It has been simply six weeks since award-winning filmmaker James Camron’s blockbuster sequel. Avatar: The Path of Water launched and has surpassed $2 billion in ticket gross sales globally.
It’s the sixth movie in historical past, and the primary in occasions of pandemic, to cross the coveted milestone, becoming a member of an unique membership that features Avatar, Avengers Endgame, Titanic, Star Wars: The Power AwakensY Avengers: infinity strugglestories Selection.
Now, Cameron is accountable for three of the six highest-grossing motion pictures of all time. He’s additionally the one director with three motion pictures to high $2 billion. Specifically, Zoe Saldana, who performs Neytiri within the Avatar collection, he has now starred in 4 of the six movies to cross $2 billion.
She additionally seems in each Avengers Endgame Y Avengers: infinity strugglerepeating it Guardians of the Galaxy Gamora position.
Notably, the trail of water has formally reached the lofty purpose Cameron set for himself previous to the movie’s launch. Earlier than the sequel was launched in theaters, he stated G.Q. that Avatar 2 represents “the worst enterprise case in film historical past” as a result of it must turn out to be one of many high three or 4 highest-grossing motion pictures of all time simply to interrupt even.
However within the subsequent few days, it should take down the fourth and fifth greatest motion pictures, Star Wars: The Power Awakens ($2.07 billion) and Avengers: infinity struggle ($2.04 billion), to perform that feat.
The unique Avatarwhich opened in theaters 13 years in the past, remains to be the largest film of all time at $2.9 billion.
Avengers Endgame it follows intently behind in second place with $2.79 billion, whereas Titanic stands because the third-highest-grossing launch in historical past with $2.19 billion.
Thus far, the trail of water it has generated $598 million on the home field workplace and $1.four billion internationally. Abroad, the highest markets are China ($229 million), France ($129 million), Germany ($117 million), Korea ($96 million), and the UK ($81 million). It’s particularly spectacular that avatar 2 managed to crack $2 billion, a benchmark that has been inconceivable in occasions of Covid, as a result of not all markets are reconnecting with the Na’vi.
The follow-up is not enjoying in Russia, the place the unique grossed $116 million, and is floping in Japan with $28 million, a dramatic drop from the primary movie’s $176 million gross.
The long-delayed 2009 sequel Avatar it opened in December and remained massively widespread within the weeks following its launch.