Director James Cameron (C) poses with movie goers Mahdroo McCaleb (R) and Sonjia Huirzar at a sold-out midnight screening of Cameron's new film "Avatar: The IMAX 3D Experience" at the AMC 16 IMAX 3D theater in Burbank, California December 17, 2009 in this publicity photograph released December 18.(Xinhua/Reuters File Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Hollywood tent-pole "Avatar," directed by James Cameron of "Titanic," has broken the South Korean box office over the weekend, becoming the most-watched foreign movies of all time, according to the estimation by the state-run film agency on Monday.

Actor Sam Worthington, who portrays the character Jake, gets a first look at his avatar, a human-alien hybrid bred from Jake's own DNA, in this undated publicity photograph from a scene in director James Cameron's new film "Avatar."  (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    The 3-D epic attracted more than 830,000 audiences nationwide over the weekend, breaking the record for the most-watched foreign movie with the combined number of audience totaling more than 8 million, according to data provided by the Korean Film Council.

    The previous record was held by the American science fiction movie "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," which drew 7.44 million moviegoers.

Cast member Zoe Saldana poses at the premiere of "Avatar" at the Mann's Grauman Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California December 16, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    Following the special effects-laden blockbuster, South Korean-made "Jeon Woo Chi: The Taoist Wizard," directed by Choi Dong-hoon, came in second during the weekend, according to the estimation.