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'Avatar' becomes world's biggest movie ever

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-01-27 05:19
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LOS ANGELES: Sci-fi spectacular "Avatar" has surpassed "Titanic" to become the highest-grossing movie worldwide ever, distributor 20th Century Fox said on Tuesday.

The worldwide total for the James Cameron movie stands at $1.859 billion after Monday's sales, beating the $1.843 billion haul racked up by "Titanic" in 1997-1998, said Greg Brilliant, spokesman for the News Corp-owned studio.