The sci-fi sequel has generated $2.2433 billion globally, enough to overtake “Titanic” ($2.2428 billion) at the worldwide box office. Now, “The Way of Water” trails only “Avatar” ($2.92 billion) and “Avengers: Endgame” ($2.7 billion) on the all-time charts.
The all-time list is topped by Cameron's original Avatar ($2.92 billion), followed by the Russo brothers' Avengers: Endgame ($2.79 billion), according to Comscore. Avatar 2's domestic gross is $657 million, putting it at No. 9 on the all-time roster (it's still behind Titanic ($672.2 million) in North America.
With $490.0M to date domestically, Mario is currently the highest-grossing movie during 2023 so far. It ranks far ahead of December 2022 holdover Avatar: The Way of Water ($257.4M during the calendar year) and February's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ($212.9M).
It was a major box office success, breaking multiple records, and grossing $2.320 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2022, the highest-grossing film since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the third-highest-grossing film of all time.
'Avatar' Oscars: Sequel wins Oscar for best visual effects. LOS ANGELES -- "Avatar: The Way of Water" took home the Oscar for best visual effects Sunday night.
Avatar 2 Crosses $2 Billion: First Film In 14 Years To Be #1 Six Weeks In A Row
Did Avatar 2 make a loss?
The film earned mostly positive reviews from audiences and critics alike and was a major box office success, earning over $2.3 billion and becoming the third highest-grossing movie of all time. Now, Deadline reports that Avatar: The Way of Water's actual profit is $531.7 million.
With a worldwide take now of $2.116 billion, Avatar 2 is the 4th-highest global release of all-time, having passed Force Awakens' $2.07 billion, putting Cameron with the top three of the of top 4 movies of all-time: Avatar No. 1 ($2.9 billion), Titanic No. 3 ($2.19 billion) and Way of Water No.
Is Avatar 2 the highest grossing movie of all time?
This past weekend, Avatar: The Way of Water became the fourth highest-grossing film worldwide at the global box office, surpassing Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” has officially unseated director James Cameron's 2009 science-fiction epic “Avatar” to become the third-highest grossing domestic release in history.
Owing to the opening of several titles for Lunar New Year (see below), Avatar 2 had a 56% drop in China, however it has reached $229.7M there and stands as the highest grossing studio film of the pandemic era in the market, also having passed the original release of the first Avatar.
However, following the announcement in May 2019 of three new Star Wars films, the sequels' release dates were pushed back by two years, with Avatar 3, being scheduled to be released on December 22, 2023.
Given that Avatar 3 was filmed at the same time as the sequel, we already know some confirmed returns for the next movie led by Sam Worthington as Jake Sully and Zoe Saldaña as Neytiri. "It's bigger than you can imagine," Worthington told People in January 2024.
The franchise's third installment is expected to hit theaters in 2025, with Avatar 4 following in 2029 and Avatar 5 in 2031, and that may not be the end of the story. While talking to PEOPLE in February 2024, Cameron said that he already has ideas for even more films in the franchise.
While many mysteries remain regarding Avatar 3, Cameron's latest comment confirms that audiences can expect the movie, and its two sequels, to be about three hours in length. If the latest sequel's box office performance is any indication, this runtime won't impact the movie's chances for success.
Avatar: The Way Of Water Made A Box Office Profit Greater Than $531.7 Million. According to a James Cameron interview with Entertainment Weekly, the sequel film was naturally a gamble to pursue.
This past weekend, the Disney and 20th Century Studios sci-fi sequel Avatar: The Way of Water surpassed $2B at the global box office, now ranking #6 all time. With $2.02B, the film now ranks only behind: 2009's Avatar ($2.92B) 2019's Avengers: Endgame ($2.79B)
The avatar is completely naked, but the nudity only last 3-4 seconds. This is the only scene with nudity. The costumes in the rest of the movie are less revealing than those in the first.) There is violence, but again, less than there was in the first, with one exception.
Avatar 2 has a few advantages over other blockbuster films: it's an original idea, isn't based on a comic book, and doesn't feature tiresome attempts at world-building that revolve around introducing incomprehensible characters for a few moments so they can later appear in their own spin-offs.
