'Avatar' soars to new box office record

Science-fiction epic "Avatar" soared to a new global box office record, taking in 1.85 billion dollars and sinking "Titanic" to become the biggest earning film of all time, figures show.

"On Monday, January 25, 'Avatar' officially passed 'Titanic' to become the highest grossing film in history at the worldwide box office," 20th Century Fox studios said in a statement. [Read more...]