The film lost that elusive Best Picture trophy to the more intimate war drama “The Hurt Locker.” Thirteen years later, Cameron has returned to the Oscars with the sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water.” New filming technology, grand special effects, and an emotional story about familial bonds all come together to form the ...
Avatar won the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects, and was nominated for a total of nine, including Best Picture and Best Director.
The Hurt Locker went home with six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay for Mark Boal, Best Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing. Meanwhile, Avatar won just three, for Art Direction, Cinematography, and Visual Effects.
Avatar: The Way of Water overtakes Top Gun: Maverick at the global box office. Avatar: The Way of Water, the sequel to James Cameron's worldwide 2009 blockbuster Avatar, will overtake Top Gun: Maverick as the highest-grossing film released in 2022.
'Avatar: The Way of Water' Wins Best Visual Effects | 95th Oscars (2023)
Did Avatar 2 do better than Top Gun?
'Avatar 2' soars past 'Top Gun' with $1.5 billion to become highest-grossing film of 2022, and it's already the 10th biggest movie ever. Courtesy: Disney Co. Tom Cruise's “Top Gun: Maverick” easily took on “Jurassic World”, “Minions” and a trio of films from Marvel. But in the end it was no match for James Cameron.
Accepting the prize, Bigelow said of the U.S. troops that inspired the film, “They're there for […] Avatar lost the Best Picture Oscar Sunday to The Hurt Locker.
James Cameron's blockbuster epic “Titanic” has relinquished its spot as the third-highest grossing movie in history to another James Cameron blockbuster epic, “Avatar: The Way of Water.” The sci-fi sequel has generated $2.2433 billion globally, enough to overtake “Titanic” ($2.2428 billion) at the worldwide box office.
Although Avatar stood out for many years as the only movie of its kind, James Cameron's Avatar: Way of Water breaks records as well while also improving upon its predecessor, therefore making the second movie better than the original in several areas.
What was the only remake to win the Best Picture Oscar?
The first – and only – remake to win Best Picture is The Departed (USA, 2006), Martin Scorsese's (USA) remake of Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong, 2002). The Coen brothers' (USA) remake of True Grit (USA, 2010) was nominated for the 2010 Best Picture Oscar but lost out to The King's Speech (UK, 2010).
Eight Netflix movies have been nominated for the best picture Oscar over the years. The streaming company has never won the Oscars' top prize, though. Streamers fell short in this year's Oscar nominations compared to recent years.
Avatar draws inspiration from films like Dances with Wolves, Pocahontas, FernGully, and A Man Called Horse, incorporating similar storylines and character dynamics.
Only “Avatar” ($2.92 billion), “Avengers: Endgame” ($2.79 billion), “Titanic” ($2.19 billion) and “Star Wars Episode VII – The Force Awakens” ($2.07 billion) rank higher on the all-time list.
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.
James Cameron's Avatar 2's global collection now stands at $2.2433 billion, surpassing Titanic's worldwide collection of $2.218 billion. Cameron, the only filmmaker with three films grossing $2 billion or more, directed the first, third, and fourth most successful releases in history.
Matt Damon's decision to turn down James Cameron's 2009 space epic “Avatar,” which remains the highest-grossing movie of all time with $2.9 billion worldwide, remains one of the more infamous casting what-ifs of recent blockbuster history.
Matt Damon had turned down 'Avatar' due to his commitment tp Bourne films. Damon was recently seen in 'Oppenheimer'. 'Avatar' was directed by James Cameron.
To date, Cameron's net worth is $800 million. This puts him as one of the richest film directors in the world, tied with Tyler Perry and under Peter Jackson ($1.2 billion), Steven Spielberg ($8 billion), and George Lucas ($10 billion).
“We're into a very hectic two years of post-production right now,” Cameron told Campbell about the third film in his decades-spanning franchise. “So it will be Christmas of 2025.”
The film earned mostly positive reviews from audiences and critics alike and was a major box office success, earning over $2.3 million and becoming the third highest-grossing movie of all time. Now, per a new study from Deadline, Avatar: The Way of Water's actual profit sits at $531.7 million.
It's been 13 years since the first Avatar was released, leaving audiences to wonder if the second movie would justify its long road to theaters. That curiosity played into the success of the sequel, in addition to excitement over the advanced motion capturing Cameron used.
