You Make the Call: Avatar—Big Hit or Big Bomb?

Think James Cameron sci-fi epic can live up to its pricey price tag?

Avatar cost $250 million $500 million—let's just say, it cost a lot. Murkier still is whether it'll make a lot. Is the big, blue James Cameron epic, opening Friday, the next Titanic, the blockbuster—or the next Titanic, the disaster? 

Box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian of Hollywood.com, for one, doesn't foresee the sci-fi flick getting taken out by an iceberg. "Will it make back its budget? It will," he says.

Dergarbedian thinks the movie can gross at least $250 million worldwide—maybe even $500 million. Now, it's your turn.

Poll

Avatar We Go!

By the end of its worldwide box-office run, how much will Avatar have amassed?

Two cents. Blue is not my color

Two cents. Blue is not my color

18.5%

It'll break even. Too big to be ignored, too smart (or boring, or something) to be bigger

It'll break even. Too big to be ignored, too smart (or boring, or something) to be bigger

36.5%

$1 billion. It has to top <I>New Moon</I>, it just has to&#8230;

$1 billion. It has to top New Moon, it just has to…

27%

$2 billion. <I>Titanic</I>-toppling record, baby!

$2 billion. Titanic-toppling record, baby!

18%

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