No one knows where, and no one knows exactly when, but at some point Monday one moviegoer laid down the cash that put Avatar over the top as the highest-grossing movie ever made. Odds are the crucial ticket was purchased somewhere overseas, where the film has accrued roughly 70 percent of its overall take; Avatar still has about $50 million left to collect before it can unseat James Cameron's earlier blockbuster Titanic as the biggest domestic grosser of all-time.
That'll no doubt happen by this weekend at the latest. Here's hoping Cameron, 20th Century Fox and IMAX might step up to the record-breaking occasion Stateside a little more than they did internationally, perhaps arranging some sort of event celebrating the ticketbuyer who provides the Avatar's $600,788,189th dollar -- Na'vis throwing phosphorescent confetti, banshee rides, a photo of the winner ceremonially placing his/her cash in a beaming James Cameron's wallet... that kind of thing. Any other ideas?