Avatar was a commercial success.
During its theatrical run , the film broke several box office records and became the highest-grossing film of all time , as well as in the United States and Canada , surpassing Titanic , which had held those records for twelve years -LRB- and was also directed by Cameron -RRB- .	Titanic	Titanic (1997 film)	highest-grossing film of all time	List of highest-grossing films	United States and Canada	List of highest-grossing films in Canada and the United States
