ice age 2, the domestic went up $20 million but the international doubled, went to $400 million. the third one flattened domestically, did no additional business, and went up $270 million. by the fourth ice age the domestic went down and the international continued to rise at this exponential rate. now, what that tells us is another key component of what i call this era of the new abnormal that so changed the way we made movies and why, which movies we would make. which is pre-awareness. we can t afford to market a movie, an original movie, the way we do domestically internationally. when we break a movie the way we broke sleepless in seattle or the fisher king or even contact or any great movie, black swan or argo.
baby wooly mammoth. some think bringing ice age to life is just an awesome idea. it s the most adorable kind of cloning. bog anything that s woolly, pretty adorable. watch ice age 2 than see this furry beasty for real. a little bit nervous. i don t know why exactly. it sounds like you re a little messing with the laws of nature. reporter: and rock mcphee who knows a thing or two about mammoths isn t convinced it will work. you can t expect something 10,000 to 20,000 years old to have enough nucleus preserved. it s very iffy. reporter: but science never ceases to astound. and this, for real, would be mind blowing. nick watt, abc news, london. good for the wooly mammoth. takes you back to a different time on the planet. the stone age. oh. yes, indeed. look at you. what is that, bam bam?
donna, can we re-create n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n