Studios wanted James Cameron to shorten 'Avatar'

162 minutes is the duration of the first

.

And if today no one is surprised to see a blockbuster flirting cheerfully with three hours, this was not necessarily the case in 2009, the year of the release of James Cameron's film.

So much so that the studios had begged the filmmaker to shorten his film.

But as everyone knows, the director of Titanic is not one to revise his copy downwards for accounting issues!

"I said something that I hadn't said to anyone in the business," he told

, before recalling the exact words he had thrown at a Fox executive.

now or never

“I think this movie is going to make more money than you've ever seen.

And when it does, it will be too late for you to like the film, remembers launching James Cameron.

Today is the day you must love the movie.

So I'm not asking you to tell me something you don't mean, but just know that I will always be aware [of the quality of my film] whether or not you praise it when it pays you big.

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And guess what,

ended up grossing $2.9 billion in worldwide box office revenue, which remains an all-time high.

It remains to be seen whether

will do as well, or even better.

In the meantime, see you in theaters on December 14!

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