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Based on that initial box office take, number crunchers across Los Angeles have long predicted how much the film will make in theaters, on DVD and in sales to television networks and passenger airlines.

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According to Box Office Mojo, "Avatar's" foreign box office accounted for 73 percent of its global take.

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Studios usually take home half of the box office revenue.

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We also looked at which movies earned the most after expenses by dividing 50% of the worldwide box office of each film (to reflect the studio's take) by the film's total production budget.

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Studios take home, on average, half of the box office so a movie has to earn at least twice its production budget before it comes close to making a profit.

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