Interesting Facts

The Na'vi language spoken in James Cameron's new film Avatar took four years to write and develop. (I wonder how many people have learnt it.  After all lots of people have learnt Klingon.) 

The Southern Sky Column Mountain in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, China will now be known as the Avatar Hallelujah Mountain. (It is supposedly being renamed because it inspired scenery in the fantasy blockbuster. Avatar has become the most popular film ever in China, making $80m (£50m) at the box office so far. Call me a cynic, but I think that the main reason for this is because you can't easily rip a 3D film.)

Avatar has become the fastest movie ever to achieve $1bn (£625.6m) in ticket sales around the world. (Distributors 20th Century Fox say it has earned more than $350m (£217m) in the US alone, and more than $670m (£415m) in the rest of the world. That's in only 17 days. I haven't been to see it yet, I'm waiting for the hype to blow over.)