The Christmas of Avatar and Sherlock

John-Michael Jalonen
9 min readDec 19, 2019

What it was like working for minimum wage in a movie theater alongside the biggest movie of all-time.

10 years ago today, the biggest movie in the world was released. Technically now it’s the 2nd biggest movie in the world, but for the entire past decade, it went unchallenged.

A week before Christmas, James Cameron’s Avatar hit theaters worldwide. The adventure film set on…

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John-Michael Jalonen

Bylines in HuffPost, Richmond Magazine, Richmond Times-Dispatch and more. Social Media Manager, former Communications Director, actor and writer.