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Budget
$237,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend
$4,007,750 (USA) (29 August 2010) (812 Screens)
$77,025,481 (USA) (20 December 2009) (3,452 Screens)
£8,509,050 (UK) (20 December 2009) (503 Screens)
ARS 1,273,414 (Argentina) (5 January 2010) (104 Screens)
€9,651,703 (Italy) (17 January 2010) (848 Screens)
PHP 57,336,776 (Philippines) (20 December 2009) (105 Screens)
$1,221,393 (Russia) (29 August 2010) (313 Screens)
$19,732,998 (Russia) (20 December 2009)

Gross
$760,507,625 (USA) (18 November 2010)
$760,505,847 (USA) (14 November 2010)
$760,462,559 (USA) (7 November 2010)
$760,410,799 (USA) (31 October 2010)
$760,375,018 (USA) (24 October 2010)
$760,339,004 (USA) (17 October 2010)
$760,307,594 (USA) (10 October 2010)
$760,277,873 (USA) (4 October 2010)
$760,237,551 (USA) (26 September 2010)
$760,083,041 (USA) (19 September 2010)
$759,562,778 (USA) (12 September 2010)
$758,247,840 (USA) (5 September 2010)
$4,007,750 (USA) (29 August 2010)
$749,766,139 (USA) (8 August 2010)
$749,748,303 (USA) (1 August 2010)
$749,726,993 (USA) (25 July 2010)
$749,701,420 (USA) (18 July 2010)
$749,657,409 (USA) (11 July 2010)
$749,603,864 (USA) (4 July 2010)
$749,535,574 (USA) (27 June 2010)
$749,434,950 (USA) (20 June 2010)
$749,316,799 (USA) (13 June 2010)
$749,202,090 (USA) (6 June 2010)
$749,073,100 (USA) (30 May 2010)
$748,821,665 (USA) (23 May 2010)
$748,468,373 (USA) (16 May 2010)
$747,946,415 (USA) (9 May 2010)
$747,292,481 (USA) (2 May 2010)
$746,365,137 (USA) (25 April 2010)
$745,023,267 (USA) (18 April 2010)
$743,688,973 (USA) (11 April 2010)
$742,332,678 (USA) (4 April 2010)
$740,440,529 (USA) (28 March 2010)
$736,907,957 (USA) (21 March 2010)
$730,270,443 (USA) (14 March 2010)
$720,607,444 (USA) (7 March 2010)
$706,560,068 (USA) (28 February 2010)
$687,962,011 (USA) (21 February 2010)
$629,344,204 (USA) (7 February 2010)
$601,141,551 (USA) (2 February 2010)
$595,752,416 (USA) (31 January 2010)
$551,741,499 (USA) (24 January 2010)
$504,868,451 (USA) (17 January 2010)
$430,846,514 (USA) (10 January 2010)
$352,114,898 (USA) (3 January 2010)
$283,811,000 (USA) (31 December 2009)
$212,711,184 (USA) (27 December 2009)
$77,025,481 (USA) (20 December 2009)
£93,442,625 (UK) (5 September 2010)
£92,813,108 (UK) (29 August 2010)
£91,354,118 (UK) (4 April 2010)
£91,053,002 (UK) (28 March 2010)
£90,596,474 (UK) (21 March 2010)
£89,856,247 (UK) (14 March 2010)
£88,748,017 (UK) (7 March 2010)
£86,799,652 (UK) (28 February 2010)
£83,265,484 (UK) (21 February 2010)
£71,936,392 (UK) (7 February 2010)
£65,070,599 (UK) (31 January 2010)
£57,441,123 (UK) (24 January 2010)
£49,374,516 (UK) (17 January 2010)
£40,991,797 (UK) (10 January 2010)
£32,815,618 (UK) (3 January 2010)
£18,404,659 (UK) (27 December 2009)
£8,509,050 (UK) (20 December 2009)
$2,782,275,172 (Worldwide) (25 November 2011)
ARS 13,468,534 (Argentina) (25 May 2010)
ARS 13,453,327 (Argentina) (18 May 2010)
ARS 13,442,324 (Argentina) (11 May 2010)
ARS 13,427,587 (Argentina) (4 May 2010)
ARS 13,421,498 (Argentina) (27 April 2010)
ARS 13,408,408 (Argentina) (20 April 2010)
ARS 13,391,353 (Argentina) (13 April 2010)
ARS 13,372,233 (Argentina) (6 April 2010)
ARS 13,422,538 (Argentina) (30 March 2010)
ARS 13,382,203 (Argentina) (23 March 2010)
ARS 13,303,290 (Argentina) (16 March 2010)
ARS 13,150,806 (Argentina) (9 March 2010)
ARS 12,835,979 (Argentina) (2 March 2010)
ARS 12,130,101 (Argentina) (23 February 2010)
ARS 11,242,940 (Argentina) (16 February 2010)
ARS 10,176,576 (Argentina) (9 February 2010)
ARS 8,795,750 (Argentina) (1 February 2010)
ARS 7,173,919 (Argentina) (26 January 2010)
ARS 5,407,218 (Argentina) (19 January 2010)
ARS 3,561,348 (Argentina) (12 January 2010)
ARS 1,273,414 (Argentina) (5 January 2010)
$204,000,000 (China) (31 December 2010)
€63,479,181 (Italy) (7 March 2010)
€62,057,403 (Italy) (28 February 2010)
€58,955,421 (Italy) (21 February 2010)
€54,230,341 (Italy) (14 February 2010)
€47,802,075 (Italy) (7 February 2010)
€38,100,591 (Italy) (31 January 2010)
€25,103,162 (Italy) (24 January 2010)
€9,651,703 (Italy) (17 January 2010)
€65,607,562 (Italy)
PHP 267,247,008 (Philippines) (28 February 2010)
PHP 265,151,340 (Philippines) (21 February 2010)
PHP 262,504,569 (Philippines) (14 February 2010)
PHP 255,910,164 (Philippines) (7 February 2010)
PHP 249,432,133 (Philippines) (31 January 2010)
PHP 236,668,419 (Philippines) (24 January 2010)
PHP 199,120,228 (Philippines) (17 January 2010)
PHP 161,871,069 (Philippines) (10 January 2010)
PHP 128,805,219 (Philippines) (3 January 2010)
PHP 114,138,249 (Philippines) (27 December 2009)
PHP 57,336,776 (Philippines) (20 December 2009)
$117,939,487 (Russia) (17 October 2010)
$117,891,735 (Russia) (10 October 2010)
$117,843,007 (Russia) (3 October 2010)
RUR 117,698,744 (Russia) (19 September 2010)
$117,533,681 (Russia) (12 September 2010)
$116,915,470 (Russia) (5 September 2010)
$115,468,552 (Russia) (29 August 2010)
$112,395,919 (Russia) (18 April 2010)
$112,254,931 (Russia) (11 April 2010)
$112,126,248 (Russia) (4 April 2010)
$111,922,234 (Russia) (28 March 2010)
$111,667,920 (Russia) (21 March 2010)
$111,386,199 (Russia) (14 March 2010)
$110,921,857 (Russia) (7 March 2010)
$110,347,861 (Russia) (28 February 2010)
$108,341,667 (Russia) (21 February 2010)
$105,947,603 (Russia) (14 February 2010)
$103,091,975 (Russia) (7 February 2010)
$98,804,547 (Russia) (31 January 2010)
$93,221,654 (Russia) (24 January 2010)
$86,147,666 (Russia) (17 January 2010)
$76,166,623 (Russia) (10 January 2010)
$19,732,998 (Russia) (20 December 2009)
€76,555,512 (Spain) (10 October 2010)
€76,219,574 (Spain) (3 October 2010)
€74,696,976 (Spain) (2 May 2010)

Weekend Gross
$27,212 (USA) (14 November 2010) (6 Screens)
$25,511 (USA) (7 November 2010) (9 Screens)
$18,197 (USA) (31 October 2010) (6 Screens)
$24,299 (USA) (24 October 2010) (9 Screens)
$15,782 (USA) (17 October 2010) (10 Screens)
$17,304 (USA) (10 October 2010) (14 Screens)
$22,738 (USA) (4 October 2010) (19 Screens)
$33,844 (USA) (26 September 2010) (29 Screens)
$238,180 (USA) (19 September 2010) (129 Screens)
$731,178 (USA) (12 September 2010) (436 Screens)
$2,961,801 (USA) (5 September 2010) (812 Screens)
$4,007,750 (USA) (29 August 2010) (812 Screens)
$10,511 (USA) (8 August 2010) (1 Screen)
$13,028 (USA) (1 August 2010) (2 Screens)
$16,817 (USA) (25 July 2010) (3 Screens)
$15,615 (USA) (18 July 2010) (4 Screens)
$36,971 (USA) (11 July 2010) (9 Screens)
$35,706 (USA) (4 July 2010) (9 Screens)
$44,572 (USA) (27 June 2010) (15 Screens)
$45,181 (USA) (20 June 2010) (17 Screens)
$64,767 (USA) (13 June 2010) (26 Screens)
$76,692 (USA) (6 June 2010) (46 Screens)
$144,241 (USA) (30 May 2010) (84 Screens)
$188,505 (USA) (23 May 2010) (167 Screens)
$335,174 (USA) (16 May 2010) (279 Screens)
$425,085 (USA) (9 May 2010) (328 Screens)
$633,124 (USA) (2 May 2010) (387 Screens)
$920,204 (USA) (25 April 2010) (438 Screens)
$1,002,814 (USA) (18 April 2010) (500 Screens)
$844,651 (USA) (11 April 2010) (454 Screens)
$980,239 (USA) (4 April 2010) (511 Screens)
$2,047,475 (USA) (28 March 2010) (930 Screens)
$4,027,005 (USA) (21 March 2010) (1,348 Screens)
$6,526,421 (USA) (14 March 2010) (1,718 Screens)
$8,118,102 (USA) (7 March 2010) (2,163 Screens)
$13,655,274 (USA) (28 February 2010) (2,456 Screens)
$16,240,857 (USA) (21 February 2010) (2,581 Screens)
$22,850,881 (USA) (7 February 2010) (3,000 Screens)
$31,280,029 (USA) (31 January 2010) (3,074 Screens)
$34,944,081 (USA) (24 January 2010) (3,141 Screens)
$54,401,446 (USA) (17 January 2010) (3,285 Screens)
$50,306,217 (USA) (10 January 2010) (3,422 Screens)
$68,490,688 (USA) (3 January 2010) (3,461 Screens)
$75,617,133 (USA) (27 December 2009) (3,456 Screens)
$77,025,481 (USA) (20 December 2009) (3,452 Screens)
£274,145 (UK) (5 September 2010) (296 Screens)
£624,106 (UK) (29 August 2010) (343 Screens)
£107,629 (UK) (4 April 2010) (48 Screens)
£224,840 (UK) (28 March 2010) (170 Screens)
£445,809 (UK) (21 March 2010) (226 Screens)
£638,599 (UK) (14 March 2010) (271 Screens)
£908,049 (UK) (7 March 2010) (345 Screens)
£2,260,319 (UK) (28 February 2010) (398 Screens)
£2,817,009 (UK) (21 February 2010) (391 Screens)
£4,338,774 (UK) (7 February 2010) (417 Screens)
£4,865,081 (UK) (31 January 2010) (424 Screens)
£5,155,844 (UK) (24 January 2010) (428 Screens)
£5,527,039 (UK) (17 January 2010) (441 Screens)
£4,770,980 (UK) (10 January 2010) (493 Screens)
£5,940,479 (UK) (3 January 2010) (493 Screens)
£3,828,123 (UK) (27 December 2009) (485 Screens)
£8,509,050 (UK) (20 December 2009) (503 Screens)
ARS 7,244 (Argentina) (25 May 2010) (1 Screen)
ARS 7,072 (Argentina) (18 May 2010) (1 Screen)
ARS 11,118 (Argentina) (11 May 2010) (4 Screens)
ARS 11,038 (Argentina) (4 May 2010) (3 Screens)
ARS 7,037 (Argentina) (27 April 2010) (2 Screens)
ARS 10,778 (Argentina) (20 April 2010) (3 Screens)
ARS 13,263 (Argentina) (13 April 2010) (10 Screens)
ARS 20,025 (Argentina) (6 April 2010) (10 Screens)
ARS 11,251 (Argentina) (30 March 2010) (16 Screens)
ARS 48,072 (Argentina) (23 March 2010) (30 Screens)
ARS 84,370 (Argentina) (16 March 2010) (67 Screens)
ARS 136,509 (Argentina) (9 March 2010) (86 Screens)
ARS 405,720 (Argentina) (2 March 2010) (112 Screens)
ARS 528,661 (Argentina) (23 February 2010) (117 Screens)
ARS 658,845 (Argentina) (16 February 2010) (136 Screens)
ARS 860,426 (Argentina) (9 February 2010) (148 Screens)
ARS 978,644 (Argentina) (1 February 2010) (140 Screens)
ARS 944,237 (Argentina) (26 January 2010) (131 Screens)
ARS 1,084,513 (Argentina) (19 January 2010) (110 Screens)
ARS 1,353,051 (Argentina) (12 January 2010) (103 Screens)
ARS 1,273,414 (Argentina) (5 January 2010) (104 Screens)
€3,799,150 (Italy) (14 February 2010) (550 Screens)
€5,687,902 (Italy) (7 February 2010) (675 Screens)
€7,469,219 (Italy) (31 January 2010) (800 Screens)
€8,757,398 (Italy) (24 January 2010) (856 Screens)
€9,651,703 (Italy) (17 January 2010) (848 Screens)
PHP 1,476,316 (Philippines) (28 February 2010) (7 Screens)
PHP 1,857,597 (Philippines) (21 February 2010) (14 Screens)
PHP 4,487,468 (Philippines) (14 February 2010) (43 Screens)
PHP 7,926,619 (Philippines) (7 February 2010) (57 Screens)
PHP 5,873,525 (Philippines) (31 January 2010) (35 Screens)
PHP 24,133,065 (Philippines) (24 January 2010) (98 Screens)
PHP 30,931,304 (Philippines) (17 January 2010) (99 Screens)
PHP 31,234,190 (Philippines) (10 January 2010) (92 Screens)
PHP 9,390,697 (Philippines) (3 January 2010) (14 Screens)
PHP 16,079,700 (Philippines) (27 December 2009) (105 Screens)
PHP 57,336,776 (Philippines) (20 December 2009) (105 Screens)
$6,785,916 (Russia) (17 January 2010) (791 Screens)
$11,135,992 (Russia) (10 January 2010) (927 Screens)

Admissions
501,999 (Netherlands) (31 December 2009)
788,337 (Norway) (31 March 2012)
773,380 (Norway) (1 August 2010)
760,046 (Norway) (1 April 2010)
741,735 (Norway) (12 March 2010)
710,807 (Norway) (25 February 2010)
580,535 (Norway) (31 January 2010)
527,984 (Norway) (24 January 2010)
421,548 (Norway) (14 January 2010)
354,257 (Norway) (8 January 2010)
255,605 (Norway) (1 January 2010)
1,148,718 (Switzerland) (4 June 2010)

Production Dates
March 2005

Filming Dates
16 April 2007 - 1 December 2007

Copyright Holder
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Dune Entertainment III LLC in all territories except Brazil, Italy, Japan, Korea and Spain; TCF Hungary Film Rights Exploitation Limited Liability Company, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Dune Entertainment III LLC in Brazil, Italy, Japan, Korea and Spain


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When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge's intentions of driving off the native humanoid "Na'vi" in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung-ho Colonel Quaritch, while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na'vi people with the use of an "avatar" identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand - and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora.
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In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran, is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture.
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Opening scene: a camera sweeps high across the treeline of a lush, green world. Intercut is a sequence of images of Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a crippled war veteran and former Marine. He wakes up in a giant spaceship on its way to Pandora, a lush Earth-like moon orbiting Polyphemus, a blue planet similar to Jupiter. He is one of a large number of passengers, all waking up after almost six years of cryosleep en route to Pandora. Drifting out of his sleeping pod in zero G he's tended by the ship's staff. He opens his locker, which is marked SULLY T. Then, through voice-over and flashback with hospital and military officials, we learn that Jake has a deceased twin brother -- Tom, a scientist -- who was to be part of a high-level program overseen by corporate and military strategists. Because Jake and his brother are an exact genetic match, he was presented with a unique opportunity: take over his brother's contract with a corporate-military entity and travel light years away to an outpost on the previously glimpsed world, Pandora. Acknowledging the notions of "being free" and having a "fresh start," Jake agrees to the deal as his brother's body is cremated.
Now being transported from the spaceship to Pandora via a shuttle, Jake is one of many soldiers and civilian personnel about to touch down on Pandora, some 4.3 light years from Earth. We catch views of the base and its construction and immense mining machines digging up the soil in a large quarry as Jake ponders his new role. The passengers are all instructed to wear a full-face breathing mask since the atmosphere of the planet will not support human life; 20 seconds of exposure to the poisonous atmosphere of the planet causes unconsciousness, with death occurring about four minutes later. While the other passengers disembark and take their first steps onto the base, called "Hell's Gate," which is surrounded by a huge perimeter fence. Jake follows them in his wheelchair, earning the moniker "Meals on Wheels" from a few haughty Marines. He acknowledges through voice-over that he lost the use of his legs during one of his tours of duty on Earth, and while a spine can be fixed, that "takes money," which is tough to come by in the present economy.
Jake goes immediately to a military briefing where Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) is addressing the assembled soldiers and a few civilians who have come along. He reminds them they're "not in Kansas any more," and he tells them about Pandora's indigenous population, the Na'vi. Quaritch, sporting a heavy set of scars on the side of his head, says they are "hard to kill" and practically everything "out there" will try to kill you. And, while it's his job to keep his people alive, he says he will not succeed in this task -- "not with all of you." If they wish to survive, he continues, they will have to follow "Pandora rules."
Jake goes to a science lab where he meets biologist Norm Spellman (Joel David Moore) and Dr. Max Patel (Dileep Rao), two members of the Avatar Program. As Jake gets his first look at his own avatar, we learn about the program itself: humans are unable to breathe Pandora's air, but the Avatar Program enables a human to link with their own avatar, a genetically-bred human-Na'vi hybrid, and function as if they were a Na'vi native. In his avatar body, Jake will be able to walk again and breathe the atmosphere.
Jake and Norm enter the science department just about the time Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), the program's science lead, awakens in a specially designed pod that links her to her avatar and flips open the top. Norm says to Jake he hears she likes "plants better than people." She arises from her pod and converses in Na'vi with Norm. Satisfied with Norm's command of the language, she turns to Jake. She tells him she needs his brother Tom, the PhD who trained 3 years for the Pandora mission, but she doesn't need him, since Jake has no lab experience and has never been linked to an avatar.
Grace storms off to the base's control room to confront Parker Selfridge (Giovanni Ribisi), base commander and representative for the Resources Development Administration, an organization that oversees all military and other personnel on the colony. He tells her Jake will serve as a security escort on her team while they're on the planet's surface. Grace tells Parker she needs a researcher, not a "jarhead dropout." She doubts Jake will be of any use to her botanical research. Parker replies, "Grace, you know how much I enjoy these conversations with you," but in this case he disagrees, saying they "lucked out" with Jake. Since he's a perfect genetic match for the avatar intended for his twin brother, they can use his military skills in an avatar body toward the overall objective of the operation -- mining the mineral unobtanium, a potent source of energy that sells for many millions a kilo, and can bring cheap power back to a dying Earth. Parker tells Grace one way to help accomplish this objective is to win the hearts and minds of the natives, to obtain their cooperation. Grace argues that many of the Na'vi have been killed by the military under the auspices of Selfridge's operation.
Back in the lab next morning, Jake and Norm are linked to their avatars for the first time. Jake, in his avatar, wakes up in a different room with other avatars and staff. Within a few moments, Jake is making his handlers nervous because, overjoyed with his ability to move his legs again, he is moving too quickly and trying to walk, the first time he has been able to do so since becoming a paraplegic. The human lab workers cannot stop him; a Na'vi is over 10 feet tall, sometimes closer to 12 feet, and far stronger than humans. When his long tail knocks over instruments, a staff member tells him to stop and lie down again. Jake ignores him and bursts out of the room and into the daylight. He finds himself in a recreation area where other avatars are playing sports and staff, in their protective gear, are performing various duties. Jake meets Grace's avatar, who, better-tempered than human Grace, accompanies Jake to the barracks where he is eventually encouraged to rest. Before he lies down to sleep, Jake inspects his neural queue, a long appendage that looks like a braid of hair. At the end of his queue is a cluster of hidden tendrils. When the avatar sleeps, the link is broken and Jake himself awakens.
Jake later meets Trudy Chacon (Michelle Rodriguez), a retired Marine pilot with whom he'll spend several weeks getting used to his avatar and exploring Pandora. Jake will serve as the door gunner on her crew.
Jake reunites with Col. Quaritch, who is lifting weights. The Colonel tells Jake he's looked up his service record and was impressed with what he accomplished on some of his tours, including one in Venezuela. The Colonel warns Jake about the dangers awaiting him on Pandora. He also states his belief that the Avatar Program is a joke but that it offers an opportunity for a unique reconnaissance mission: If Jake can find out and tell the Colonel what he wants to know about the natives (how to persuade them to move away from the unobtainium ore deposits and how to hit them hard if they won't), the Colonel will see to it that Jake gets the surgery he needs to regain use of his legs. Because, the Colonel says, he takes care of his own. The Colonel climbs into an AMP suit -- a bipedal exoskeleton used for missions on Pandora -- and moves off.
Relinked with his avatar, Jake flies over Pandora's surface in Trudy's gunship, along with Grace, Norm, and others. The team lands in a forest, where Grace and Norm begin to take samples of the flora and make measurements. Jake is distracted by his surroundings and wanders into a field of helicoradian flowers, which are quite tall and shrink at Jake's touch. Trouble arrives when a titanothere -- a heavily-armored dinosaur-like creature -- confronts Jake. Grace orders him to stand his ground and not shoot, or else the animal will get angry and charge. His armor is too thick for guns to have any effect anyway. Jake successfully holds his ground, but only because a larger creature, a thanator, has approached him from behind and has caused the titanotheres to retreat. The thanator then turns to Jake. Grace tells him to run, and he's pursued by the thanator in a chase that separates Jake from his crew. He loses his gun and is downed by the animal, but frees himself by releasing his backpack. Ultimately, the chase leads to a waterfall, where Jake jumps to safety, leaving the thanator alone above him.
Jake's crew searches for him but Trudy says they'll have to return to base since night ops are not allowed. Grace says he won't last the night.
It's now night and we see Jake sharpening a long stick into a spear Jake is being watched from above, this time by a Na'vi. The Na'vi aims an arrow at Jake and is about to shoot, but decides against it when small, ethereal, luminescent creatures land on her bow. (Later we learn they are "very pure spirits," also known as the "seeds of Eywa", the Na'vis all-powerful god.) The archer retreats. Jake is stalked by a pack of viperwolves. He dips the end of his spear into a combustible pitch-like liquid. He lights the end and uses it as a a torch against the viperwolves, who encircle him, teeth bared, jaws gnashing. The animals attack Jake; he fights back, kills some, and is taken down by others. Then the archer who was observing Jake joins the battle on his side. She kills some viperwolves and causes the rest to flee. She tenderly puts out of their misery some whimpering wounded animals and says prayers over them. Jake attempts to thank her for helping him fight off the attackers. She meets his thanks with scorn, tells him all this is his fault, that they did not need to die, and that he should "go back" to where he came from. Jake asks if she feels that way, why she helped him. "You have a strong heart. No fear," she explains. "But stupid!"
Jake attempts to follow his rescuer up into a tree, asks for her help, and says he wants to learn. He's repulsed and told to "go back," that sky people can't be taught. Just then, the seeds of Eywa reappear and start to land on Jake. He asks what they are. "Very pure spirits," she replies, and Jake is covered by them, making an impression on his companion. When the seeds drift off, she relents and tells him to come with her.
As Jake tries to keep up with his rescuer, Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), he is felled by a bolo thrown by a patrol of Omaticayan warriors. Their leader is Tsu'Tey (Laz Alonso), next in line to the throne and the man Neytiri is expected to marry. Neytiri stops them from harming Jake by telling them "there has been a sign from Eywa." Tsu'Tey tells his men to "bring him" along to "tashik" (father, approximate spelling) and "eywa" (mother).
Jake is presented to Neytiri's parents, Eytukan (Wes Studi) and Mo'at (CCH Pounder), who are the king and queen of the tribe, respectively. Jake tells the elders that he is a warrior -- a "dreamwalker" -- and his intention is to learn from them. Mo'at tastes Jake's blood from a wound on his forehead and decrees it is the will of Eywa for him to live with the Omaticaya, and for Neytiri, however reluctantly, to be his teacher in their ways and customs. After a ritual gathering, Jake is brought to his bed, a leaf high up in the "Hometree" that encircles him like a cocoon. As he falls asleep, human Jake is revived.
At morning chow, all the scientists, including Grace, are focused on everything Jake has to say. Norm seems very disappointed and sullen; he was Grace's original choice to bond with the Omaticaya. Even the military and corporate reps have warmed to Jake. Hometree sits atop a massive deposit of unobtainium so Jake appears to be their best shot at convincing the Omaticaya to move -- or advising the Colonel on how to force them to do so. He's informed that he has three months to achieve his objective before the bulldozers arrive.
The next scenes revolve around avatar Jake's training with Neytiri and human Jake's reports on his experiences via the videolog he dictates after every day's activity. He bonds with his direhorse, an important animal to the Na'vi. Jake must learn to mount the animal and connect his neural queue to its antenna. Human Jake continues to report on the Hometree's infrastructure and other Na'vi details.
Sensing that Jake is being manipulated by Quaritch, Selfridge and the rest of the military section of the mining operation, Grace decides to take her operation "out of Dodge." She moves them into the Hallelujah Mountains, a remote region of immense, floating islands that are sacred to the Na'vi and are also rich in unobtanium. Grace wants her turf away from the RDA officials and military types at the base.
In his next videolog, Jake discusses his language lessons and says his time with the Na'vi is like "field-stripping a weapon." Enough repetition and you can't help but learn it. This is intercut with scenes of his continued training with Neytiri, who teaches him about the Na'vi-forest connection. She tells Jake that all energy is borrowed and one day we have to give it back. Jake seems to comprehend this, and as he says a prayer for an animal he hunted and just killed, Neytiri says that he is ready for an important rite of passage: to bond with and ride a "declan" -- a flying mountain banshee. To reach the banshee's nesting grounds, Jake must accompany Neytiri, Tsu'Tey and two other Na'vi trainees to the highest region of the Hallelujah Mountains.
Several factors (the height, the ferocity of the untamed banshees) make this a dangerous lesson, but Jake's lack of fear and successful bond with his banshee earn him the grudging respect of the Na'vi warriors present, even Tsu'Tey. He makes the bond with the tendrils in his queue, and as he rides the flying animal he remarks that he's not much of a horseman but he was "born to do this." Jake, Neytiri, and the others ride together to the Tree of Souls, the most sacred place to the Na'vi.
While flying on a hunting sortie, Jake and Neytiri are suddenly pursued and attacked by a creature known to the Na'vi as toruk, a giant and brightly-colored flying mountain banshee with murderous intentions toward everything that flies. Neytiri says its name means "last shadow" -- the toruk's shadow, once seen, is usually the "last shadow one ever gets to see," as its attack is almost always fatal. Back at Hometree, Neytiri shows Jake the skeleton of a precursor of the present toruk. She tells him the last person to ride a toruk was her grandfather's grandfather, who used the animal to unite the five Na'vi tribes in a time of great sorrow. Such a person would earn the title Toruk Mato, "Rider of the Last Shadow."
When Jake comes back to his human form, it's clear he's been changed by this latest experience, for he says, "out there is the real world ... in here is the dream." The Colonel comes over to him to tell him his mission is accomplished and he's to return to Earth that day. And good to his word, the Colonel has arranged for Jake to get the treatment he needs to regain use of his legs. Jake wishes to delay his departure because he says he's right at the point at which he's to be initiated into the tribe and accepted as one of them, and then would have the status to negotiate with the Na'vi to relocate. The Colonel acquiesces.
Jake attends a Na'vi ceremony, where he learns the Na'vi believe that every person can be born twice. Neytiri leads Jake to a place of prayer, the "tree of voices," where they use their queues to bond with the tree. Neytiri tells Jake he can make a bow from the tree ... and that he can choose a woman. Jake tells Neytiri that he has already chosen her, and she says that she has chosen him. They sleep together under the tree and Jake wakes up back in the lab.
In the morning, Neytiri awakens to falling trees, then the presence of bulldozers. Soldiers are advancing as the forest falls around Neytiri, who is dragging and carrying Jake to safety. When he finally revives, Jake climbs onto one of the bulldozers and tries to stop it, eventually blinding its camera system and drawing some gunfire. Other Na'vi warriors arrive, while the Colonel, reviewing films back at the base, recognizes Jake in his avatar form as the person who tried to stop their mission. The bulldozers continue their operation, wiping out the sacred ground.
At Hometree, the Na'vi want war. Grace and Jake argue against it. There's an intense debate. Tsu'Tey tries to kill Jake, having learned that Jake and Neytiri are mated for life. Jake declares he is a Na'vi and deserves the right to speak. Suddenly, both Grace and Jake's avatars fall unconscious as the links between them and their human forms are abruptly broken by the enraged Colonel.
Grace and Jake face off with RDA and military brass. Grace reveals that Pandora's trees form a network that has more neural connections than exist in the human brain and that the Na'vi can tap into that network. Consequently, the Omaticaya will never leave Hometree. Parker and the Colonel discuss options. Gas out the Na'vi ... turn gunships on Hometree ... Jake presses to be allowed to return to the Omaticaya to try to convince them to leave, and he's granted one hour to achieve that objective.
Jake and Grace are not welcomed back. Neytiri rejects Jake. Both Jake and Grace are bound and left behind by the Omaticaya, who are preparing to fight against the humans, who have arrived in a large fleet of flying ships. The fleet launches gas canisters into Hometree and the surrounding area. As the battle escalates, most of the weaponry is targeted at the root structure of Hometree, which is toppled by a series of explosions and heavy artillery. Many Omaticaya are killed. Mo'at frees Jake and Grace and asks them to save the tribe. Jake arrives and is rejected again by Neytiri when he tries to console her. Neytiri's father Eytukan is killed by a large piece of shrapnel; his dying wish is for Neytiri to take his sacred bow and assume leadership of their people.
The destruction seems endless, and, suddenly, Jake and Grace return to their human bodies and are promptly placed under arrest for treason. Norm is also arrested for trying to prevent soldiers from disabling their avatar forms.
Some time has passed, and, Hometree having fallen, the Na'vi gather at the Tree of Souls.
Trudy arrives at the cell which holds Jake, Grace, and Norm. She dupes their guard by saying she wants nothing to do with them, only to knock out the guard an instant later. As they prepare to flee the base, Grace is shot and wounded by the Colonel. The team flies Trudy's ship to the remote lab in the floating mountains. Jake returns to his avatar body.
The hopeful reunion with the Omaticaya is not to be, initially. Jake is an outcast, an alien. So he makes a bold decision. He realizes that to regain the trust of the Na'vi, he has to take things to a higher level. He summons his banshee and sets off to find the toruk. His strategy is simple but can result in death; Jake believes that the toruk never looks for an attack above himself and thus he can be approached that way. Jake jumps off his banshee and onto the back of the toruk. We next see him arrive riding the toruk at the Tree of Souls in the middle of an Omaticayan ceremony. Jake successfully bonded with the toruk. The Omaticaya are stunned to see their greatest legend come true. Jake dismounts and makes his way through the crowd of Na'vi, who, awed, part before him. When he reaches Neytiri, each holds out an arm to the other and she says "I see you." Tsu'Tey, who is now tribe leader, concedes Jake's new role of Toruk Mato. He accords Jake much respect.
Jake convinces Mo'at to help Grace, who is dying. Mo'at begins the preparations, which involve getting Grace's human and avatar bodies in place at the Tree of Souls. The idea is to permanently transfer Grace's consciousness to her avatar. Mo'at lets it be known that Grace must pass through the eye of Eywa, and that the great mother might choose to let her pass through to her avatar self, or she might opt to have Grace remain with her. The ritual is not successful, though before she dies, Grace tells Jake that she has seen Eywa. Jake, heartbroken and furious, speaks as Toruk Mato and says it's time to 'send a message' to the sky people that this is their, the Na'vi's, land. But to do so, they first must go to each of the Na'vi clans to ask them to come and fight as one.
The human military have picked up the infusion of Na'vi into the area, from a few hundred to 2000 within a day. At this rate, the Colonel says as he addresses his troops, the Na'vi will soon total 20,000, at which point their perimeter will be overrun. Rather than let that happen, he continues, they must stage a pre-emptive attack while they still can. Their plan is to turn a space shuttle into the carrier of a massive bomb. Their target is the Tree of Souls, and the attack is planned for 0600 the next day. They believe that if they destroy the Tree of Souls, the Na'vi will go away and never come near this place again.
Jake is busy rallying the Omaticaya. At the Tree of Souls, he asks Eywa to look into Grace's memories, and stresses that humankind killed their mother (Earth), the entity that protects the balance of life. Neytiri appears and tells Jake that Eywa does not take sides.
The story jumps to the day of the final battle. The military forces are close and the bombship is moving toward the Tree of Souls. The united Na'vi force begins to arrive from the sky and on the ground. Jake on his toruk, Tsu'Tey, and other warriors engage in battle with the military aircraft, mainly Scorpion assault ships. Casualties mount on both sides. The gunships have unmatched firepower, but are no match for the declans, who grab hold of them and smash them against each other..
A flurry of main-character action: Jake, riding the toruk, is pursued and shot at by Col. Quaritch's ship; Trudy arrives and opens fire on the Colonel's command ship; Neytiri's banshee is shot down and killed; Norm's avatar is mortally wounded and he jumps back to his human form; Tsu'Tey takes on the bombship and is killed in the attempt; Trudy dies when her ship is blown up.
Neytiri watches this action from the ground. Jake attempts to contact Tsu'Tey and is unsuccessful, as is his attempt to reach Trudy. Meanwhile, the bombship closes in on the Tree of Souls.
Jake tells Neytiri via communicator to disengage from the fight. Suddenly, through what's left of the surrounding forest, a battalion of Titanotheres, Pandora's heavily armored dinosaur-like animals, arrives and engages the Earth forces. They quickly lay waste to infantry and soldiers in AMP suits. Neytiri observes this and tells Jake that his prayer to Eywa for help has been heard as the animals rout the humans on the ground.
Jake and his toruk take to the sky to confront the bombship as the military's ground forces retreat in disarray. Approaching from above, Jake grenades the bombship. It crashes in flames and explosions well away from the Tree of Souls. Jake also throws explosives into vulnerable parts of the command ship. It begins to burn and go down.
Col. Quaritch puts on an AMP suit and jumps free of the command ship before it disintegrates in a ball of flames. He makes his way to the temporary camp set up by Grace and the others when they moved operations away from the base. Human Jake, of course, is inside the camp and linked to his avatar. Quaritch, set on killing Jake, is now attacked by a thanator that carried Neytiri to the site, Neytiri having bonded with the animal. With the aid of his AMP suit the Colonel kills the thanator and Neytiri is trapped underneath it.
Before the Colonel has a chance to kill Neytiri as well, avatar Jake arrives. The two engage in combat, the Colonel in his AMP suit and Jake as his avatar, armed only with a piece of pipe. Jake smashes the suit's plastic canopy, the Colonel pops it off, dons a breathing mask, and, before he moves off toward the structures that house the pods, asks Jake how it feels to have betrayed his race. "You think you're one of them? Time to wake up," he taunts, as he smashes into the mobile lab, looking for Jake's pod, intent on destroying it and human Jake. The battle resumes. Jake is grabbed by an arm of the AMP suit and hangs from his queue before the Colonel. Meanwhile, Neytiri has almost freed herself.
The Colonel now moves Jake closer to him and reaches for his knife, intending to finish Jake by slitting his throat. Suddenly, Neytiri shoots an arrow at the Colonel that penetrates deeply into the center of his chest. The Colonel, reeling, is unable to continue his attack on Jake. Neytiri's second arrow lodges right next to the first. It brings the Colonel in the AMP suit to the ground. However, much damage has been done to the lab, which is leaking oxygen. Human Jake is awake but having difficulty both breathing and trying to get a mask on. Neytiri arrives and helps Jake on with his mask. Cradling human Jake, she says, "I see you." It's the first time they have seen each other face-to-face.
Cut to the former military base, which is now under Na'vi control. Most of the remaining humans are being marched into a shuttle to be shipped back to Earth; however, a select few Earth people, such as Norm and Dr. Patel, are invited to stay on Pandora.
Jake signs off in his final videolog, where we learn that he has chosen to transfer his consciousness to his avatar for good. In a ceremony similar to Grace's, Jake passes through the eye of Eywa ... and wakes up in his avatar with Neytiri watching over him.



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Academy Awards, USA  2010 
Won
Oscar  Best Achievement in Cinematography
Mauro Fiore

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Joe Letteri
Stephen Rosenbaum
Richard Baneham
Andrew R. Jones

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Rick Carter (production designer)
Robert Stromberg (production designer)
Kim Sinclair (set decorator)

Nominated
Oscar  Best Motion Picture of the Year
James Cameron
Jon Landau

Best Achievement in Directing
James Cameron

Best Achievement in Film Editing
Stephen E. Rivkin
John Refoua
James Cameron

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
James Horner

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Christopher Boyes
Gary Summers
Andy Nelson
Tony Johnson

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Christopher Boyes
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle


Golden Globes, USA  2010 
Won
Golden Globe  Best Director - Motion Picture
James Cameron

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Nominated
Golden Globe  Best Original Score - Motion Picture
James Horner

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
James Horner
Simon Franglen
Kuk Harrell
For the song "I See You".


BAFTA Awards  2010 
Won
BAFTA Film Award  Best Production Design
Rick Carter
Robert Stromberg
Kim Sinclair

Best Special Visual Effects
Joe Letteri
Stephen Rosenbaum
Richard Baneham
Andrew R. Jones

Nominated
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music  James Horner

Nominated
BAFTA Film Award  Best Film
James Cameron
Jon Landau

Best Cinematography
Mauro Fiore

Best Editing
Stephen E. Rivkin
John Refoua
James Cameron

Best Sound
Christopher Boyes
Gary Summers
Andy Nelson
Tony Johnson
Addison Teague

Nominated
David Lean Award for Direction  Best Director
James Cameron


ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards  2010 
Won
ASCAP Award  Top Box Office Films
James Horner


Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA  2010 
Won
Saturn Award  Best Actor
Sam Worthington

Best Actress
Zoe Saldana

Best Supporting Actor
Stephen Lang

Best Supporting Actress
Sigourney Weaver

Best Director
James Cameron

Best Writing
James Cameron

Best Music
James Horner

Best Production Design
Rick Carter
Robert Stromberg

Best Special Effects
Joe Letteri
Robert Rosenbaum
Richard Baneham
Andrew R. Jones

Best Science Fiction Film


American Cinema Editors, USA  2010 
Nominated
Eddie  Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic)
Stephen E. Rivkin
John Refoua
James Cameron


American Society of Cinematographers, USA  2010 
Nominated
ASC Award  Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
Mauro Fiore


Art Directors Guild  2010 
Won
Excellence in Production Design Award  Fantasy Film
Rick Carter (production designer)
Robert Stromberg (production designer)
Kim Sinclair (lead supervising art director/set decorator - New Zealand)
Kevin Ishioka (supervising art director)
Stefan Dechant (supervising art director)
Todd Cherniawsky (supervising art director)
Ben Procter (art director)
Nick Bassett (art director)
Robert Bavin (art director)
Simon Bright (art director)
Jill Cormack (art director)
Seth Engstrom (art director)
Sean Haworth (art director)
Andrew L. Jones (art director)
Andy McLaren (art director)
Andrew Menzies (art director)
Norman Newberry (art director)
Jacqui Allen (assistant art director)
Vanessa Cole (assistant art director)
Michael Stassi (assistant art director)
Jeff Wisniewski (assistant art director)
Yuri Bartoli (illustrator)
Dylan Cole (illustrator)
Dorian Bustamante (illustrator)
Ryan Church (illustrator)
James Clyne (illustrator)
TyRuben Ellingson (illustrator)
Barry Howell (illustrator)
Victor James Martinez (illustrator)
Tex Kadonaga (set designer)
Luke Caska (set designer)
Richard Mays (set designer)
Scott Herbertson (set designer)
Paul Ozzimo (illustrator)
Tammy S. Lee (set designer)
Gregory Jein (model maker)
Jason Mahakian (model maker)
Jonathan Dyer (set designer)
Steven Messing (illustrator)
Joseph Hiura (set designer)
Karl J. Martin (set designer)
Darryl Longstaffe (set designer)
John Lott (set designer)
C. Scott Baker (set designer)
Robert Andrew Johnson (set designer)
David Chow (set designer)
Craig Shoji (illustrator)
Andrew Chan (set designer)
Sam Page (set designer)
Michael Smale (set designer)
Daphne Yap (illustrator)
Andrew Reeder (set designer)


Austin Film Critics Association  2009 
Nominated
Austin Film Critics Award  Best Film


Australian Film Institute  2010 
Won
AFI International Award  Best Actor
Sam Worthington


Awards of the Japanese Academy  2011 
Won
Award of the Japanese Academy  Best Foreign Film


BET Awards  2010 
Nominated
BET Award  Best Actress
Zoe Saldana

Best Movie


BMI Film & TV Awards  2010 
Won
BMI Film Music Award  Film Music
James Horner


Black Reel Awards  2010 
Nominated
Black Reel  Best Supporting Actress
Zoe Saldana


British Society of Cinematographers  2009 
Nominated
Best Cinematography Award  Mauro Fiore


Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards  2010 
Won
Critics Choice Award  Best Cinematography
Mauro Fiore

Best Editing
John Refoua
Stephen E. Rivkin

Best Art Direction

Best Sound

Best Visual Effects

Best Action Movie

Nominated
Critics Choice Award  Best Picture

Best Director
James Cameron

Best Makeup


Camerimage  2013 
Nominated
Best 3D Feature Film  Mauro Fiore


Casting Society of America, USA  2010 
Nominated
Artios  Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Drama
Margery Simkin
Mali Finn (initial casting)


Chicago Film Critics Association Awards  2009 
Nominated
CFCA Award  Best Cinematography
Mauro Fiore

Best Original Score
James Horner


Cinema Audio Society, USA  2010 
Nominated
C.A.S. Award  Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures
Christopher Boyes (re-recording mixer)
Gary Summers (re-recording mixer)
Andy Nelson (re-recording mixer)
Tony Johnson (production mixer)


Cinema Brazil Grand Prize  2010 
Won
Audience Award  Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
James Cameron
USA/UK.

Nominated
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize  Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
James Cameron
USA/UK.


Costume Designers Guild Awards  2010 
Nominated
CDG Award  Excellence in Fantasy Film
Mayes C. Rubeo
Deborah Lynn Scott


César Awards, France  2010 
Nominated
César  Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
James Cameron
USA.


Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards  2009 
Nominated
DFWFCA Award  Best Picture


David di Donatello Awards  2010 
Nominated
David  Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
James Cameron


Directors Guild of America, USA  2010 
Nominated
DGA Award  Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
James Cameron


Empire Awards, UK  2010 
Won
Empire Award  Best Film

Best Actress
Zoe Saldana

Best Director
James Cameron

Nominated
Empire Award  Best Actor
Sam Worthington

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy


Environmental Media Awards, USA  2010 
Won
EMA Award  Feature Film


Florida Film Critics Circle Awards  2009 
Won
FFCC Award  Best Cinematography
Mauro Fiore


Golden Trailer Awards  2010 
Won
Golden Trailer  Most Innovative Advertising for a Feature Film
Twentieth Century Fox
Mob Scene
For "Planet Pandora".

Nominated
Golden Trailer  Best Action
Twentieth Century Fox
Wild Card
For "Theatrical Trailer".

Best Action TV Spot
Twentieth Century Fox
Wild Card
For "Kansas".


Grammy Awards  2011 
Nominated
Grammy  Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Simon Franglen
Kuk Harrell
James Horner
Leona Lewis
For the song "I See You".

Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
James Horner


Hugo Awards  2010 
Nominated
Hugo  Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
James Cameron (screenplay/director)


Image Awards  2010 
Nominated
Image Award  Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Zoe Saldana


Irish Film and Television Awards  2010 
Nominated
IFTA Award  Best International Film


Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists  2010 
Won
Silver Ribbon  Best 3D Film Director (Regista del Miglior Film in 3D)
James Cameron


Kids' Choice Awards, USA  2010 
Nominated
Blimp Award  Favorite Movie Actress
Zoe Saldana

Cutest Couple
Sam Worthington
Zoe Saldana
Cutest couple as Neytiri and Jake from Avatar


Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards  2010 
Nominated
Sierra Award  Best DVD
For the "Box Set"


Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards  2009 
Won
Sierra Award  Best Art Direction


London Critics Circle Film Awards  2010 
Nominated
ALFS Award  Film of the Year

Director of the Year
James Cameron


Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards  2009 
2nd place
LAFCA Award  Best Production Design
Rick Carter
Robert Stromberg


MTV Movie Awards  2010 
Nominated
MTV Movie Award  Best Movie

Best Female Performance
Zoe Saldana

Best Villain
Stephen Lang

Best Fight
Stephen Lang
Sam Worthington

Best Kiss
Zoe Saldana
Sam Worthington


Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA  2010 
Won
Golden Reel Award  Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film
Jim Henrikson (supervising music editor)
Dick Bernstein (music editor)
Michael K. Bauer (music editor)

Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film
Addison Teague (supervising sound editor, sound designer)
Christopher Boyes (supervising sound editor, sound designer)
Luke Dunn Gielmuda (supervising foley editor)
James Likowski (foley editor)
Ken Fischer (sound effects editor)
Shannon Mills (sound effects editor)
Timothy Nielsen (sound effects editor)
Christopher Scarabosio (sound effects editor)
Dennie Thorpe (foley artist)
Jana Vance (foley artist)

Nominated
Golden Reel Award  Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle (supervising sound editor)
Kim Foscato (dialogue editor)
Cheryl Nardi (dialogue editor)
Marshall Winn (dialogue editor)
Petra Bach (adr editor)
Richard Hymns (adr editor)
Stuart McCowan (adr editor)
Steve Slanec (adr editor)


National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA  2010 
2nd place
NSFC Award  Best Production Design
Rick Carter


New York Film Critics Circle Awards  2009 
2nd place
NYFCC Award  Best Cinematographer
Mauro Fiore


Nikkan Sports Film Awards  2010 
Won
Readers' Choice Award  Most Popular Film


Online Film Critics Society Awards  2010 
Nominated
OFCS Award  Best Director
James Cameron

Best Cinematography
Mauro Fiore

Best Editing
John Refoua
Stephen E. Rivkin


PGA Awards  2010 
Nominated
PGA Award  Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
James Cameron
Jon Landau


Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards  2009 
Won
PFCS Award  Best Cinematography
Mauro Fiore

Best Film Editing
James Cameron
John Refoua
Stephen E. Rivkin

Best Production Design
Rick Carter
Robert Stromberg

Best Visual Effects


Rembrandt Awards  2011 
Won
Rembrandt Award  Best DVD Release (Beste DVD uitbreng)


Rembrandt Awards  2010 
Won
Rembrandt Award  Best International Film (Beste Buitenlandse Film)


SFX Awards, UK  2011 
Nominated
SFX Award  Best Actress
Zoe Saldana

Best Film Director
James Cameron

Best Film
James Cameron


San Diego Film Critics Society Awards  2009 
2nd place
SDFCS Award  Best Director
James Cameron


Santa Barbara International Film Festival  2010 
Won
Modern Master Award  James Cameron


Teen Choice Awards  2010 
Won
Teen Choice Award  Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi
Zoe Saldana

Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi
Sam Worthington

Choice Movie: Sci-Fi

Nominated
Teen Choice Award  Choice Movie: Villain
Stephen Lang

Choice Movie: Hissy Fit
Giovanni Ribisi

Choice Movie: Fight
Sam Worthington
Stephen Lang
Jake Sully vs. Col. Quatrich


Venice Film Festival  2010 
Won
3-D Award  Most Creative 3D Film Stereoscopic Film of the Year
James Cameron
Tied with 'Chris Sanders' and Dean DeBlois for How to Train Your Dragon (2010).


Visual Effects Society Awards  2010 
Won
VES Award  Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture
Richard Baneham (animation supervisor)
Joyce Cox (overall vfx producer)
Joe Letteri (senior visual effects supervisor)
Eileen Moran (vfx producer)

Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Andrew R. Jones (animation director)
Joe Letteri (senior visual effects supervisor)
Zoe Saldana (actress)
Jeff Unay (facial lead)
For Neytiri.

Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture
Jean-Luc Azzis (senior compositor)
Peter Baustaedter (senior matte painter)
Brenton Cottman (lead matte painter)
Yvonne Muinde (lead matte painter)
For Pandora.

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture
Simon Cheung (senior modeller)
Paul Jenness (lead modeller)
John Stevenson-Galvin (senior modeller)
Rainer Zöttl (senior/lead modeller)
For Samson/home tree/floating mountains/ampsuit.

Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture
Shadi Almassizadeh (cg supervisor)
Dan Cox (cg supervisor)
Ula Rademeyer (lead texture painter)
Eric Saindon (visual effects supervisor)
For the jungle/biolume.

Best Single Visual Effect of the Year
Joe Letteri (senior visual effects supervisor)
Joyce Cox (overall vfx producer)
Eileen Moran (vfx producer)
Thelvin Cabezas (lighting technical director)
For Neytiri drinking.

Nominated
VES Award  Best Single Visual Effect of the Year
Jill Brooks (visual effects producer)
John Knoll (visual effects supervisor)
Frank Losasso Petterson (simulation technical director)
Tory Mercer (compositor)
For Quarich's escape.

Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture
Thelvin Cabezas (lighting technical director)
Miae Kang (lead lighting technical director)
Daniel Macarin (lighting technical director)
Guy Williams (visual effects supervisor)
For the Willow Glade.

Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture
Jessica Cowley (senior texture painter)
Dan Lemmon (visual effects supervisor)
Keith Miller (cg supervisor)
Cameron Smith (lead compositor)
For the floating mountains.

Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
Jay Cooper (technical director)
Beth D'Amato (digital paint)
Eddie Pasquarello (compositing supervisor)
Todd Vaziri (compositor)
For the end battle.

Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
Erich Eder (compositor)
Robin Hollander (compositor)
Giuseppe Tagliavini (compositor)
Erik Winquist (compositing supervisor)


World Soundtrack Awards  2010 
Nominated
World Soundtrack Award  Best Original Soundtrack of the Year
James Horner

Best Original Song Written for a Film
James Horner (music by/lyrics by)
Simon Franglen (music by/lyrics by)
Kuk Harrell (lyrics by)
Leona Lewis (performer)
For the song "I See You".


World Stunt Awards  2010 
Nominated
Taurus Award  Best Stunt Coordination and/or 2nd Unit Direction
Allan Poppleton
Stuart Thorp
Garrett Warren


Writers Guild of America, USA  2010 
Nominated
WGA Award (Screen)  Best Original Screenplay
James Cameron

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