ger=20
than any previously used, and an improved method of capturing facial=20
expressions, enabling full performance capture. To achieve the face capturi=
ng,=20
actors wore individually made skull caps fitted with a tiny camera position=
ed=20
in front of the actors' faces; the information collected about their facial=
=20
expressions and eyes is then transmitted to computers.[81] According to=20
Cameron, the method allows the filmmakers to transfer 100% of the actors'=
=20
physical performances to their digital counterparts.[82] Besides the=20
performance capture data which were transferred directly to the computers,=
=20
numerous reference cameras gave the digital artists multiple angles of each=
=20
performance.[83] A technically challenging scene was near the end of the fi=
lm=20
when the computer-generated Neytiri held the live action Jake in human form=
,=20
and attention was given to the details of the shadows and reflected light=
=20
between them.[84] The lead visual effects company was Weta Digital in=20
Wellington, at one point employing 900 people to work on the film.[85] Beca=
use=20
of the huge amount of data which needed to be stored, cataloged and availab=
le=20
for everybody involved, even on the other side of the world, a new cloud=20
computing and Digital Asset Management (DAM) system named Gaia was created =
by=20
Microsoft especially for Avatar, which allowed the crews to keep track of a=
nd=20
coordinate all stages in the digital processing.[86] To render Avatar, Weta=
=20
used a 930 m2 (10,000 sq ft) server farm making use of 4,000 Hewlett-Packar=
d=20
servers with 35,000 processor cores with 104 terabytes of RAM and three=20
petabytes of network area storage running Ubuntu Linux, Grid Engine cluster=
=20
manager, and 2 of the animation software and managers, Pixar's RenderMan an=
d=20
Pixar's Alfred queue management system.[87][88][89][90] The render farm=20
occupies the 193rd to 197th spots in the TOP500 list of the world's most=20
powerful supercomputers. A new texturing and paint software system, called=
=20
Mari, was developed by The Foundry in cooperation with Weta.[91][92] Creati=
ng=20
the Na'vi characters and the virtual world of Pandora required over a petab=
yte=20
of digital storage,[93] and each minute of the final footage for Avatar=20
occupies 17.28 gigabytes of storage.[94] It would often take the computer=
=20
several hours to render a single frame of the film.[95] To help finish=20
preparing the special effects sequences on time, a number of other companie=
s=20
were brought on board, including Industrial Light & Magic, which worked=20
alongside Weta Digital to create the battle sequences. ILM was responsible =
for=20
the visual effects for many of the film's specialized vehicles and devised =
a=20
new way to make CGI explosions.[96] Joe Letteri was the film's visual effec=
ts=20
general supervisor.[97] Music and soundtrack Main article: Avatar: Music fr=
om=20
the Motion Picture James Horner =E2=80=93 "Jake Enters His Avatar World" 0:=
32 listen to=20
a clip from the score of the 2009 film Avatar. Problems playing this file? =
See=20
media help. Composer James Horner scored the film, his third collaboration =
with=20
Cameron after Aliens and Titanic.[98] Horner recorded parts of the score wi=
th a=20
small chorus singing in the alien language Na'vi in March 2008.[99] He also=
=20
worked with Wanda Bryant, an ethnomusicologist, to create a music culture f=
or=20
the alien race.[100] The first scoring sessions were planned to take place =
in=20
early 2009.[101] During production, Horner promised Cameron that he would n=
ot=20
work on any other project except for Avatar and reportedly worked on the sc=
ore=20
from four in the morning until ten at night throughout the process. He stat=
ed=20
in an interview, "Avatar has been the most difficult film I have worked on =
and=20
the biggest job I have undertaken."[102] Horner composed the score as two=
=20
different scores merged into one. He first created a score that reflected t=
he=20
Na'vi way of sound and then combined it with a separate "traditional" score=
 to=20
drive the film.[72] British singer Leona Lewis was chosen to sing the theme=
=20
song for the film, called "I See You". An accompanying music video, directe=
d by=20
Jake Nava, premiered December 15, 2009, on MySpace.

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Avatar is primarily an action-adventure journey of self-discovery, in the=
=20
context of imperialism, and deep ecology.[104] Cameron said his inspiration=
 was=20
"every single science fiction book I read as a kid" and that he wanted to=
=20
update the style of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter series.[11] He=20
acknowledged that Avatar shares themes with the films At Play in the Fields=
 of=20
the Lord, The Emerald Forest, and Princess Mononoke, which feature clashes=
=20
between cultures and civilizations, and with Dances with Wolves, where a=20
battered soldier finds himself drawn to the culture he was initially fighti=
ng=20
against.[105][106] He also cited Hayao Miyazaki's anime films such as Princ=
ess=20
Mononoke as an influence on the ecosystem of Pandora.[106] In 2012, Cameron=
=20
filed a 45-page legal declaration that intended to "describe in great detai=
l=20
the genesis of the ideas, themes, storylines, and images that came to be=20
Avatar."[107] In addition to historical events (such as European colonizati=
on=20
of the Americas), his life experiences and several of his unproduced projec=
ts,=20
Cameron drew connections between Avatar and his previous films. He cited hi=
s=20
script and concept art for Xenogenesis, partially produced as a short film,=
 as=20
being the basis for many of the ideas and visual designs in Avatar. He stat=
ed=20
that Avatar's "concepts of a world mind, intelligence within nature, the id=
ea=20
of projecting force or consciousness using an avatar, colonization of alien=
=20
planets, greedy corporate interests backed up by military force, the story =
of a=20
seemingly weaker group prevailing over a technologically superior force, an=
d=20
the good scientist were all established and recurrent themes" from his earl=
ier=20
films including Aliens, The Abyss, Rambo: First Blood Part II, The Terminat=
or=20
and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He specifically mentioned the "water tentac=
le"=20
in The Abyss as an example of an "avatar" that "takes on the appearance of.=
..an=20
alien life form...in order to bridge the cultural gap and build trust."[108=
]=20
Cameron also cited a number of works by other creators as "reference points=
 and=20
sources of inspiration" for Avatar. These include two of his "favorite" fil=
ms,=20
2001: A Space Odyssey, where mankind experiences an evolution after meeting=
=20
alien life, and Lawrence of Arabia, where "an outsider...encounters and=20
immerses into a foreign culture and then ultimately joins that group to fig=
ht=20
other outsiders." Cameron said he became familiar with the concept of a hum=
an=20
operating a "synthetic avatar" inside another world from George Henry Smith=
's=20
short story "In the Imagicon" and Arthur C. Clarke's novel The City and the=
=20
Stars. He said he learned of the term "avatar" by reading the cyberpunk nov=
els=20
Neuromancer by William Gibson and Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling. The=
=20
idea of a "world mind" originated in the novel Solaris by Stanislaw Lem.=20
Cameron mentioned several other films about people interacting with "indige=
nous=20
cultures" as inspiring him, including Dances with Wolves, The Man Who Would=
 Be=20
King, The Mission, The Emerald Forest, Medicine Man, The Jungle Book and=20
FernGully. He also cited as inspiration the John Carter and Tarzan stories =
by=20
Edgar Rice Burroughs and other adventure stories by Rudyard Kipling and H.=
=20
Rider Haggard.[108] In a 2007 interview with Time magazine, Cameron was ask=
ed=20
about the meaning of the term Avatar, to which he replied, "It's an incarna=
tion=20
of one of the Hindu gods taking a flesh form. In this film what that means =
is=20
that the human technology in the future is capable of injecting a human's=
=20
intelligence into a remotely located body, a biological body."[10] Cameron =
also=20
cited the Japanese cyberpunk manga and anime Ghost in the Shell, in terms o=
f=20
how humans can remotely control, and transfer their personalities into, ali=
en=20
bodies.[109][110] For the love story between characters Jake and Neytiri,=
=20
Cameron applied a star-crossed love theme, which he said was in the traditi=
on=20
of Romeo and Juliet.[108] He acknowledged its similarity to the pairing of =
Jack=20
and Rose from his film Titanic. An interviewer stated, "Both couples come f=
rom=20
radically different cultures that are contemptuous of their relationship an=
d=20
are forced to choose sides between the competing communities."[113] Cameron=
=20
described Neytiri as his "Pocahontas," saying that his plotline followed th=
e=20
historical story of a "white outsider [who] falls in love with the chief's=
=20
daughter, who becomes his guide to the tribe and to their special bond with=
=20
nature."[108] Cameron felt that whether or not the Jake and Neytiri love st=
ory=20
would be perceived as believable partially hinged on the physical=20
attractiveness of Neytiri's alien appearance, which was developed by=20
considering her appeal to the all-male crew of artists.[114] Although Camer=
on=20
felt Jake and Neytiri do not fall in love right away, their portrayers=20
(Worthington and Saldana) felt the characters did. Cameron said the two act=
ors=20
"had a great chemistry" during filming.[113] A gray mountain in the middle =
of a=20
forest. Pandora's floating "Hallelujah Mountains" were inspired in part by =
the=20
Chinese Huangshan mountains (pictured).[115] Zhangjiajie National Forest Pa=
rk=20
For the film's floating "Hallelujah Mountains", the designers drew inspirat=
ion=20
from "many different types of mountains, but mainly the karst limestone=20
formations in China."[116] According to production designer Dylan Cole, the=
=20
fictional floating rocks were inspired by Huangshan (also known as Yellow=
=20
Mountain), Guilin, Zhangjiajie, among others around the world.[116] Cameron=
 had=20
noted the influence of the Chinese peaks on the design of the floating=20
mountains.[117] To create the interiors of the human mining colony on Pando=
ra,=20
production designers visited the Noble Clyde Boudreaux[118] oil platform in=
 the=20
Gulf of Mexico during June 2007. They photographed, measured and filmed eve=
ry=20
aspect of the platform, which was later replicated on-screen with=20
photorealistic CGI during post-production.


The first photo of the film was released on August 14, 2009,[124] and Empir=
e=20
released exclusive images from the film in its October issue.[125] Cameron,=
=20
producer Jon Landau, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, and Sigourney Weaver appear=
ed=20
at a panel, moderated by Tom Rothman, at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con on Ju=
ly=20
23. Twenty-five minutes of footage was screened[126] in Dolby 3D.[127] Weav=
er=20
and Cameron appeared at additional panels to promote the film, speaking on =
the=20
23rd[128] and 24th[129][130] respectively. James Cameron announced at the=
=20
Comic-Con Avatar Panel that August 21 will be 'Avatar Day'. On this day, th=
e=20
trailer was released in all theatrical formats. The official game trailer a=
nd=20
toy line of the film were also unveiled on this day.[131] The 129-second=20
trailer was released online on August 20, 2009.[132] The new 210-second tra=
iler=20
was premiered in theaters on October 23, 2009, then soon after premiered on=
line=20
on Yahoo! on October 29, 2009, to positive reviews.[133][134] An extended=
=20
version in IMAX 3D received overwhelmingly positive reviews.[132] The Holly=
wood=20
Reporter said that audience expectations were colored by "the [same]=20
establishment skepticism that preceded Titanic" and suggested the showing=
=20
reflected the desire for original storytelling.[135] The teaser has been am=
ong=20
the most viewed trailers in the history of film marketing, reaching the fir=
st=20
place of all trailers viewed on Apple.com with 4 million views.[136] On Oct=
ober=20
30, to celebrate the opening of the first 3-D cinema in Vietnam, Fox allowe=
d=20
Megastar Cinema to screen exclusive 16 minutes of Avatar to a number of=20
press.[137] The three-and-a-half-minute trailer of the film premiered live =
on=20
November 1, 2009, during a Dallas Cowboys football game at Cowboys Stadium =
in=20
Arlington, Texas, on the Diamond Vision screen, one of the world's largest=
=20
video displays, and to TV audiences viewing the game on Fox. It is said to =
be=20
the largest live motion picture trailer viewing in history.[138] The Coca-C=
ola=20
Company collaborated with Fox to launch a worldwide marketing campaign to=
=20
promote the film. The highlight of the campaign was the website AVTR.com.=
=20
Specially marked bottles and cans of Coca-Cola Zero, when held in front of =
a=20
webcam, enabled users to interact with the website's 3-D features using=20
augmented reality (AR) technology.[139] The film was heavily promoted in an=
=20
episode of the Fox series Bones in the episode "The Gamer In The Grease"=20
(Season 5, Episode 9). Avatar star Joel David Moore has a recurring role on=
 the=20
program, and is seen in the episode anxiously awaiting the release of the=
=20
film.[140] A week prior to the American release, Zoe Saldana promoted the f=
ilm=20
on Adult Swim when she was interviewed by an animated Space Ghost.[141]=20
McDonald's had a promotion mentioned in television commercials in Europe ca=
lled=20
"Avatarize yourself", which encouraged people to go to the website set up b=
y=20
Oddcast, and use a photograph of themselves to change into a Na'vi.[142] Bo=
oks=20
Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pando=
ra,=20
a 224-page book in the form of a field guide to the film's fictional settin=
g of=20
the planet of Pandora, was released by Harper Entertainment on November 24,=
=20
2009.[143] It is presented as a compilation of data collected by the humans=
=20
about Pandora and the life on it, written by Maria Wilhelm and Dirk Mathiso=
n.=20
HarperFestival also released Wilhelm's 48-page James Cameron's Avatar: The=
=20
Reusable Scrapbook for children.[144] The Art of Avatar was released on=20
November 30, 2009, by Abrams Books. The book features detailed production=
=20
artwork from the film, including production sketches, illustrations by Lisa=
=20
Fitzpatrick, and film stills. Producer Jon Landau wrote the foreword, Camer=
on=20
wrote the epilogue, and director Peter Jackson wrote the preface.[145] In=
=20
October 2010, Abrams Books also released The Making of Avatar, a 272-page b=
ook=20
that detailed the film's production process and contains over 500 color=20
photographs and illustrations.[146] In a 2009 interview, Cameron said that =
he=20
planned to write a novel version of Avatar after the film was released.[147=
] In=20
February 2010, producer Jon Landau stated that Cameron plans a prequel nove=
l=20
for Avatar that will "lead up to telling the story of the movie, but it wou=
ld=20
go into much more depth about all the stories that we didn't have time to d=
eal=20
with", saying that "Jim wants to write a novel that is a big, epic story th=
at=20
fills in a lot of things".[148] In August 2013 it was announced that Camero=
n=20
hired Steven Gould to pen four standalone novels to expand the Avatar=20
universe.[149] ance Post released a special limited edition stamp based on=
=20
Avatar, coinciding with the film's worldwide release.


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 It threatens the very core of the White House.

Robert Bruce Banner's psyche was profoundly affected by his troubled=20
childhood, in which his father, Brian Banner, regarded him as a monster due=
 to=20
his seemingly unnatural intellect from a young age.[50] These experiences=
=20
caused Bruce to develop a dissociative identity disorder and repress his=20
negative emotions as a coping mechanism. After Brian killed Bruce's mother =
in a=20
fit of rage,[51] Bruce lived with several relatives up until his high schoo=
l=20
years, when his intelligence caught the attention of the United States=20
Army.[52] Banner was recruited to develop nuclear weapons under the authori=
ty=20
of General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, and soon developed a relationship w=
ith=20
the General's daughter Betty Ross.[53] During the experimental detonation o=
f a=20
gamma bomb, Banner saves teenager Rick Jones, who was dared onto the testin=
g=20
field; Banner pushes Jones into a trench to save him, but is hit with the=
=20
blast, absorbing massive amounts of gamma radiation. He awakens later seemi=
ngly=20
unscathed, but he begins transforming into a powerful and destructive creat=
ure=20
upon nightfall, which a pursuing soldier describes as a "hulk".[53] Banner'=
s=20
attempts to cure himself of these transformations alter their conditions,=
=20
causing Banner to transform as a response to rage or fear.[54] The Hulk is =
a=20
founding member of the Avengers,[55] but quickly leaves the group due to th=
eir=20
distrust of him.[56] Banner maintains the secret of his dual identity with=
=20
Rick's aid, but Rick reveals his secret following his assumed death, forcin=
g=20
Banner to become a fugitive.[57] Psychiatrist Doc Samson captures the Hulk =
and=20
manages to physically separate Banner and the Hulk,[58] allowing Banner to=
=20
marry Betty.[59] However, Banner and the Hulk's molecular structure=20
destabilized and threatened to kill them, requiring Samson to reunite them =
with=20
the aid of Vision.[60] Samson is later able to merge elements of Banner's=
=20
fractured psyche to create Professor Hulk, an intelligent but egocentric=20
variation of the Hulk.[51] Professor Hulk soon becomes a key member of the=
=20
Pantheon, a secretive organization of superpowered individuals.[61][62] His=
=20
tenure with the organization brings him into conflict with a tyrannical=20
alternate future version of himself called the Maestro, who rules over a wo=
rld=20
where many heroes are dead.[63] The Professor Hulk construct ultimately pro=
ves=20
unstable, and Banner's psyche eventually splinters once more. In "Planet Hu=
lk",=20
the Illuminati decide the Hulk is too dangerous to remain on Earth and send=
 him=20
away by rocket ship which crashes on Planet Sakaar. The Hulk finds allies i=
n=20
the Warbound and marries alien queen Caiera, a relationship that bears him =
two=20
sons: Skaar and Hiro-Kala.[64] After the Illuminati's ship explodes and kil=
ls=20
Caiera, the Hulk returns to Earth with his superhero group Warbound and=20
declares war on the planet in "World War Hulk".[65] However, after learning=
=20
that Miek, one of the Warbound, had actually been responsible for the=20
destruction, the Hulk allows himself to be defeated, with Banner subsequent=
ly=20
redeeming himself as a hero as he works with and against the new Red Hulk t=
o=20
defeat the new supervillain team the Intelligencia.[66] Later, the Hulk tur=
ns=20
to Doctor Doom to physically separate himself and Banner, with Doom surgica=
lly=20
extracting the elements of the Hulk's brain uniquely belonging to Banner an=
d=20
inserting them into a clone body.[67] Banner eventually re-combines with th=
e=20
Hulk when his cloned body is destroyed in an attempt to recreate his origin=
al=20
transformation.[68] Following this, Bruce willingly joins the spy organizat=
ion=20
S.H.I.E.L.D., allowing them to use the Hulk as a weapon in exchange for=20
providing him with the means and funding to create a lasting legacy for=20
himself.[69] When Banner is shot in the head by an assassin, Tony Stark sav=
es=20
him with a variant of the Extremis virus.[70] This procedure creates a new=
=20
intelligent persona named Doc Green, who concludes that the world is in dan=
ger=20
by Gamma Mutates and thus need to be depowered. He creates a cure and depow=
ers=20
A-Bomb, Skaar and Red Hulk. Eventually, Doc Green's intellect fades and his=
=20
normal Hulk form is restored.[71] When the vision of the Inhuman Ulysses sh=
ows=20
a rampaging Hulk standing over the corpses of many superheroes,[72] Banner=
=20
gives Hawkeye special arrows capable of killing him during a transformation=
,=20
which Hawkeye accomplishes.[73] The Hulk was first revived by the Hand,[74]=
=20
then by Hydra,[75] and finally by the Challenger for a contest against the=
=20
Grandmaster.[76] Personality Like other long-lived characters, the Hulk's=
=20
character and cultural interpretations have changed with time, adding or=20
modifying character traits. The Hulk is typically seen as a hulking man wit=
h=20
green skin, hair, and eyes, wearing only a pair of torn purple pants that=
=20
survive his physical transformation as the character progressed. As Bruce=
=20
Banner, the character is about 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) tall and weighs 128 lbs=
=20
(58.05 kg), but when transformed into the Hulk, the character stands betwee=
n 7=20
and 8 ft (2.13 - 2.43 m) tall and weighs between 1,040 and 1,400 lbs (471.7=
3 -=20
635.02 kg). The Gray Hulk stands 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall and weighs 900 lbs=
=20
(408.23 kg); the Merged Hulk stands 7 ft 6 in (2.28 m) tall and weighs 1,15=
0=20
lbs (521.63 kg); the Green Scar stands 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) tall and weighs 2=
,400=20
lbs (1.08 ton).[77] The Immortal Hulk is roughly the same size as Sasquatch=
,=20
standing around 9 or 10 ft (2.74 / 3.04 m) tall and weighing roughly 2,000 =
lbs=20
(907.18 kg). Following his debut, Banner's transformations were triggered a=
t=20
nightfall, turning him into a grey-skinned Hulk. In Incredible Hulk #2, the=
=20
Hulk started to appear with green skin,[78] and in Avengers #3 (1963) Banne=
r=20
realized that his transformations were now triggered by surges of adrenalin=
e in=20
response to feelings of fear, pain or anger.[79] Incredible Hulk #227 (1978=
)=20
established that the Hulk's separate identity was not due to the mutation=
=20
affecting his brain, but because Banner was suffering from dissociative=20
identity disorder, with the savage Green Hulk representing Banner's repress=
ed=20
childhood rage and aggression,[80] and the Grey Hulk representing Banner's=
=20
repressed selfish desires and urges.[81] Identities Bruce Banner During his=
=20
decades of publication, Banner has been portrayed differently, but common=
=20
themes persist. Banner, a physicist who earned his Ph.D. in nuclear physics=
=20
from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), is sarcastic and=20
seemingly very self-assured when he first appears in Incredible Hulk #1, bu=
t is=20
also emotionally withdrawn.[4] Banner designed the gamma bomb that caused h=
is=20
affliction, and the ironic twist of his self-inflicted fate has been one of=
 the=20
most persistent common themes.[9] Arie Kaplan describes the character thus:=
=20
"Robert Bruce Banner lives in a constant state of panic, always wary that t=
he=20
monster inside him will erupt, and therefore he cannot form meaningful bond=
s=20
with anyone."[82] As a child, Banner's father Brian often got mad and=20
physically abused both Banner and his mother, creating the psychological=20
complex of fear, anger, and the fear of anger and the destruction it can ca=
use=20
that underlies the character. Banner has been shown to be emotionally=20
repressed, but capable of deep love for Betty Ross, and for solving problem=
s=20
posed to him. Under the writing of Paul Jenkins, Banner was shown to be a=
=20
capable fugitive, applying deductive reasoning and observation to figure ou=
t=20
the events transpiring around him. On the occasions that Banner controlled =
the=20
Hulk's body, he applied principles of physics to problems and challenges an=
d=20
used deductive reasoning. It was shown after his ability to turn into the H=
ulk=20
was taken away by the red Hulk that Banner has been extremely versatile as =
well=20
as cunning when dealing with the many situations that followed. When he was=
=20
briefly separated from the Hulk by Doom, Banner became criminally insane,=
=20
driven by his desire to regain the power of the Hulk, but once the two=20
recombined he came to accept that he was a better person with the Hulk to=
=20
provide something for him to focus on controlling rather than allowing his=
=20
intellect to run without restraint against the world.[83] Hulk The traditio=
nal=20
Hulk, often called "Savage Hulk", was originally shown as grey and average =
in=20
intelligence. He roamed aimlessly and became annoyed at "puny" humans who t=
ook=20
him for a dangerous monster. Shortly after becoming the Hulk, his=20
transformation continued turning him green, coinciding with him beginning t=
o=20
display primitive speech.[78] By Incredible Hulk #4, radiation treatments g=
ave=20
Banner's mind complete control of the Hulk's body. While Banner relished hi=
s=20
indestructibility and power, he was quick to anger and more aggressive in h=
is=20
Hulk form. He became known as a hero alongside the Avengers, but his increa=
sing=20
paranoia caused him to leave the group. He was convinced that he would neve=
r be=20
trusted.[79] Originally, the Hulk was shown as simple-minded and quick to=
=20
anger.[84] The Hulk generally divorces his identity from Banner's, decrying=
=20
Banner as "puny Banner."[85] From his earliest stories, the Hulk has been=
=20
concerned with finding sanctuary and quiet.[9] He is often shown to quickly=
=20
react emotionally to situations. Grest and Weinberg call Hulk the "dark,=20
primordial side of Banner's psyche."[15] Even in the earliest appearances, =
Hulk=20
spoke in the third person. Hulk retains a modest intelligence, thinking and=
=20
talking in full sentences. Lee even gives the Hulk expository dialogue in i=
ssue=20
#6, allowing readers to learn just what capabilities Hulk has, when the Hul=
k=20
says, "But these muscles ain't just for show! All I gotta do is spring up a=
nd=20
just keep goin'!" In the 1970s, Hulk was shown as more prone to anger and r=
age,=20
and less talkative. Writers played with the nature of his transformations,[=
86]=20
briefly giving Banner control over the change, and the ability to maintain=
=20
control of his Hulk form. Artistically and conceptually, the character has=
=20
become progressively more muscular and powerful in the years since his=20
debut.[87] Joe Fixit Originally, Stan Lee wanted the Hulk to be grey. Due t=
o=20
ink problems, Hulk's color was changed to green. This was later changed in =
the=20
story to indicate that the Grey Hulk and the Savage Hulk are separate=20
dissociative identities or entities fighting for control in Bruce's=20
subconscious. The Grey Hulk incarnation can do the more unscrupulous things=
=20
that Banner could not bring himself to do, with many sources comparing the =
Grey=20
Hulk to the moody teenager that Banner never allowed himself to be. While t=
he=20
grey Hulk still had the-madder-he-gets, the-stronger-he-gets part that is=
=20
similar to the Savage Hulk, it is on a much slower rate. It is said by the=
=20
Leader that the Grey Hulk is stronger on nights of the new moon and weaker =
on=20
nights of the full moon. Originally, the night is when Bruce Banner became =
the=20
Grey Hulk and changed back by dawn. In later comics, willpower or stress wo=
uld=20
have Banner turn into the Grey Hulk.[88] During one storyline where he was=
=20
placed under a spell to prevent him turning back into Bruce Banner and publ=
icly=20
presumed dead when he was teleported away from a gamma bomb explosion that=
=20
destroyed an entire town, the grey Hulk adopted a specific name as Joe Fixi=
t, a=20
security expert for Las Vegas casino owner Michael Berengetti, with the gre=
y=20
Hulk often being referred to as Joe after these events.[89] Joe Fixit later=
=20
gained the ability to transform into his version of Red Hulk form when in t=
he=20
Below-Place.[90] Merged Hulk Convinced that unaided, the Banner, Green Hulk=
,=20
and Grey Hulk identities would eventually destroy each other, Doc Samson us=
es=20
hypnosis to merge the three to create a new single identity combining Banne=
r's=20
intelligence with the Grey Hulk's and Banner's attitudes and the Green Hulk=
's=20
body. This new Merged Hulk, Professor Hulk, or simply The Professor, consid=
ered=20
himself cured and began a new life, but the merger was not perfect, and the=
=20
Hulk sometimes still considered Banner a separate person, and when overcome=
=20
with rage the Merged Hulk would transform back into Banner's human body whi=
le=20
still thinking himself the Hulk.[81] The Merged Hulk is the largest of the=
=20
three primary Hulk incarnations. While in a calm emotional state, the Merge=
d=20
Hulk is stronger than Savage Hulk when he is calm. Unlike the Savage Hulk a=
nd=20
the Grey Hulk, Banner subconsciously installed a type of safeguard within t=
his=20
incarnation. The safeguard is that when the Merged Hulk gets angry, he=20
regresses back to Banner with the mind of the Savage Hulk.[91] Doc Green A=
=20
variation of the Merged Hulk identity takes on the name Doc Green as the re=
sult=20
of Extremis fixing Hulk's brain, becoming powerful enough to destroy Tony=
=20
Stark's mansion with one thunderclap. This form was also known as Omega=20
Hulk.[92] It was theorized by Doc Green that this form was an earlier=20
incarnation of his possible future form Maestro.[93] The Devil/Immortal The=
=20
Devil Hulk or Immortal Hulk, or simply the Devil or Immortal, is the result=
 of=20
the Hulk needing a father figure. While the character's physical appearance=
=20
varies, he is always depicted as having glowing red eyes and reptilian=20
traits.[94] The new form of the Devil Hulk is the result of Banner and Hulk=
=20
having been through different deaths and rebirths. This incarnation is=20
articulate, smart, and cunning, and does merciless attacks on those who do=
=20
harm. Unlike the other Hulk incarnations, the Devil Hulk is content with=20
waiting inside Bruce. If Bruce is injured by sunset, the Devil Hulk will em=
erge=20
with his transformation being limited to night-time.[95] Thanks to the Devi=
l=20
Hulk side and Banner working together, the Devil Hulk can maintain his form=
 in=20
sunlight.[96] Other identities The Gravage Hulk is the result of Banner usi=
ng=20
the Gamma Projector on himself which merged his Savage Hulk and Grey Hulk=
=20
identities. This form possesses the raw power of the Savage Hulk and the=20
cunning intellect of the Grey Hulk. While he does not draw on anger to empo=
wer=20
him, the Gravage Hulk identity draws on dimensional nexus energies to incre=
ase=20
his strength.[97] The Dark Hulk identity is the result of Hulk being posses=
sed=20
by Shanzar. This form has black skin and is viciously strong.[98] The Guilt=
=20
Hulk is a malevolent representation of Banner's abusive father, Brian Banne=
r,=20
that manifests itself in Banner's childhood memories.[99] The Green Scar=20
identity is unleashed on Sakaar and is an enraged version of the Gravage Hu=
lk.=20
In addition, he is an expert in armed combat like the use of swords and=20
shields. Green Scar is also a capable leader and an expert strategist.[100]=
=20
Kluh is a personality of Hulk who is described as the "Hulk's Hulk". This f=
orm=20
sports a white mohawk, black skin, and red lines on him.[101] Titan is a mo=
re=20
monstrous and malicious form of Hulk who stands at 30 ft., has black skin,=
=20
rock-like spikes on his shoulders, and possesses the ability to shoot laser=
s=20
from his eyes.[102] This personality was born when it was planted in Hulk b=
y=20
D'Spayre. See the truth now before it's swept under the rug of political=20
maneuvering.

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Initial screening Avatar premiered in London on December 10, 2009, and was=
=20
released theatrically worldwide from December 16 to 18.[156] The film was=
=20
originally set for release on May 22, 2009, during filming[157] but was pus=
hed=20
back to allow more post-production time (the last shots were delivered in=
=20
November)[80] and give more time for theaters worldwide to install 3D=20
projectors.[158] Cameron stated that the film's aspect ratio would be 1.78:=
1=20
for 3D screenings and that a 2.39:1 image would be extracted for 2D=20
screenings.[159][160] However, a 3D 2.39:1 extract was approved for use wit=
h=20
constant-image-height screens (i.e., screens that increase in width to disp=
lay=20
2.39:1 films).[161] During a 3D preview showing in Germany on December 16, =
the=20
movie's DRM "protection" system malfunctioned, and some copies delivered=20
weren=E2=80=99t watched at all in the theaters. The problems were fixed in =
time for the=20
public premiere.[162] Avatar was released in a total of 3,457 theaters in t=
he=20
US, of which 2,032 theaters showed it in 3D. In total, 90% of all advance=
=20
ticket sales for Avatar were for 3D screenings.[163] Internationally, Avata=
r=20
opened on a total of 14,604 screens in 106 territories, of which 3,671 were=
=20
showing the film in 3D (producing 56% of the first weekend gross).[164][165=
]=20
The film was simultaneously presented in IMAX 3D format, opening in 178=20
theaters in the United States on December 18. The international IMAX releas=
e=20
included 58 theaters beginning on December 16, and 25 more theaters were to=
 be=20
added in the coming weeks.[166] The IMAX release was the company's widest t=
o=20
date, a total of 261 theaters worldwide. The previous IMAX record opening w=
as=20
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which opened in 161 IMAX theaters i=
n=20
the US, and about 70 international.[167] 20th Century Fox Korea adapted and=
=20
later released Avatar in 4D version, which included "moving seats, smells o=
f=20
explosives, sprinkling water, laser lights and wind".[20] Post-original rel=
ease=20
In July 2010, Cameron confirmed that there would be an extended theatrical=
=20
rerelease of the film on August 27, 2010, exclusively in 3D theaters and IM=
AX=20
3D.[168] Avatar: Special Edition includes an additional nine minutes of=20
footage, all of which is CG,[169] including an extension of the sex scene[1=
70]=20
and various other scenes that were cut from the original theatrical film.[1=
69]=20
This extended re-release resulted in the film's run time approaching the=20
then-current IMAX platter maximum of 170 minutes, thereby leaving less time=
 for=20
the end credits. Cameron stated that the nine minutes of added scenes cost =
more=20
than $1 million a minute to produce and finish.[171] During its 12-week=20
re-release, Avatar: Special Edition grossed an additional $10.74 million in=
=20
North America and $22.46 million overseas for a worldwide total of $33.2=20
million.[5] The film was later re-released in China in March 2021, allowing=
 it=20
to surpass Avengers: Endgame to become the highest-grossing film of all=20
time.[24] Avatar was re-released in theaters on September 23, 2022, by Walt=
=20
Disney Studios Motion Pictures for a limited two week engagement, with the =
film=20
being remastered in 4K high-dynamic range, with select scenes at a high fra=
me=20
rate of 48-frames-per-second.[172] The reissue was prior to the December 20=
22=20
premiere of its sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water.[173] Prior to this, Camer=
on=20
previously teased a re-release of the film back in 2017 when promoting the=
=20
Dolby Cinema re-release of Titanic, stating that there were plans in the wo=
rks=20
to remaster the film with Dolby Vision and re-release it in Dolby Cinema.


Home media 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released the film on DVD and=
=20
Blu-ray in the US on April 22, 2010,[175] and in the UK on April 26.[176] T=
he=20
US release was not on a Tuesday as is the norm, but was done to coincide wi=
th=20
Earth Day.[177] The first DVD and Blu-ray release does not contain any=20
supplemental features other than the theatrical film and the disc menu in f=
avor=20
of and to make space for optimal picture and sound. The release also preser=
ves=20
the film's native 1.78:1 (16:9) format as Cameron felt that was the best fo=
rmat=20
to watch the film.[178] The Blu-ray disc contains DRM (BD+ 5) which some=20
Blu-ray players might not support without a firmware update.[179][180] Avat=
ar=20
set a first-day launch record in the U.S. for Blu-ray sales at 1.5 million=
=20
units sold, breaking the record previously held by The Dark Knight (600,000=
=20
units sold). First-day DVD and Blu-ray sales combined were over four millio=
n=20
units sold.[181] In its first four days of release, sales of Avatar on Blu-=
ray=20
reached 2.7 million in the United States and Canada =E2=80=93 overtaking Th=
e Dark=20
Knight to become the best ever selling Blu-ray release in the region.[182][=
183]=20
The release later broke the Blu-ray sales record in the UK the following=20
week.[184] In its first three weeks of release, the film sold a total of 19=
.7=20
million DVD and Blu-ray discs combined, a new record for sales in that=20
period.[185] As of July 18, 2012, DVD sales (not including Blu-ray) totaled=
=20
over 10.5 million units sold with $190,806,055 in revenue.[186] Avatar reta=
ined=20
its record as the top-selling Blu-ray in the US market until January 2015, =
when=20
it was surpassed by Disney's Frozen.[187] The Avatar three-disc Extended=20
Collector's Edition on DVD and Blu-ray was released on November 16, 2010. T=
hree=20
different versions of the film are present on the discs: the original=20
theatrical cut (162 minutes), the special edition cut (170 minutes), and a=
=20
collector's extended cut (178 minutes). The DVD set spreads the film across=
 two=20
discs, while the Blu-ray set presents it on a single disc.[188] The collect=
or's=20
extended cut contains 8 more minutes of footage, thus making it 16 minutes=
=20
longer than the original theatrical cut. Cameron mentioned, "you can sit do=
wn,=20
and in a continuous screening of the film, watch it with the Earth opening"=
. He=20
stated the "Earth opening" is an additional 4+1=E2=81=842 minutes of scenes=
 that were=20
in the film for much of its production but were ultimately cut before the=
=20
film's theatrical release.[189] The release also includes an additional 45=
=20
minutes of deleted scenes and other extras.[188] Cameron initially stated t=
hat=20
Avatar would be released in 3D around November 2010, but the studio issued =
a=20
correction: "3-D is in the conceptual stage and Avatar will not be out on 3=
D=20
Blu-ray in November."[190] In May 2010, Fox stated that the 3D version woul=
d be=20
released some time in 2011.[185] It was later revealed that Fox had given=
=20
Panasonic an exclusive license for the 3D Blu-ray version and only with the=
=20
purchase of a Panasonic 3DTV. The length of Panasonic's exclusivity period =
is=20
stated to last until February 2012.[191] On October 2010, Cameron stated th=
at=20
the standalone 3D Blu-ray would be the final version of the film's home rel=
ease=20
and that it was "maybe one, two years out".[192] On Christmas Eve 2010, Ava=
tar=20
had its 3D television world premiere on Sky.[193][194][195] On August 13, 2=
012,=20
Cameron announced on Facebook that Avatar would be released globally on Blu=
-ray=20
3D.[196] The Blu-ray 3D version was finally released on October 16, 2012.[1=
97]=20
Reception Critical response On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of 31=
9=20
reviews are positive, and the average rating is 7.4/10. The site's consensu=
s=20
reads, "It might be more impressive on a technical level than as a piece of=
=20
storytelling, but Avatar reaffirms James Cameron's singular gift for=20
imaginative, absorbing filmmaking."[198] On Metacritic =E2=80=94 which assi=
gns a=20
weighted mean score =E2=80=94 the film has a score of 83 out of 100 based o=
n 35=20
critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[199] Audiences polled by CinemaSco=
re=20
gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Every demographi=
c=20
surveyed was reported to give this rating. These polls also indicated that =
the=20
main draw of the film was its use of 3D.[200] Roger Ebert of the Chicago=20
Sun-Times called the film "extraordinary" and gave it four stars out of fou=
r.=20
"Watching Avatar, I felt sort of the same as when I saw Star Wars in 1977,"=
 he=20
said, adding that like Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship =
of=20
the Ring, the film "employs a new generation of special effects" and it "is=
 not=20
simply a sensational entertainment, although it is that. It's a technical=
=20
breakthrough. It has a flat-out Green and anti-war message".[201] A. O. Sco=
tt=20
of At The Movies also compared his viewing of the film to the first time he=
=20
viewed Star Wars and he said "although the script is a little bit ... obvio=
us,"=20
it was "part of what made it work".[202][203] Todd McCarthy of Variety prai=
sed=20
the film, saying "The King of the World sets his sights on creating another=
=20
world entirely in Avatar, and it's very much a place worth visiting."[204] =
Kirk=20
Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review. "The=
=20
screen is alive with more action and the soundtrack pops with more robust m=
usic=20
than any dozen sci-fi shoot-'em-ups you care to mention," he stated.[205] P=
eter=20
Travers of Rolling Stone awarded Avatar a three-and-a-half out of four star=
=20
rating and wrote in his print review "It extends the possibilities of what=
=20
movies can do. Cameron's talent may just be as big as his dreams."[206] Ric=
hard=20
Corliss of Time magazine thought that the film was "the most vivid and=20
convincing creation of a fantasy world ever seen in the history of moving=
=20
pictures."[207] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times thought the film has=
=20
"powerful" visual accomplishments but "flat dialogue" and "obvious=20
characterization".[208] James Berardinelli of ReelViews praised the film an=
d=20
its story, giving it four out of four stars; he wrote "In 3-D, it's immersi=
ve =E2=80=93=20
but the traditional film elements =E2=80=93 story, character, editing, them=
e, emotional=20
resonance, etc. =E2=80=93 are presented with sufficient expertise to make e=
ven the 2-D=20
version an engrossing 2+1=E2=81=842-hour experience."[209] Avatar's underly=
ing social=20
and political themes attracted attention. Armond White of the New York Pres=
s=20
wrote that Cameron used "villainous American characters" to "misrepresent=
=20
facets of militarism, capitalism, and imperialism".[210][211] Russell D. Mo=
ore=20
of The Christian Post concluded that "propaganda exists in the film" and st=
ated=20
"If you can get a theater full of people in Kentucky to stand and applaud t=
he=20
defeat of their country in war, then you've got some amazing special=20
effects."[212] Adam Cohen of The New York Times was more positive about the=
=20
film, calling its anti-imperialist message "a 22nd-century version of the=
=20
American colonists vs. the British, India vs. the Raj, or Latin America vs.=
=20
United Fruit".[213] Ross Douthat of The New York Times opined that the film=
 is=20
"Cameron's long apologia for pantheism [...] Hollywood's religion of choice=
 for=20
a generation now",[214] while Saritha Prabhu of The Tennessean called the f=
ilm=20
a "misportrayal of pantheism and Eastern spirituality in general",[215] and=
=20
Maxim Osipov of The Hindustan Times, on the contrary, commended the film's=
=20
message for its overall consistency with the teachings of Hinduism in the=
=20
Bhagavad Gita.[216] Annalee Newitz of io9 concluded that Avatar is another =
film=20
that has the recurring "fantasy about race" whereby "some white guy" become=
s=20
the "most awesome" member of a non-white culture.[217] Michael Phillips of =
the=20
Chicago Tribune called Avatar "the season's ideological Rorschach blot",[21=
8]=20
while Miranda Devine of The Sydney Morning Herald thought that "It [was]=20
impossible to watch Avatar without being banged over the head with the=20
director's ideological hammer."[219] Nidesh Lawtoo believed that an essenti=
al,=20
yet less visible social theme that contributed to Avatar's success concerns=
=20
contemporary fascinations with virtual avatars and "the transition from the=
=20
world of reality to that of virtual reality".[220] Critics and audiences ha=
ve=20
cited similarities with other films, literature or media, describing the=20
perceived connections in ways ranging from simple "borrowing" to outright=
=20
plagiarism. Ty Burr of The Boston Globe called it "the same movie" as Dance=
s=20
with Wolves.[221] Like Dances with Wolves, Avatar has been characterized as=
=20
being a "white savior" movie, in which a "backwards" native people is impot=
ent=20
without the leadership of a member of the invading white culture.[222][223]=
=20
Parallels to the concept and use of an avatar are in Poul Anderson's 1957=
=20
novelette "Call Me Joe", in which a paralyzed man uses his mind from orbit =
to=20
control an artificial body on Jupiter.[224][225] Cinema audiences in Russia=
=20
have noted that Avatar has elements in common with the 1960s Noon Universe=
=20
novels by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, which are set in the 22nd century on=
 a=20
forested world called Pandora with a sentient indigenous species called the=
=20
Nave.[226] Various reviews have compared Avatar to the films FernGully: The=
=20
Last Rainforest,[227][228] Pocahontas[229] and The Last Samurai.[230] NPR's=
=20
Morning Edition has compared the film to a montage of tropes, with one=20
commentator stating that Avatar was made by "mixing a bunch of film scripts=
 in=20
a blender".[231] Gary Westfahl wrote that "the science fiction story that m=
ost=20
closely resembles Avatar has to be Ursula Le Guin's novella The Word for Wo=
rld=20
Is Forest (1972), another epic about a benevolent race of alien beings who=
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on=20
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t=20
damages of $50m.[235] Dean's case was dismissed in 2014, and The Hollywood=
=20
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Avatar received compliments from filmmakers, with Steven Spielberg praising=
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as "the most evocative and amazing science-fiction movie since Star Wars" a=
nd=20
others calling it "audacious and awe inspiring", "master class", and=20
"brilliant". Noted art director-turned-filmmaker Roger Christian is also a=
=20
noted fan of the film.[237] On the other hand, Duncan Jones said: "It's not=
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my top three James Cameron films. ... [A]t what point in the film did you h=
ave=20
any doubt what was going to happen next?".[238] For French filmmaker Luc=20
Besson, Avatar opened the doors for him to now create an adaptation of the=
=20
graphic novel series Val=C3=A9rian and Laureline that technologically suppo=
rts the=20
scope of its source material, with Besson even throwing his original script=
 in=20
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3 in their list of "The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far)"[24=
0]=20
also earning it a spot on the magazine's All-Time 100 list,[241] and IGN li=
sted=20
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first two weeks, it was debated as the one film capable of surpassing Titan=
ic's=20
worldwide gross, and its continued strength perplexed box office analysts.[=
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Other films in recent years had been cited as contenders for surpassing=20
Titanic, such as 2008's The Dark Knight,[295] but Avatar was considered the=
=20
first film with a genuine chance to do so, and its numbers being aided by=
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higher ticket prices for 3D screenings[294] did not fully explain its succe=
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to box office analysts. "Most films are considered to be healthy if they ma=
nage=20
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ping=20
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unprecedented. I had to do a double take. I thought it was a=20
miscalculation."[296] Analysts predicted second place for the film's worldw=
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gross, but most were uncertain about it surpassing Titanic because "Today's=
=20
films flame out much faster than they did when Titanic was released."[296]=
=20
Brandon Gray, president of Box Office Mojo, believed in the film's chances =
of=20
becoming the highest-grossing film of all time, though he also believed it =
was=20
too early to surmise because it had only played during the holidays. He sai=
d,=20
"While Avatar may beat Titanic's record, it will be tough, and the film is=
=20
unlikely to surpass Titanic in attendance. Ticket prices were about $3 chea=
per=20
in the late 1990s."[296] Cameron said he did not think it was realistic to =
"try=20
to topple Titanic off its perch" because it "just struck some kind of chord=
"=20
and there had been other good films in recent years.[297] He changed his=20
prediction by mid-January. "It's gonna happen. It's just a matter of time,"=
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said.[298] You've got to compete head on with these other epic works of fan=
tasy=20
and fiction, the Tolkiens and the Star Wars and the Star Treks. People want=
 a=20
persistent alternate reality to invest themselves in and they want the deta=
il=20
that makes it rich and worth their time. They want to live somewhere else. =
Like=20
Pandora. James Cameron on the success of Avatar[299] Although analysts have=
=20
been unable to agree that Avatar's success is attributable to one primary=
=20
factor, several explanations have been advanced. First, January is historic=
ally=20
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=20
2010.[300] Cameron himself said he decided to open the film in December so =
that=20
it would have less competition from then to January.[287] Titanic capitaliz=
ed=20
on the same January predictability, and earned most of its gross in 1998.[3=
00]=20
Additionally, Avatar established itself as a "must-see" event. Gray said, "=
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this point, people who are going to see Avatar are going to see Avatar and=
=20
would even if the slate was strong."[300] Marketing the film as a "novelty=
=20
factor" also helped. Fox positioned the film as a cinematic event that shou=
ld=20
be seen in the theaters. "It's really hard to sell the idea that you can ha=
ve=20
the same experience at home," stated David Mumpower, an analyst at=20
BoxOfficeProphets.com.[300] The "Oscar buzz" surrounding the film and=20
international viewings helped. "Two-thirds of Titanic's haul was earned=20
overseas, and Avatar [tracked] similarly ...Avatar opened in 106 markets=20
globally and was No. 1 in all of them", and the markets "such as Russia, wh=
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Titanic saw modest receipts in 1997 and 1998, are white-hot today" with "mo=
re=20
screens and moviegoers" than before.[300] According to Variety, films in 3D=
=20
accumulated $1.3 billion in 2009, "a threefold increase over 2008 and more =
than=20
10% of the total 2009 box-office gross". The increased ticket price =E2=80=
=93 an=20
average of $2 to $3 per ticket in most markets =E2=80=93 helped the film.[3=
00]=20
Likewise, Entertainment Weekly attributed the film's success to 3D glasses =
but=20
also to its "astronomic word-of-mouth". Not only do some theaters charge up=
 to=20
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he=20
possible cause for sold-out screenings.[301] Gray said Avatar having no bas=
is=20
in previously established material makes its performance remarkable and eve=
n=20
more impressive. "The movie might be derivative of many movies in its story=
 and=20
themes," he said, "but it had no direct antecedent like the other top-gross=
ing=20
films: Titanic (historical events), the Star Wars movies (an established fi=
lm=20
franchise), or The Lord of the Rings (literature). It was a tougher sell=20
..."[300] The Hollywood Reporter estimated that after a combined production=
 and=20
promotion cost of between $387=E2=80=93437 million, the film turned a net p=
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ight: 0; font-size: 0; max-height: 0; line-height: 0; margin: 0;">Principal=
 photography for Avatar began in April 2007 in Los Angeles and Wellington. =
Cameron described the film as a hybrid with a full live-action shoot in com=
bination with computer-generated characters and live environments. "Ideally=
 at the end of the day the audience has no idea which they're looking at," =
Cameron said. The director indicated that he had already worked four months=
 on nonprincipal scenes for the film.[66] The live action was shot with a m=
odified version of the proprietary digital 3-D Fusion Camera System, develo=
ped by Cameron and Vince Pace.[67] In January 2007, Fox had announced that =
3-D filming for Avatar would be done at 24 frames per second despite Camero=
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ing less noticeable.[68] According to Cameron, the film is composed of 60% =
computer-generated elements and 40% live action, as well as traditional min=
iatures.[69] Motion-capture photography lasted 31 days at the Hughes Aircra=
ft stage in Playa Vista in Los Angeles.[54][70] Live action photography beg=
an in October 2007 at Stone Street Studios in Wellington and was scheduled =
to last 31 days.[71] More than a thousand people worked on the production.[=
70] In preparation of the filming sequences, all of the actors underwent pr=
ofessional training specific to their characters such as archery, horseback=
 riding, firearm use, and hand-to-hand combat. They received language and d=
ialect training in the Na'vi language created for the film.[72] Before shoo=
ting the film, Cameron also sent the cast to the Hawaiian tropical rainfore=
sts[73] to get a feel for a rainforest setting before shooting on the sound=
stage.[72] During filming, Cameron made use of his virtual camera system, a=
 new way of directing motion-capture filmmaking. The system shows the actor=
s' virtual counterparts in their digital surroundings in real time, allowin=
g the director to adjust and direct scenes just as if shooting live action.=
 According to Cameron, "It's like a big, powerful game engine. If I want to=
 fly through space, or change my perspective, I can. I can turn the whole s=
cene into a living miniature and go through it on a 50 to 1 scale."[74] Usi=
ng conventional techniques, the complete virtual world cannot be seen until=
 the motion-capture of the actors is complete. Cameron said this process do=
es not diminish the value or importance of acting. On the contrary, because=
 there is no need for repeated camera and lighting setups, costume fittings=
 and make-up touch-ups, scenes do not need to be interrupted repeatedly.[75=
] Cameron described the system as a "form of pure creation where if you wan=
t to move a tree or a mountain or the sky or change the time of day, you ha=
ve complete control over the elements".[76] Cameron gave fellow directors S=
teven Spielberg and Peter Jackson a chance to test the new technology.[65] =
Spielberg said, "I like to think of it as digital makeup, not augmented ani=
mation ... Motion capture brings the director back to a kind of intimacy th=
at actors and directors only know when they're working in live theater."[75=
] Spielberg and George Lucas were also able to visit the set to watch Camer=
on direct with the equipment.[77] To film the shots where CGI interacts wit=
h live action, a unique camera referred to as a "simulcam" was used, a merg=
er of the 3-D fusion camera and the virtual camera systems. While filming l=
ive action in real time with the simulcam, the CGI images captured with the=
 virtual camera or designed from scratch, are superimposed over the live ac=
tion images as in augmented reality and shown on a small monitor, making it=
 possible for the director to instruct the actors how to relate to the virt=
ual material in the scene.[72] Due to Cameron's personal convictions about =
climate change, he allowed only plant-based (vegan) food to be served on se=
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height: 0; margin: 0;">A number of innovative visual effects techniques wer=
e used during production. According to Cameron, work on the film had been d=
elayed since the 1990s to allow the techniques to reach the necessary degre=
e of advancement to adequately portray his vision of the film.[13][14] The =
director planned to make use of photorealistic computer-generated character=
s, created using new motion capture animation technologies he had been deve=
loping in the 14 months leading up to December 2006.[74] Innovations includ=
e a new system for lighting massive areas like Pandora's jungle,[80] a moti=
on-capture stage or "volume" six times larger than any previously used, and=
 an improved method of capturing facial expressions, enabling full performa=
nce capture. To achieve the face capturing, actors wore individually made s=
kull caps fitted with a tiny camera positioned in front of the actors' face=
s; the information collected about their facial expressions and eyes is the=
n transmitted to computers.[81] According to Cameron, the method allows the=
 filmmakers to transfer 100% of the actors' physical performances to their =
digital counterparts.[82] Besides the performance capture data which were t=
ransferred directly to the computers, numerous reference cameras gave the d=
igital artists multiple angles of each performance.[83] A technically chall=
enging scene was near the end of the film when the computer-generated Neyti=
ri held the live action Jake in human form, and attention was given to the =
details of the shadows and reflected light between them.[84] The lead visua=
l effects company was Weta Digital in Wellington, at one point employing 90=
0 people to work on the film.[85] Because of the huge amount of data which =
needed to be stored, cataloged and available for everybody involved, even o=
n the other side of the world, a new cloud computing and Digital Asset Mana=
gement (DAM) system named Gaia was created by Microsoft especially for Avat=
ar, which allowed the crews to keep track of and coordinate all stages in t=
he digital processing.[86] To render Avatar, Weta used a 930 m2 (10,000 sq =
ft) server farm making use of 4,000 Hewlett-Packard servers with 35,000 pro=
cessor cores with 104 terabytes of RAM and three petabytes of network area =
storage running Ubuntu Linux, Grid Engine cluster manager, and 2 of the ani=
mation software and managers, Pixar's RenderMan and Pixar's Alfred queue ma=
nagement system.[87][88][89][90] The render farm occupies the 193rd to 197t=
h spots in the TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. A n=
ew texturing and paint software system, called Mari, was developed by The F=
oundry in cooperation with Weta.[91][92] Creating the Na'vi characters and =
the virtual world of Pandora required over a petabyte of digital storage,[9=
3] and each minute of the final footage for Avatar occupies 17.28 gigabytes=
 of storage.[94] It would often take the computer several hours to render a=
 single frame of the film.[95] To help finish preparing the special effects=
 sequences on time, a number of other companies were brought on board, incl=
uding Industrial Light & Magic, which worked alongside Weta Digital to crea=
te the battle sequences. ILM was responsible for the visual effects for man=
y of the film's specialized vehicles and devised a new way to make CGI expl=
osions.[96] Joe Letteri was the film's visual effects general supervisor.[9=
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ith Cameron after Aliens and Titanic.[98] Horner recorded parts of the scor=
e with a small chorus singing in the alien language Na'vi in March 2008.[99=
] He also worked with Wanda Bryant, an ethnomusicologist, to create a music=
 culture for the alien race.[100] The first scoring sessions were planned t=
o take place in early 2009.[101] During production, Horner promised Cameron=
 that he would not work on any other project except for Avatar and reported=
ly worked on the score from four in the morning until ten at night througho=
ut the process. He stated in an interview, "Avatar has been the most diffic=
ult film I have worked on and the biggest job I have undertaken."[102] Horn=
er composed the score as two different scores merged into one. He first cre=
ated a score that reflected the Na'vi way of sound and then combined it wit=
h a separate "traditional" score to drive the film.[72] British singer Leon=
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ontext of imperialism, and deep ecology.[104] Cameron said his inspiration =
was "every single science fiction book I read as a kid" and that he wanted =
to update the style of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter series.[11] He ack=
nowledged that Avatar shares themes with the films At Play in the Fields of=
 the Lord, The Emerald Forest, and Princess Mononoke, which feature clashes=
 between cultures and civilizations, and with Dances with Wolves, where a b=
attered soldier finds himself drawn to the culture he was initially fightin=
g against.[105][106] He also cited Hayao Miyazaki's anime films such as Pri=
ncess Mononoke as an influence on the ecosystem of Pandora.[106] In 2012, C=
ameron filed a 45-page legal declaration that intended to "describe in grea=
t detail the genesis of the ideas, themes, storylines, and images that came=
 to be Avatar."[107] In addition to historical events (such as European col=
onization of the Americas), his life experiences and several of his unprodu=
ced projects, Cameron drew connections between Avatar and his previous film=
s. He cited his script and concept art for Xenogenesis, partially produced =
as a short film, as being the basis for many of the ideas and visual design=
s in Avatar. He stated that Avatar's "concepts of a world mind, intelligenc=
e within nature, the idea of projecting force or consciousness using an ava=
tar, colonization of alien planets, greedy corporate interests backed up by=
 military force, the story of a seemingly weaker group prevailing over a te=
chnologically superior force, and the good scientist were all established a=
nd recurrent themes" from his earlier films including Aliens, The Abyss, Ra=
mbo: First Blood Part II, The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He=
 specifically mentioned the "water tentacle" in The Abyss as an example of =
an "avatar" that "takes on the appearance of...an alien life form...in orde=
r to bridge the cultural gap and build trust."[108] Cameron also cited a nu=
mber of works by other creators as "reference points and sources of inspira=
tion" for Avatar. These include two of his "favorite" films, 2001: A Space =
Odyssey, where mankind experiences an evolution after meeting alien life, a=
nd Lawrence of Arabia, where "an outsider...encounters and immerses into a =
foreign culture and then ultimately joins that group to fight other outside=
rs." Cameron said he became familiar with the concept of a human operating =
a "synthetic avatar" inside another world from George Henry Smith's short s=
tory "In the Imagicon" and Arthur C. Clarke's novel The City and the Stars.=
 He said he learned of the term "avatar" by reading the cyberpunk novels Ne=
uromancer by William Gibson and Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling. The i=
dea of a "world mind" originated in the novel Solaris by Stanislaw Lem. Cam=
eron mentioned several other films about people interacting with "indigenou=
s cultures" as inspiring him, including Dances with Wolves, The Man Who Wou=
ld Be King, The Mission, The Emerald Forest, Medicine Man, The Jungle Book =
and FernGully. He also cited as inspiration the John Carter and Tarzan stor=
ies by Edgar Rice Burroughs and other adventure stories by Rudyard Kipling =
and H. Rider Haggard.[108] In a 2007 interview with Time magazine, Cameron =
was asked about the meaning of the term Avatar, to which he replied, "It's =
an incarnation of one of the Hindu gods taking a flesh form. In this film w=
hat that means is that the human technology in the future is capable of inj=
ecting a human's intelligence into a remotely located body, a biological bo=
dy."[10] Cameron also cited the Japanese cyberpunk manga and anime Ghost in=
 the Shell, in terms of how humans can remotely control, and transfer their=
 personalities into, alien bodies.[109][110] For the love story between cha=
racters Jake and Neytiri, Cameron applied a star-crossed love theme, which =
he said was in the tradition of Romeo and Juliet.[108] He acknowledged its =
similarity to the pairing of Jack and Rose from his film Titanic. An interv=
iewer stated, "Both couples come from radically different cultures that are=
 contemptuous of their relationship and are forced to choose sides between =
the competing communities."[113] Cameron described Neytiri as his "Pocahont=
as," saying that his plotline followed the historical story of a "white out=
sider [who] falls in love with the chief's daughter, who becomes his guide =
to the tribe and to their special bond with nature."[108] Cameron felt that=
 whether or not the Jake and Neytiri love story would be perceived as belie=
vable partially hinged on the physical attractiveness of Neytiri's alien ap=
pearance, which was developed by considering her appeal to the all-male cre=
w of artists.[114] Although Cameron felt Jake and Neytiri do not fall in lo=
ve right away, their portrayers (Worthington and Saldana) felt the characte=
rs did. Cameron said the two actors "had a great chemistry" during filming.=
[113] A gray mountain in the middle of a forest. Pandora's floating "Hallel=
ujah Mountains" were inspired in part by the Chinese Huangshan mountains (p=
ictured).[115] Zhangjiajie National Forest Park For the film's floating "Ha=
llelujah Mountains", the designers drew inspiration from "many different ty=
pes of mountains, but mainly the karst limestone formations in China."[116]=
 According to production designer Dylan Cole, the fictional floating rocks =
were inspired by Huangshan (also known as Yellow Mountain), Guilin, Zhangji=
ajie, among others around the world.[116] Cameron had noted the influence o=
f the Chinese peaks on the design of the floating mountains.[117] To create=
 the interiors of the human mining colony on Pandora, production designers =
visited the Noble Clyde Boudreaux[118] oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico d=
uring June 2007. They photographed, measured and filmed every aspect of the=
 platform, which was later replicated on-screen with photorealistic CGI dur=
ing post-production. </div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></tabl=
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 photo of the film was released on August 14, 2009,[124] and Empire release=
d exclusive images from the film in its October issue.[125] Cameron, produc=
er Jon Landau, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, and Sigourney Weaver appeared at =
a panel, moderated by Tom Rothman, at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con on July =
23. Twenty-five minutes of footage was screened[126] in Dolby 3D.[127] Weav=
er and Cameron appeared at additional panels to promote the film, speaking =
on the 23rd[128] and 24th[129][130] respectively. James Cameron announced a=
t the Comic-Con Avatar Panel that August 21 will be 'Avatar Day'. On this d=
ay, the trailer was released in all theatrical formats. The official game t=
railer and toy line of the film were also unveiled on this day.[131] The 12=
9-second trailer was released online on August 20, 2009.[132] The new 210-s=
econd trailer was premiered in theaters on October 23, 2009, then soon afte=
r premiered online on Yahoo! on October 29, 2009, to positive reviews.[133]=
[134] An extended version in IMAX 3D received overwhelmingly positive revie=
ws.[132] The Hollywood Reporter said that audience expectations were colore=
d by "the [same] establishment skepticism that preceded Titanic" and sugges=
ted the showing reflected the desire for original storytelling.[135] The te=
aser has been among the most viewed trailers in the history of film marketi=
ng, reaching the first place of all trailers viewed on Apple.com with 4 mil=
lion views.[136] On October 30, to celebrate the opening of the first 3-D c=
inema in Vietnam, Fox allowed Megastar Cinema to screen exclusive 16 minute=
s of Avatar to a number of press.[137] The three-and-a-half-minute trailer =
of the film premiered live on November 1, 2009, during a Dallas Cowboys foo=
tball game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on the Diamond Vision sc=
reen, one of the world's largest video displays, and to TV audiences viewin=
g the game on Fox. It is said to be the largest live motion picture trailer=
 viewing in history.[138] The Coca-Cola Company collaborated with Fox to la=
unch a worldwide marketing campaign to promote the film. The highlight of t=
he campaign was the website AVTR.com. Specially marked bottles and cans of =
Coca-Cola Zero, when held in front of a webcam, enabled users to interact w=
ith the website's 3-D features using augmented reality (AR) technology.[139=
] The film was heavily promoted in an episode of the Fox series Bones in th=
e episode "The Gamer In The Grease" (Season 5, Episode 9). Avatar star Joel=
 David Moore has a recurring role on the program, and is seen in the episod=
e anxiously awaiting the release of the film.[140] A week prior to the Amer=
ican release, Zoe Saldana promoted the film on Adult Swim when she was inte=
rviewed by an animated Space Ghost.[141] McDonald's had a promotion mention=
ed in television commercials in Europe called "Avatarize yourself", which e=
ncouraged people to go to the website set up by Oddcast, and use a photogra=
ph of themselves to change into a Na'vi.[142] Books Avatar: A Confidential =
Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora, a 224-page book in =
the form of a field guide to the film's fictional setting of the planet of =
Pandora, was released by Harper Entertainment on November 24, 2009.[143] It=
 is presented as a compilation of data collected by the humans about Pandor=
a and the life on it, written by Maria Wilhelm and Dirk Mathison. HarperFes=
tival also released Wilhelm's 48-page James Cameron's Avatar: The Reusable =
Scrapbook for children.[144] The Art of Avatar was released on November 30,=
 2009, by Abrams Books. The book features detailed production artwork from =
the film, including production sketches, illustrations by Lisa Fitzpatrick,=
 and film stills. Producer Jon Landau wrote the foreword, Cameron wrote the=
 epilogue, and director Peter Jackson wrote the preface.[145] In October 20=
10, Abrams Books also released The Making of Avatar, a 272-page book that d=
etailed the film's production process and contains over 500 color photograp=
hs and illustrations.[146] In a 2009 interview, Cameron said that he planne=
d to write a novel version of Avatar after the film was released.[147] In F=
ebruary 2010, producer Jon Landau stated that Cameron plans a prequel novel=
 for Avatar that will "lead up to telling the story of the movie, but it wo=
uld go into much more depth about all the stories that we didn't have time =
to deal with", saying that "Jim wants to write a novel that is a big, epic =
story that fills in a lot of things".[148] In August 2013 it was announced =
that Cameron hired Steven Gould to pen four standalone novels to expand the=
 Avatar universe.[149] ance Post released a special limited edition stamp b=
ased on Avatar, coinciding with the film's worldwide release. </div></div><=
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in: 0;">Robert Bruce Banner's psyche was profoundly affected by his trouble=
d childhood, in which his father, Brian Banner, regarded him as a monster d=
ue to his seemingly unnatural intellect from a young age.[50] These experie=
nces caused Bruce to develop a dissociative identity disorder and repress h=
is negative emotions as a coping mechanism. After Brian killed Bruce's moth=
er in a fit of rage,[51] Bruce lived with several relatives up until his hi=
gh school years, when his intelligence caught the attention of the United S=
tates Army.[52] Banner was recruited to develop nuclear weapons under the a=
uthority of General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, and soon developed a relat=
ionship with the General's daughter Betty Ross.[53] During the experimental=
 detonation of a gamma bomb, Banner saves teenager Rick Jones, who was dare=
d onto the testing field; Banner pushes Jones into a trench to save him, bu=
t is hit with the blast, absorbing massive amounts of gamma radiation. He a=
wakens later seemingly unscathed, but he begins transforming into a powerfu=
l and destructive creature upon nightfall, which a pursuing soldier describ=
es as a "hulk".[53] Banner's attempts to cure himself of these transformati=
ons alter their conditions, causing Banner to transform as a response to ra=
ge or fear.[54] The Hulk is a founding member of the Avengers,[55] but quic=
kly leaves the group due to their distrust of him.[56] Banner maintains the=
 secret of his dual identity with Rick's aid, but Rick reveals his secret f=
ollowing his assumed death, forcing Banner to become a fugitive.[57] Psychi=
atrist Doc Samson captures the Hulk and manages to physically separate Bann=
er and the Hulk,[58] allowing Banner to marry Betty.[59] However, Banner an=
d the Hulk's molecular structure destabilized and threatened to kill them, =
requiring Samson to reunite them with the aid of Vision.[60] Samson is late=
r able to merge elements of Banner's fractured psyche to create Professor H=
ulk, an intelligent but egocentric variation of the Hulk.[51] Professor Hul=
k soon becomes a key member of the Pantheon, a secretive organization of su=
perpowered individuals.[61][62] His tenure with the organization brings him=
 into conflict with a tyrannical alternate future version of himself called=
 the Maestro, who rules over a world where many heroes are dead.[63] The Pr=
ofessor Hulk construct ultimately proves unstable, and Banner's psyche even=
tually splinters once more. In "Planet Hulk", the Illuminati decide the Hul=
k is too dangerous to remain on Earth and send him away by rocket ship whic=
h crashes on Planet Sakaar. The Hulk finds allies in the Warbound and marri=
es alien queen Caiera, a relationship that bears him two sons: Skaar and Hi=
ro-Kala.[64] After the Illuminati's ship explodes and kills Caiera, the Hul=
k returns to Earth with his superhero group Warbound and declares war on th=
e planet in "World War Hulk".[65] However, after learning that Miek, one of=
 the Warbound, had actually been responsible for the destruction, the Hulk =
allows himself to be defeated, with Banner subsequently redeeming himself a=
s a hero as he works with and against the new Red Hulk to defeat the new su=
pervillain team the Intelligencia.[66] Later, the Hulk turns to Doctor Doom=
 to physically separate himself and Banner, with Doom surgically extracting=
 the elements of the Hulk's brain uniquely belonging to Banner and insertin=
g them into a clone body.[67] Banner eventually re-combines with the Hulk w=
hen his cloned body is destroyed in an attempt to recreate his original tra=
nsformation.[68] Following this, Bruce willingly joins the spy organization=
 S.H.I.E.L.D., allowing them to use the Hulk as a weapon in exchange for pr=
oviding him with the means and funding to create a lasting legacy for himse=
lf.[69] When Banner is shot in the head by an assassin, Tony Stark saves hi=
m with a variant of the Extremis virus.[70] This procedure creates a new in=
telligent persona named Doc Green, who concludes that the world is in dange=
r by Gamma Mutates and thus need to be depowered. He creates a cure and dep=
owers A-Bomb, Skaar and Red Hulk. Eventually, Doc Green's intellect fades a=
nd his normal Hulk form is restored.[71] When the vision of the Inhuman Uly=
sses shows a rampaging Hulk standing over the corpses of many superheroes,[=
72] Banner gives Hawkeye special arrows capable of killing him during a tra=
nsformation, which Hawkeye accomplishes.[73] The Hulk was first revived by =
the Hand,[74] then by Hydra,[75] and finally by the Challenger for a contes=
t against the Grandmaster.[76] Personality Like other long-lived characters=
, the Hulk's character and cultural interpretations have changed with time,=
 adding or modifying character traits. The Hulk is typically seen as a hulk=
ing man with green skin, hair, and eyes, wearing only a pair of torn purple=
 pants that survive his physical transformation as the character progressed=
. As Bruce Banner, the character is about 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) tall and weigh=
s 128 lbs (58.05 kg), but when transformed into the Hulk, the character sta=
nds between 7 and 8 ft (2.13 - 2.43 m) tall and weighs between 1,040 and 1,=
400 lbs (471.73 - 635.02 kg). The Gray Hulk stands 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall =
and weighs 900 lbs (408.23 kg); the Merged Hulk stands 7 ft 6 in (2.28 m) t=
all and weighs 1,150 lbs (521.63 kg); the Green Scar stands 8 ft 8 in (2.64=
 m) tall and weighs 2,400 lbs (1.08 ton).[77] The Immortal Hulk is roughly =
the same size as Sasquatch, standing around 9 or 10 ft (2.74 / 3.04 m) tall=
 and weighing roughly 2,000 lbs (907.18 kg). Following his debut, Banner's =
transformations were triggered at nightfall, turning him into a grey-skinne=
d Hulk. In Incredible Hulk #2, the Hulk started to appear with green skin,[=
78] and in Avengers #3 (1963) Banner realized that his transformations were=
 now triggered by surges of adrenaline in response to feelings of fear, pai=
n or anger.[79] Incredible Hulk #227 (1978) established that the Hulk's sep=
arate identity was not due to the mutation affecting his brain, but because=
 Banner was suffering from dissociative identity disorder, with the savage =
Green Hulk representing Banner's repressed childhood rage and aggression,[8=
0] and the Grey Hulk representing Banner's repressed selfish desires and ur=
ges.[81] Identities Bruce Banner During his decades of publication, Banner =
has been portrayed differently, but common themes persist. Banner, a physic=
ist who earned his Ph.D. in nuclear physics from the California Institute o=
f Technology (Caltech), is sarcastic and seemingly very self-assured when h=
e first appears in Incredible Hulk #1, but is also emotionally withdrawn.[4=
] Banner designed the gamma bomb that caused his affliction, and the ironic=
 twist of his self-inflicted fate has been one of the most persistent commo=
n themes.[9] Arie Kaplan describes the character thus: "Robert Bruce Banner=
 lives in a constant state of panic, always wary that the monster inside hi=
m will erupt, and therefore he cannot form meaningful bonds with anyone."[8=
2] As a child, Banner's father Brian often got mad and physically abused bo=
th Banner and his mother, creating the psychological complex of fear, anger=
, and the fear of anger and the destruction it can cause that underlies the=
 character. Banner has been shown to be emotionally repressed, but capable =
of deep love for Betty Ross, and for solving problems posed to him. Under t=
he writing of Paul Jenkins, Banner was shown to be a capable fugitive, appl=
ying deductive reasoning and observation to figure out the events transpiri=
ng around him. On the occasions that Banner controlled the Hulk's body, he =
applied principles of physics to problems and challenges and used deductive=
 reasoning. It was shown after his ability to turn into the Hulk was taken =
away by the red Hulk that Banner has been extremely versatile as well as cu=
nning when dealing with the many situations that followed. When he was brie=
fly separated from the Hulk by Doom, Banner became criminally insane, drive=
n by his desire to regain the power of the Hulk, but once the two recombine=
d he came to accept that he was a better person with the Hulk to provide so=
mething for him to focus on controlling rather than allowing his intellect =
to run without restraint against the world.[83] Hulk The traditional Hulk, =
often called "Savage Hulk", was originally shown as grey and average in int=
elligence. He roamed aimlessly and became annoyed at "puny" humans who took=
 him for a dangerous monster. Shortly after becoming the Hulk, his transfor=
mation continued turning him green, coinciding with him beginning to displa=
y primitive speech.[78] By Incredible Hulk #4, radiation treatments gave Ba=
nner's mind complete control of the Hulk's body. While Banner relished his =
indestructibility and power, he was quick to anger and more aggressive in h=
is Hulk form. He became known as a hero alongside the Avengers, but his inc=
reasing paranoia caused him to leave the group. He was convinced that he wo=
uld never be trusted.[79] Originally, the Hulk was shown as simple-minded a=
nd quick to anger.[84] The Hulk generally divorces his identity from Banner=
's, decrying Banner as "puny Banner."[85] From his earliest stories, the Hu=
lk has been concerned with finding sanctuary and quiet.[9] He is often show=
n to quickly react emotionally to situations. Grest and Weinberg call Hulk =
the "dark, primordial side of Banner's psyche."[15] Even in the earliest ap=
pearances, Hulk spoke in the third person. Hulk retains a modest intelligen=
ce, thinking and talking in full sentences. Lee even gives the Hulk exposit=
ory dialogue in issue #6, allowing readers to learn just what capabilities =
Hulk has, when the Hulk says, "But these muscles ain't just for show! All I=
 gotta do is spring up and just keep goin'!" In the 1970s, Hulk was shown a=
s more prone to anger and rage, and less talkative. Writers played with the=
 nature of his transformations,[86] briefly giving Banner control over the =
change, and the ability to maintain control of his Hulk form. Artistically =
and conceptually, the character has become progressively more muscular and =
powerful in the years since his debut.[87] Joe Fixit Originally, Stan Lee w=
anted the Hulk to be grey. Due to ink problems, Hulk's color was changed to=
 green. This was later changed in the story to indicate that the Grey Hulk =
and the Savage Hulk are separate dissociative identities or entities fighti=
ng for control in Bruce's subconscious. The Grey Hulk incarnation can do th=
e more unscrupulous things that Banner could not bring himself to do, with =
many sources comparing the Grey Hulk to the moody teenager that Banner neve=
r allowed himself to be. While the grey Hulk still had the-madder-he-gets, =
the-stronger-he-gets part that is similar to the Savage Hulk, it is on a mu=
ch slower rate. It is said by the Leader that the Grey Hulk is stronger on =
nights of the new moon and weaker on nights of the full moon. Originally, t=
he night is when Bruce Banner became the Grey Hulk and changed back by dawn=
. In later comics, willpower or stress would have Banner turn into the Grey=
 Hulk.[88] During one storyline where he was placed under a spell to preven=
t him turning back into Bruce Banner and publicly presumed dead when he was=
 teleported away from a gamma bomb explosion that destroyed an entire town,=
 the grey Hulk adopted a specific name as Joe Fixit, a security expert for =
Las Vegas casino owner Michael Berengetti, with the grey Hulk often being r=
eferred to as Joe after these events.[89] Joe Fixit later gained the abilit=
y to transform into his version of Red Hulk form when in the Below-Place.[9=
0] Merged Hulk Convinced that unaided, the Banner, Green Hulk, and Grey Hul=
k identities would eventually destroy each other, Doc Samson uses hypnosis =
to merge the three to create a new single identity combining Banner's intel=
ligence with the Grey Hulk's and Banner's attitudes and the Green Hulk's bo=
dy. This new Merged Hulk, Professor Hulk, or simply The Professor, consider=
ed himself cured and began a new life, but the merger was not perfect, and =
the Hulk sometimes still considered Banner a separate person, and when over=
come with rage the Merged Hulk would transform back into Banner's human bod=
y while still thinking himself the Hulk.[81] The Merged Hulk is the largest=
 of the three primary Hulk incarnations. While in a calm emotional state, t=
he Merged Hulk is stronger than Savage Hulk when he is calm. Unlike the Sav=
age Hulk and the Grey Hulk, Banner subconsciously installed a type of safeg=
uard within this incarnation. The safeguard is that when the Merged Hulk ge=
ts angry, he regresses back to Banner with the mind of the Savage Hulk.[91]=
 Doc Green A variation of the Merged Hulk identity takes on the name Doc Gr=
een as the result of Extremis fixing Hulk's brain, becoming powerful enough=
 to destroy Tony Stark's mansion with one thunderclap. This form was also k=
nown as Omega Hulk.[92] It was theorized by Doc Green that this form was an=
 earlier incarnation of his possible future form Maestro.[93] The Devil/Imm=
ortal The Devil Hulk or Immortal Hulk, or simply the Devil or Immortal, is =
the result of the Hulk needing a father figure. While the character's physi=
cal appearance varies, he is always depicted as having glowing red eyes and=
 reptilian traits.[94] The new form of the Devil Hulk is the result of Bann=
er and Hulk having been through different deaths and rebirths. This incarna=
tion is articulate, smart, and cunning, and does merciless attacks on those=
 who do harm. Unlike the other Hulk incarnations, the Devil Hulk is content=
 with waiting inside Bruce. If Bruce is injured by sunset, the Devil Hulk w=
ill emerge with his transformation being limited to night-time.[95] Thanks =
to the Devil Hulk side and Banner working together, the Devil Hulk can main=
tain his form in sunlight.[96] Other identities The Gravage Hulk is the res=
ult of Banner using the Gamma Projector on himself which merged his Savage =
Hulk and Grey Hulk identities. This form possesses the raw power of the Sav=
age Hulk and the cunning intellect of the Grey Hulk. While he does not draw=
 on anger to empower him, the Gravage Hulk identity draws on dimensional ne=
xus energies to increase his strength.[97] The Dark Hulk identity is the re=
sult of Hulk being possessed by Shanzar. This form has black skin and is vi=
ciously strong.[98] The Guilt Hulk is a malevolent representation of Banner=
's abusive father, Brian Banner, that manifests itself in Banner's childhoo=
d memories.[99] The Green Scar identity is unleashed on Sakaar and is an en=
raged version of the Gravage Hulk. In addition, he is an expert in armed co=
mbat like the use of swords and shields. Green Scar is also a capable leade=
r and an expert strategist.[100] Kluh is a personality of Hulk who is descr=
ibed as the "Hulk's Hulk". This form sports a white mohawk, black skin, and=
 red lines on him.[101] Titan is a more monstrous and malicious form of Hul=
k who stands at 30 ft., has black skin, rock-like spikes on his shoulders, =
and possesses the ability to shoot lasers from his eyes.[102] This personal=
ity was born when it was planted in Hulk by D'Spayre. </div> See the truth =
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ing Avatar premiered in London on December 10, 2009, and was released theat=
rically worldwide from December 16 to 18.[156] The film was originally set =
for release on May 22, 2009, during filming[157] but was pushed back to all=
ow more post-production time (the last shots were delivered in November)[80=
] and give more time for theaters worldwide to install 3D projectors.[158] =
Cameron stated that the film's aspect ratio would be 1.78:1 for 3D screenin=
gs and that a 2.39:1 image would be extracted for 2D screenings.[159][160] =
However, a 3D 2.39:1 extract was approved for use with constant-image-heigh=
t screens (i.e., screens that increase in width to display 2.39:1 films).[1=
61] During a 3D preview showing in Germany on December 16, the movie's DRM =
"protection" system malfunctioned, and some copies delivered weren=E2=80=99=
t watched at all in the theaters. The problems were fixed in time for the p=
ublic premiere.[162] Avatar was released in a total of 3,457 theaters in th=
e US, of which 2,032 theaters showed it in 3D. In total, 90% of all advance=
 ticket sales for Avatar were for 3D screenings.[163] Internationally, Avat=
ar opened on a total of 14,604 screens in 106 territories, of which 3,671 w=
ere showing the film in 3D (producing 56% of the first weekend gross).[164]=
[165] The film was simultaneously presented in IMAX 3D format, opening in 1=
78 theaters in the United States on December 18. The international IMAX rel=
ease included 58 theaters beginning on December 16, and 25 more theaters we=
re to be added in the coming weeks.[166] The IMAX release was the company's=
 widest to date, a total of 261 theaters worldwide. The previous IMAX recor=
d opening was Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which opened in 161 I=
MAX theaters in the US, and about 70 international.[167] 20th Century Fox K=
orea adapted and later released Avatar in 4D version, which included "movin=
g seats, smells of explosives, sprinkling water, laser lights and wind".[20=
] Post-original release In July 2010, Cameron confirmed that there would be=
 an extended theatrical rerelease of the film on August 27, 2010, exclusive=
ly in 3D theaters and IMAX 3D.[168] Avatar: Special Edition includes an add=
itional nine minutes of footage, all of which is CG,[169] including an exte=
nsion of the sex scene[170] and various other scenes that were cut from the=
 original theatrical film.[169] This extended re-release resulted in the fi=
lm's run time approaching the then-current IMAX platter maximum of 170 minu=
tes, thereby leaving less time for the end credits. Cameron stated that the=
 nine minutes of added scenes cost more than $1 million a minute to produce=
 and finish.[171] During its 12-week re-release, Avatar: Special Edition gr=
ossed an additional $10.74 million in North America and $22.46 million over=
seas for a worldwide total of $33.2 million.[5] The film was later re-relea=
sed in China in March 2021, allowing it to surpass Avengers: Endgame to bec=
ome the highest-grossing film of all time.[24] Avatar was re-released in th=
eaters on September 23, 2022, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures for a =
limited two week engagement, with the film being remastered in 4K high-dyna=
mic range, with select scenes at a high frame rate of 48-frames-per-second.=
[172] The reissue was prior to the December 2022 premiere of its sequel, Av=
atar: The Way of Water.[173] Prior to this, Cameron previously teased a re-=
release of the film back in 2017 when promoting the Dolby Cinema re-release=
 of Titanic, stating that there were plans in the works to remaster the fil=
m with Dolby Vision and re-release it in Dolby Cinema. </div></div></td></t=
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0; max-height: 0; line-height: 0; margin: 0;">Home media 20th Century Fox H=
ome Entertainment released the film on DVD and Blu-ray in the US on April 2=
2, 2010,[175] and in the UK on April 26.[176] The US release was not on a T=
uesday as is the norm, but was done to coincide with Earth Day.[177] The fi=
rst DVD and Blu-ray release does not contain any supplemental features othe=
r than the theatrical film and the disc menu in favor of and to make space =
for optimal picture and sound. The release also preserves the film's native=
 1.78:1 (16:9) format as Cameron felt that was the best format to watch the=
 film.[178] The Blu-ray disc contains DRM (BD+ 5) which some Blu-ray player=
s might not support without a firmware update.[179][180] Avatar set a first=
-day launch record in the U.S. for Blu-ray sales at 1.5 million units sold,=
 breaking the record previously held by The Dark Knight (600,000 units sold=
). First-day DVD and Blu-ray sales combined were over four million units so=
ld.[181] In its first four days of release, sales of Avatar on Blu-ray reac=
hed 2.7 million in the United States and Canada =E2=80=93 overtaking The Da=
rk Knight to become the best ever selling Blu-ray release in the region.[18=
2][183] The release later broke the Blu-ray sales record in the UK the foll=
owing week.[184] In its first three weeks of release, the film sold a total=
 of 19.7 million DVD and Blu-ray discs combined, a new record for sales in =
that period.[185] As of July 18, 2012, DVD sales (not including Blu-ray) to=
taled over 10.5 million units sold with $190,806,055 in revenue.[186] Avata=
r retained its record as the top-selling Blu-ray in the US market until Jan=
uary 2015, when it was surpassed by Disney's Frozen.[187] The Avatar three-=
disc Extended Collector's Edition on DVD and Blu-ray was released on Novemb=
er 16, 2010. Three different versions of the film are present on the discs:=
 the original theatrical cut (162 minutes), the special edition cut (170 mi=
nutes), and a collector's extended cut (178 minutes). The DVD set spreads t=
he film across two discs, while the Blu-ray set presents it on a single dis=
c.[188] The collector's extended cut contains 8 more minutes of footage, th=
us making it 16 minutes longer than the original theatrical cut. Cameron me=
ntioned, "you can sit down, and in a continuous screening of the film, watc=
h it with the Earth opening". He stated the "Earth opening" is an additiona=
l 4+1=E2=81=842 minutes of scenes that were in the film for much of its pro=
duction but were ultimately cut before the film's theatrical release.[189] =
The release also includes an additional 45 minutes of deleted scenes and ot=
her extras.[188] Cameron initially stated that Avatar would be released in =
3D around November 2010, but the studio issued a correction: "3-D is in the=
 conceptual stage and Avatar will not be out on 3D Blu-ray in November."[19=
0] In May 2010, Fox stated that the 3D version would be released some time =
in 2011.[185] It was later revealed that Fox had given Panasonic an exclusi=
ve license for the 3D Blu-ray version and only with the purchase of a Panas=
onic 3DTV. The length of Panasonic's exclusivity period is stated to last u=
ntil February 2012.[191] On October 2010, Cameron stated that the standalon=
e 3D Blu-ray would be the final version of the film's home release and that=
 it was "maybe one, two years out".[192] On Christmas Eve 2010, Avatar had =
its 3D television world premiere on Sky.[193][194][195] On August 13, 2012,=
 Cameron announced on Facebook that Avatar would be released globally on Bl=
u-ray 3D.[196] The Blu-ray 3D version was finally released on October 16, 2=
012.[197] Reception Critical response On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes,=
 82% of 319 reviews are positive, and the average rating is 7.4/10. The sit=
e's consensus reads, "It might be more impressive on a technical level than=
 as a piece of storytelling, but Avatar reaffirms James Cameron's singular =
gift for imaginative, absorbing filmmaking."[198] On Metacritic =E2=80=94 w=
hich assigns a weighted mean score =E2=80=94 the film has a score of 83 out=
 of 100 based on 35 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[199] Audiences=
 polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F =
scale. Every demographic surveyed was reported to give this rating. These p=
olls also indicated that the main draw of the film was its use of 3D.[200] =
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times called the film "extraordinary" and ga=
ve it four stars out of four. "Watching Avatar, I felt sort of the same as =
when I saw Star Wars in 1977," he said, adding that like Star Wars and The =
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the film "employs a new gene=
ration of special effects" and it "is not simply a sensational entertainmen=
t, although it is that. It's a technical breakthrough. It has a flat-out Gr=
een and anti-war message".[201] A. O. Scott of At The Movies also compared =
his viewing of the film to the first time he viewed Star Wars and he said "=
although the script is a little bit ... obvious," it was "part of what made=
 it work".[202][203] Todd McCarthy of Variety praised the film, saying "The=
 King of the World sets his sights on creating another world entirely in Av=
atar, and it's very much a place worth visiting."[204] Kirk Honeycutt of Th=
e Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review. "The screen is alive =
with more action and the soundtrack pops with more robust music than any do=
zen sci-fi shoot-'em-ups you care to mention," he stated.[205] Peter Traver=
s of Rolling Stone awarded Avatar a three-and-a-half out of four star ratin=
g and wrote in his print review "It extends the possibilities of what movie=
s can do. Cameron's talent may just be as big as his dreams."[206] Richard =
Corliss of Time magazine thought that the film was "the most vivid and conv=
incing creation of a fantasy world ever seen in the history of moving pictu=
res."[207] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times thought the film has "pow=
erful" visual accomplishments but "flat dialogue" and "obvious characteriza=
tion".[208] James Berardinelli of ReelViews praised the film and its story,=
 giving it four out of four stars; he wrote "In 3-D, it's immersive =E2=80=
=93 but the traditional film elements =E2=80=93 story, character, editing, =
theme, emotional resonance, etc. =E2=80=93 are presented with sufficient ex=
pertise to make even the 2-D version an engrossing 2+1=E2=81=842-hour exper=
ience."[209] Avatar's underlying social and political themes attracted atte=
ntion. Armond White of the New York Press wrote that Cameron used "villaino=
us American characters" to "misrepresent facets of militarism, capitalism, =
and imperialism".[210][211] Russell D. Moore of The Christian Post conclude=
d that "propaganda exists in the film" and stated "If you can get a theater=
 full of people in Kentucky to stand and applaud the defeat of their countr=
y in war, then you've got some amazing special effects."[212] Adam Cohen of=
 The New York Times was more positive about the film, calling its anti-impe=
rialist message "a 22nd-century version of the American colonists vs. the B=
ritish, India vs. the Raj, or Latin America vs. United Fruit".[213] Ross Do=
uthat of The New York Times opined that the film is "Cameron's long apologi=
a for pantheism [...] Hollywood's religion of choice for a generation now",=
[214] while Saritha Prabhu of The Tennessean called the film a "misportraya=
l of pantheism and Eastern spirituality in general",[215] and Maxim Osipov =
of The Hindustan Times, on the contrary, commended the film's message for i=
ts overall consistency with the teachings of Hinduism in the Bhagavad Gita.=
[216] Annalee Newitz of io9 concluded that Avatar is another film that has =
the recurring "fantasy about race" whereby "some white guy" becomes the "mo=
st awesome" member of a non-white culture.[217] Michael Phillips of the Chi=
cago Tribune called Avatar "the season's ideological Rorschach blot",[218] =
while Miranda Devine of The Sydney Morning Herald thought that "It [was] im=
possible to watch Avatar without being banged over the head with the direct=
or's ideological hammer."[219] Nidesh Lawtoo believed that an essential, ye=
t less visible social theme that contributed to Avatar's success concerns c=
ontemporary fascinations with virtual avatars and "the transition from the =
world of reality to that of virtual reality".[220] Critics and audiences ha=
ve cited similarities with other films, literature or media, describing the=
 perceived connections in ways ranging from simple "borrowing" to outright =
plagiarism. Ty Burr of The Boston Globe called it "the same movie" as Dance=
s with Wolves.[221] Like Dances with Wolves, Avatar has been characterized =
as being a "white savior" movie, in which a "backwards" native people is im=
potent without the leadership of a member of the invading white culture.[22=
2][223] Parallels to the concept and use of an avatar are in Poul Anderson'=
s 1957 novelette "Call Me Joe", in which a paralyzed man uses his mind from=
 orbit to control an artificial body on Jupiter.[224][225] Cinema audiences=
 in Russia have noted that Avatar has elements in common with the 1960s Noo=
n Universe novels by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, which are set in the 22nd=
 century on a forested world called Pandora with a sentient indigenous spec=
ies called the Nave.[226] Various reviews have compared Avatar to the films=
 FernGully: The Last Rainforest,[227][228] Pocahontas[229] and The Last Sam=
urai.[230] NPR's Morning Edition has compared the film to a montage of trop=
es, with one commentator stating that Avatar was made by "mixing a bunch of=
 film scripts in a blender".[231] Gary Westfahl wrote that "the science fic=
tion story that most closely resembles Avatar has to be Ursula Le Guin's no=
vella The Word for World Is Forest (1972), another epic about a benevolent =
race of alien beings who happily inhabit dense forests while living in harm=
ony with nature until they are attacked and slaughtered by invading human s=
oldiers who believe that the only good gook is a dead gook".[225] The scien=
ce fiction writer and editor Gardner Dozois said that along with the Anders=
on and Le Guin stories, the "mash-up" included Alan Dean Foster's 1975 nove=
l, Midworld.[232] Some sources saw similarities to the artwork of Roger Dea=
n, which features fantastic images of dragons and floating rock formations.=
[233][234] In 2013, Dean sued Cameron and Fox, claiming that Pandora was in=
spired by 14 of his images. Dean sought damages of $50m.[235] Dean's case w=
as dismissed in 2014, and The Hollywood Reporter noted that Cameron had won=
 multiple Avatar idea theft cases.[236] Avatar received compliments from fi=
lmmakers, with Steven Spielberg praising it as "the most evocative and amaz=
ing science-fiction movie since Star Wars" and others calling it "audacious=
 and awe inspiring", "master class", and "brilliant". Noted art director-tu=
rned-filmmaker Roger Christian is also a noted fan of the film.[237] On the=
 other hand, Duncan Jones said: "It's not in my top three James Cameron fil=
ms. ... [A]t what point in the film did you have any doubt what was going t=
o happen next?".[238] For French filmmaker Luc Besson, Avatar opened the do=
ors for him to now create an adaptation of the graphic novel series Val=C3=
=A9rian and Laureline that technologically supports the scope of its source=
 material, with Besson even throwing his original script in the trash and r=
edoing it after seeing the film.[239] TIME ranked Avatar number 3 in their =
list of "The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far)"[240] also ear=
ning it a spot on the magazine's All-Time 100 list,[241] and IGN listed Ava=
tar as number 22 on their list of the top 25 Sci-Fi movies of all time. </d=
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height: 0; margin: 0;"> After the film's release and unusually strong box o=
ffice performance over its first two weeks, it was debated as the one film =
capable of surpassing Titanic's worldwide gross, and its continued strength=
 perplexed box office analysts.[294] Other films in recent years had been c=
ited as contenders for surpassing Titanic, such as 2008's The Dark Knight,[=
295] but Avatar was considered the first film with a genuine chance to do s=
o, and its numbers being aided by higher ticket prices for 3D screenings[29=
4] did not fully explain its success to box office analysts. "Most films ar=
e considered to be healthy if they manage anything less than a 50% drop fro=
m their first weekend to their second. Dipping just 11% from the first to t=
he third is unheard of," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office a=
nalysis for Hollywood.com. "This is just unprecedented. I had to do a doubl=
e take. I thought it was a miscalculation."[296] Analysts predicted second =
place for the film's worldwide gross, but most were uncertain about it surp=
assing Titanic because "Today's films flame out much faster than they did w=
hen Titanic was released."[296] Brandon Gray, president of Box Office Mojo,=
 believed in the film's chances of becoming the highest-grossing film of al=
l time, though he also believed it was too early to surmise because it had =
only played during the holidays. He said, "While Avatar may beat Titanic's =
record, it will be tough, and the film is unlikely to surpass Titanic in at=
tendance. Ticket prices were about $3 cheaper in the late 1990s."[296] Came=
ron said he did not think it was realistic to "try to topple Titanic off it=
s perch" because it "just struck some kind of chord" and there had been oth=
er good films in recent years.[297] He changed his prediction by mid-Januar=
y. "It's gonna happen. It's just a matter of time," he said.[298] You've go=
t to compete head on with these other epic works of fantasy and fiction, th=
e Tolkiens and the Star Wars and the Star Treks. People want a persistent a=
lternate reality to invest themselves in and they want the detail that make=
s it rich and worth their time. They want to live somewhere else. Like Pand=
ora. James Cameron on the success of Avatar[299] Although analysts have bee=
n unable to agree that Avatar's success is attributable to one primary fact=
or, several explanations have been advanced. First, January is historically=
 "the dumping ground for the year's weakest films", and this also applied t=
o 2010.[300] Cameron himself said he decided to open the film in December s=
o that it would have less competition from then to January.[287] Titanic ca=
pitalized on the same January predictability, and earned most of its gross =
in 1998.[300] Additionally, Avatar established itself as a "must-see" event=
. Gray said, "At this point, people who are going to see Avatar are going t=
o see Avatar and would even if the slate was strong."[300] Marketing the fi=
lm as a "novelty factor" also helped. Fox positioned the film as a cinemati=
c event that should be seen in the theaters. "It's really hard to sell the =
idea that you can have the same experience at home," stated David Mumpower,=
 an analyst at BoxOfficeProphets.com.[300] The "Oscar buzz" surrounding the=
 film and international viewings helped. "Two-thirds of Titanic's haul was =
earned overseas, and Avatar [tracked] similarly ...Avatar opened in 106 mar=
kets globally and was No. 1 in all of them", and the markets "such as Russi=
a, where Titanic saw modest receipts in 1997 and 1998, are white-hot today"=
 with "more screens and moviegoers" than before.[300] According to Variety,=
 films in 3D accumulated $1.3 billion in 2009, "a threefold increase over 2=
008 and more than 10% of the total 2009 box-office gross". The increased ti=
cket price =E2=80=93 an average of $2 to $3 per ticket in most markets =E2=
=80=93 helped the film.[300] Likewise, Entertainment Weekly attributed the =
film's success to 3D glasses but also to its "astronomic word-of-mouth". No=
t only do some theaters charge up to $18.50 for IMAX tickets, but "the buzz=
" created by the new technology was the possible cause for sold-out screeni=
ngs.[301] Gray said Avatar having no basis in previously established materi=
al makes its performance remarkable and even more impressive. "The movie mi=
ght be derivative of many movies in its story and themes," he said, "but it=
 had no direct antecedent like the other top-grossing films: Titanic (histo=
rical events), the Star Wars movies (an established film franchise), or The=
 Lord of the Rings (literature). It was a tougher sell ..."[300] The Hollyw=
ood Reporter estimated that after a combined production and promotion cost =
of between $387=E2=80=93437 million, the film turned a net profit of $1.2 b=
illion. </div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><=
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