James Cameron has mentioned that Avatar: The Method of Water was so costly to make that it might have to grow to be one of many largest movies in historical past to even flip a revenue.
To this point, so good.
The long-awaited sequel to Avatar defied naysayers who claimed the unique — which stays the highest-grossing movie in historical past — left behind no cultural impression has now grossed $1 billion worldwide in simply 12 days of launch.
It’s one in all solely three movies to take action in 2022. The others have been sequels as properly: Prime Gun: Maverick ($1.48 billion) and Jurassic World: Dominion ($1.001 billion). It has already outgrossed a number of of the opposite largest hits of the 12 months, together with Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity ($955 million), Minions: The Rise of Gru ($939 million), Black Panther: Wakanda Eternally ($801 million), The Batman ($770 million) and Thor: Love and Thunder ($760 million).
Even with $1 billion in worldwide grosses, The Method of Water has solely achieved a fraction of the success of Avatar. After a number of re-releases, Cameron’s 2009 movie has grossed $2.92 billion worldwide —greater than Avengers: Endgame ($2.79 billion) and Cameron’s personal Titanic ($2.2 billion).
The Method of Water’s continued success can be essential to the way forward for the franchise. Cameron has plans to make no less than three — and probably as many as 5 — extra sequels. Disney has dedicated to creating Avatar 3, which Cameron has already shot, but when these two movies aren’t monumental hits, the remainder of the initiatives might fall by the wayside.
At this level, The Method of Water is performing properly, even regardless of horrible climate all around the nation all through the Christmas vacation. However time will inform simply how lengthy Cameron will get to spend on Pandora sooner or later.
What to Know Earlier than Avatar: The Method of Water
Prepare for Avatar: The Method of Water with this refresher on the primary movie.
