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Meet Breakout Star Chloe Grace Moretz

Rated-R movies come out all the time. But they rarely feature a pre-teen female assassin named Hit-Girl who swears like a sailor and kills without remorse. Clearly “Kick-Ass” ain’t your average movie. And star Chloe Grace Moretz ain’t your average actor.

The young Ms. Moretz isn’t the main star of “Kick-Ass,” but she’s the one getting the most online attention. As the movie hits theaters, Web searches on “chloe moretz” are up an astonishing 3,423% in the past 24 hours.

But it’s not just the searchers who are interested in learning more on the young actor. Critics are also applauding her work as “Hit-Girl,” the purple-wigged crime fighter, who can move like she’s in “The Matrix.” Claudia Puig of USA Today calls the actor “terrific as the fearless and foul-mouthed 11-year-old Hit-Girl.” Moretz’s costar Aaron Johnson, who plays the title character, commented, “She

James Cameron broke his own record Tuesday. With a 1.86 billion U.S. dollars, “Avatar” beat “Titanic” to become the highest grossing film of all time at the box office worldwide.

It is a remarkable achievement. But before every Hollywood studio exec decides that all future movies must be in 3-D and feature blue aliens, it’s worth getting a little perspective on the film.

“Avatar” has the advantage of showing 3-D (which usually commands an average of $ 3 extra per ticket) and exit at a time when movie tickets even 2-D are more expensive than ever. According to the National Association of Theater Owners, the average selling price in 2008 was $ 7.18, 56% of prices in 1997 when “Titanic” was in theaters. Read full story

Watch this Extended Behind the Scenes Look at “Avatar”