Avatar

Avatar is a 2009 American science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron. It follows the story of  paraplegic marine, Jake Sully who after becoming paralysed from the waist down decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora, where in exchange for spinal chord surgery that will fix his legs agrees to collect information about the Na'vi people with the use of an "avatar" identity. After connecting with the native tribe and falling in love with Neytiri Jake then is torn between his orders and protecting the place that he learns to call home.

The main stars included in Avatar Sam Worthington who plays the leading character Jake Sully, who is known for his role in Clash of the Titans, Terminator Salvation and a voice role in the 2010 video game Call of Duty, Black Ops, Zoe Saldana who plays Jakes love, Neytiri who has been involved in Star Treck and  Pirates of the Caribbean: The curse of the black pearl, and Sigourney Weaver who plays Dr Grace Augustine who is known her her roles in Alien:resurrection, Holes and her voice part in the 2008 film Wall.E, a long with other actors such as Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriquez and Joel Moore.
Avatar is more commonly known as an American Science fiction film, but also falls under Action, Adventure and Fantasy genres. I feel this is done to make the film appeal to all audiences, making it a four quadrant movie. The film is also rated 12A this also benefits the film as it means most, if not all family member can watch and enjoy the film together, with its original and enthralling storylines, helping to create a larger audience. All of this meant the film didnt have a designated audience, it would appeal to a mass audience and make the film a four quadrant movie. The film was also massively publicised as it was the first proper 3D film, this meant even if the film didn't completely appeal to you, you'd probably go and watch it, simply for the experience. The film is due to be re-released in cinema's, this showing the overall want and success of it.
 The film had an estimated production budget of a huge $310,000,000, and an opening weekend in American alone took a staggering $4,007,750 being shown on 812 screens. The box office taking were a humongous figure of $760,505,847, taking over double the amount of the production budget, making the film a tremendous success. 
The production companies for Avatar were Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners and Lightstorm Entertainment. The film soundtrack included songs from the music sensation Leona Lewis.
More than a thousand people worked on the production. In preparation of the filming sequences, all of the actors underwent professional training specific to their characters such as archery, horseback riding, firearm use, and hand-to-hand combat. They received language and dialect training in the Na'vi language created for the film. Prior to shooting the film, Cameron also sent the cast to the jungle in Hawaii to get a feel for a rainforest setting before shooting on the soundstage. Filming for Avatar took place in Hawaii, California and New Zealand in a number of separate locations such as Hamakua Coast, Hughes Aircraft and Stone Street Studios, along with many other. The amount of time spent filming Avatar is unknown as it was anounced that Avatar would be done at 24 frames per second despite Cameron's strong opinion that a 3-D film requires higher frame rate to make strobing less noticeable.According to Cameron, the film is composed of 60% computer-generated elements and 40% live action, Cameron himself said he has been preparing for this production even since finishing Titanic and worked for four months prior to scheduled filming on nonprincipal scenes.