Los Angeles: Filmmaker James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” has grossed $623.5 million at the domestic box office, surpassing “The Avengers” ($623.4 million) to become the 10th highest grosser of all time. has become an American home movie.
Since ‘The Way of Water’ made the top 10, the sci-fi tentpole competition to move up the list is ‘Jurassic World’ (9th with $653 million), ‘Titanic’ (659 million 8th place with the dollar). ) and “Avengers: Infinity War” (at No. 7 with $678 million), reports “Variety.”
Globally, ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ is the fourth biggest film in history with $2.128 billion. It is behind only “Avatar” ($2.92 billion), “Avengers: Endgame” ($2.7 billion) and “Titanic” ($2.19 billion) in terms of worldwide ticket sales.
Thanks to the stratospheric interest among international audiences, ‘The Way of Water’ became the second fastest film to cross $2 billion, behind ‘Avengers: Endgame’.
It grossed a whopping $1.5 billion at the international box office, ranking as the fourth biggest overseas release. Outside North America, the top grossing regions included China ($238 million), France ($137 million), Germany ($125 million) and Korea ($103 million).
The long-delayed sequel to 2009’s ‘Avatar’ hits the big screens in December. Like the original, Imax and 3D screens as well as repeat customers of all ages and demographics have driven ticket sales.
Disney, which owns the rights to ‘Avatar’ after acquiring 20th Century Fox in 2019, spent nearly $460 million to produce and promote ‘The Way of Water’, making it one of the most expensive films ever made. Became one.
The third ‘Avatar’ installment is set to debut in December 2024 with plans for a fourth and fifth entries in the coming years. Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington star in the intergenerational, supernatural saga about family.