sales account for almost 75 percent of that number.
Avatar was hugely popular in Asia, especially in China,
where the government gave permission to increase the
number of movie theaters showing the film from 5,000
to 35,000. Another of James Cameron’s popular films,
Titanic, grossed almost 70 percent of its $1.8 billion
in overseas markets. The only billion-dollar blockbuster
to receive a majority of ticket receipts from domestic
audiences was the second installment in the Batman
trilogy, The Dark Knight (2008).