Director James Cameron’s "Avatar" commanded the international circuit on the weekend, soaring to No. 1 boxoffice with $159.2 million in its opening five days from 14,461 screens in 106 territories.
Distributor 20th Century Fox says the much-anticipated futuristic 3D spectacle’s worldwide gross total of $232.2 million ranks as the "highest-grossing nonfranchise, nonsequel opening ever." The overseas per-screen average was $11,008.
