| Movie Summary | 
Avatar | 
Titanic | 
True Lies | 
Terminator 2 | The Abyss | 
Aliens |
| Genre | Sci-Fi Adventure | Romance | Action Comedy | Sci-Fi Action | Sci-Fi Adventure | Sci-Fi Horror |
| Studio | Fox | Paramount | Fox | TriStar | Fox | Fox |
| Release Date | December 18, 2009 | December 19, 1997 | July 15, 1994 | July 3, 1991 | August 11, 1989 | July 18, 1986 |
| Domestic Gross | $749,766,139 | $600,788,188 | $146,282,411 | $204,843,345 | $54,222,310 | $85,160,248 |
| Production Budget | n/a | $200 million | $115 million | $102 million | n/a | n/a |
| Running Time | 2 hrs. 40 min. | 3 hrs. 14 min. | 2 hrs. 24 min. | 2 hrs. 17 min. | 2 hrs. 26 min. | 2 hrs. 17 min. |
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 | PG-13 | R | R | PG-13 | R |
| MPAA Reason | intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking | disaster related peril and violence, nudity, sensuality and brief language | a lot of action/violence and some language | strong sci-fi action and violence, and for language | language and some scenes of action | monster violence, and for language |
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| Domestic Summary | Avatar | Titanic | True Lies | Terminator 2 | The Abyss | Aliens |
| Total Gross | $749,766,139 | $600,788,188 | $146,282,411 | $204,843,345 | $54,222,310 | $85,160,248 |
| Opening Weekend* | $77,025,481 | $28,638,131 | $25,869,770 | $31,765,506 | $9,319,797 | $10,052,042 |
| Theaters | 3,452 | 2,674 | 2,368 | 2,274 | 1,533 | 1,437 |
| Average | $22,313 | $10,710 | $10,924 | $13,969 | $6,079 | $6,995 |
| Opening % of Total | 10.3% | 4.8% | 17.7% | 15.5% | 17.2% | 11.8% |
| Second Weekend Drop | -1.8% | +23.8% | -20.0% | -34.7% | -22.6% | -14.0% |
| Widest Release | 3,461 | 3,265 | 2,561 | 2,495 | 1,538 | 1,454 |
| *Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used. |
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| Worldwide Summary | Avatar | Titanic | True Lies | Terminator 2 | The Abyss | Aliens |
| Worldwide Gross | $2,771,533,686 | $2,127,488,188 | $378,882,411 | $519,843,345 | $89,761,361 | $131,060,248 |
| Foreign Gross | $2,021,767,547 | $1,526,700,000 | $232,600,000 | $315,000,000 | $35,539,051 | $45,900,000 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 72.9% | 71.8% | 61.4% | 60.6% | 39.6% | 35.0% |
| Domestic Gross | $749,766,139 | $600,788,188 | $146,282,411 | $204,843,345 | $54,222,310 | $85,160,248 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 27.1% | 28.2% | 38.6% | 39.4% | 60.4% | 65.0% |
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| People Summary | Avatar | Titanic | True Lies | Terminator 2 | The Abyss | Aliens |
| Actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger | - | - | #3 | #1 | - | - |
| Actor: Sigourney Weaver | #1 | - | - | - | - | #5 |
| Composer: James Horner | #1 | #2 | - | - | - | #19 |
| Director: James Cameron | #1 | #2 | #4 | #3 | #6 | #5 |
| Producer: Gale Anne Hurd | - | - | - | #1 | #8 | #6 |
| Producer: James Cameron | #1 | - | #3 | #2 | - | - |
| Producer: Jon Landau | #1 | #2 | - | - | - | - |
| Writer: James Cameron | #1 | #2 | #5 | #3 | #7 | #6 |
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| Genres & Franchises | Avatar | Titanic | True Lies | Terminator 2 | The Abyss | Aliens |
| Genre: Action Heroine | - | - | - | #2 | - | #10 |
| Genre: Sci-Fi - Adventure | #1 | - | - | - | #39 | - |
| Showdown: All Time Grossers | #1 | #3 | - | - | - | - |
| Showdown: Cameron Clash | #1 | #2 | #4 | #3 | #6 | #5 |
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| Chart Rankings | Avatar | Titanic | True Lies | Terminator 2 | The Abyss | Aliens |
| Opening Weekends Under 2,000 Theaters Adjusted | - | - | - | - | #178 | #105 |
| Opening Weekends Under 2,500 Theaters | - | - | #28 | #9 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Under 2,500 Theaters Adjusted | - | - | #19 | #6 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Under 3,000 Theaters | - | #67 | #94 | #35 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Under 3,000 Theaters Adjusted | - | #43 | #45 | #20 | - | - |
| All Time Domestic | #1 | #2 | #253 | #126 | #1199 | #651 |
| All Time Adjusted | #14 | #5 | - | #101 | - | - |
| All Time Worldwide | #1 | #2 | #184 | #104 | - | - |
| Opening Weeks | #27 | #232 | #369 | #268 | #1205 | #1284 |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross | #16 | #36 | - | #64 | - | - |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross | #2 | #65 | - | - | - | - |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross | #3 | #48 | - | - | - | - |
| Single Day Thursday Gross | #22 | #47 | - | #78 | - | - |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross | #4 | #73 | - | - | - | - |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross | #18 | #89 | - | #68 | - | - |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time | #45 | - | - | #197 | - | - |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends | #44 | - | - | #173 | - | - |
| New Years Days | #1 | #6 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunday Share of Opening Weekends | #150 | #130 | - | - | - | - |
| Opening Weekends | #46 | #386 | #441 | #311 | #1661 | #1532 |
| Opening Weekends - December | #3 | #29 | - | - | - | - |
| Opening Weekends - July | - | - | #64 | #50 | - | #167 |
| Opening Weekends - Holiday | #11 | #83 | - | - | - | - |
| Eleventh Weekends | #2 | #1 | #121 | #52 | - | #184 |
| Ninth Weekends | #2 | #1 | #164 | #41 | - | - |
| Tenth Weekends | #2 | #1 | #170 | #52 | - | #184 |
| Twelfth Weekends | #2 | #1 | - | #87 | - | - |
| Twelfth Weekends | #3 | #1 | #147 | #58 | - | #190 |
| Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) | #12 | #2 | - | #22 | - | #59 |
| Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive) | #63 | #5 | #116 | #65 | - | #122 |
| Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive) | #23 | #3 | - | #20 | - | #60 |
| Consecutive Weekends At #1 | #10 | #1 | - | #28 | - | #44 |
| Consecutive Weekends In Top 10 | #49 | #4 | #94 | #58 | - | #99 |
| Consecutive Weekends In Top 5 | #17 | #4 | - | #19 | - | #50 |
| Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends | #1 | #6 | - | - | - | - |
| Labor Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends | - | - | - | #171 | #162 | - |
| President's Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends | #13 | #11 | - | - | - | - |
| Second Weekends | #2 | #62 | - | - | - | - |
| Third Weekends | #1 | #10 | - | #173 | - | - |
| Fourth Weekends | #1 | #3 | - | #135 | - | - |
| Fifth Weekends | #1 | #2 | #188 | #105 | - | - |
| Sixth Weekends | #1 | #2 | #171 | #102 | - | - |
| Seventh Weekends | #1 | #2 | - | #81 | - | - |
| Eighth Weekends | #2 | #1 | - | #85 | - | - |
| Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) | #28 | #10 | - | - | - | - |
| Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) | #43 | #15 | #120 | #448 | - | - |
| Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases | #220 | #65 | #549 | #1325 | #641 | #391 |
| Rated PG-13 | #1 | #2 | - | - | - | - |
| Rated R | - | - | #32 | #11 | - | #157 |
| Rated R, Opening Weekends | - | - | #95 | #52 | - | - |
| Widest Releases | #253 | #372 | - | - | - | - |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Releases | #141 | #194 | - | - | - | - |
| Fastest to $100 million | #40 | #144 | - | #200 | - | - |
| Fastest to $150 million | #31 | #84 | - | #154 | - | - |
| Fastest to $200 million | #21 | #63 | - | - | - | - |
| Fastest to $250 million | #12 | #46 | - | - | - | - |
| Fastest to $300 million | #6 | #27 | - | - | - | - |
| Fastest to $350 million | #4 | #17 | - | - | - | - |
| Fastest to $400 million | #3 | #8 | - | - | - | - |
| Fastest to $450 million | #3 | #4 | - | - | - | - |
| Fastest to $500 million | #2 | #4 | - | - | - | - |
| Slowest to $100 million | #467 | #363 | #219 | #307 | - | - |
| Slowest to $200 million | #104 | #62 | - | #8 | - | - |
| Best Picture Nomination Effect | #99 | #67 | - | - | - | - |
| BOM Users' Grades | #57 | #264 | #227 | #32 | #255 | #52 |
| Opening Weeks Adjusted | #39 | #130 | #191 | #124 | #741 | #736 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted | #30 | #46 | - | #42 | - | - |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted | #34 | #14 | - | #24 | - | - |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #2 | #21 | - | #111 | - | - |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #4 | #18 | - | - | - | - |
| Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted | #76 | #162 | - | #153 | - | - |
| Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted | #15 | #61 | - | #130 | - | - |
| Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted | #82 | #188 | - | #213 | - | - |
| Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted | #41 | #19 | - | #30 | - | - |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #5 | #28 | - | #121 | - | - |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #23 | #52 | - | #30 | - | - |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted | #127 | #140 | #193 | #85 | - | - |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted | #107 | - | #160 | #73 | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - December | #6 | #17 | - | - | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - July | - | - | #42 | #35 | - | #128 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted | #78 | #232 | #238 | #156 | #1178 | #958 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday | #18 | #53 | - | - | - | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer | - | - | #150 | #107 | - | - |
| Eleventh Weekends Adjusted | #5 | #1 | #107 | #46 | - | #144 |
| Ninth Weekends Adjusted | #3 | #1 | #140 | #33 | - | #177 |
| Tenth Weekends Adjusted | #3 | #1 | #153 | #44 | - | #139 |
| Twelfth Weekends Adjusted | #14 | #1 | #133 | #51 | - | #159 |
| Second Weekends Adjusted | #7 | #26 | #102 | #105 | - | - |
| Third Weekends Adjusted | #1 | #3 | #89 | #74 | - | - |
| Fourth Weekends Adjusted | #1 | #2 | #104 | #59 | - | - |
| Fifth Weekends Adjusted | #2 | #1 | #97 | #58 | - | - |
| Sixth Weekends Adjusted | #3 | #1 | #112 | #57 | - | - |
| Seventh Weekends Adjusted | #2 | #1 | #178 | #55 | - | - |
| Eighth Weekends Adjusted | #4 | #1 | - | #62 | - | #194 |
| Rated PG-13 Adjusted | #2 | #1 | - | - | - | - |
| Rated R Adjusted | - | - | #29 | #10 | - | #95 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted | #56 | #135 | - | - | - | - |
| Rated R, Opening Weekends Adjusted | - | - | #34 | #17 | - | - |
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