James Cameron’s ambitious blockbuster Avatar: The Last Airbender has reached $1.025 billion at the international box office and $1.4 billion worldwide, making it the 12th biggest film of all time.
In recent days, the big-budget water sequel has surpassed Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1.403 billion) and Frozen II ($1.45 billion) in global ticket sales. It’s now aiming to topple the eighth through 11th spots held by The Lion King ($1.66 billion), The Avengers ($1.518 billion) and Furious 7 ($1.515 billion) and Top Gun: Maverick ” ($1.49 billion). ).
But ideally, the mega-budget “Water Road” will eventually land among the top five films of all time, each of which has grossed at least $2 billion. If Avatar 2 manages to reach the $2 billion club, Cameron will be responsible for three of the six highest-grossing films of all time, including Avatar ($2.9 billion), which is still the biggest film in history, and Titanic ($2.2 billion). The rest of the chart is made up of Avengers: Endgame ($2.7 billion), Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($2.06 billion) and Avengers: Infinity War ($2.04 billion).
Avatar 2 is expected to dethrone Top Gun: Maverick on Wednesday. By surpassing Tom Cruise’s latest smash, Waterway will rank as the highest-grossing film released in 2022, as well as the second-biggest global release of the pandemic era behind Spider-Man: None way home’ ($1.9 billion). ).
It is also the first film since No Way Home (and the only film released in 2022) to surpass $1 billion at the international box office. It is currently the ninth-highest overseas grosser of all time, edging out The Fate of the Furious ($1.01 billion) and Jurassic World ($1.018 billion). In individual markets, “Water Road” enjoyed the biggest activity in China ($165.5 million), followed by France ($95 million), Korea ($77.2 million) and Germany ($73.4 million ).
At the domestic box office, Water Road recently overtook Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ($440 million) as the second-biggest release of last year with $457 million.
Disney, which holds the rights to “Avatar” after acquiring 20th Century Fox in 2019, spent an estimated $350 million to make “The Way of Water” and at least $100 million to promote the film. With these staggeringly high price tags, analysts estimate that the break-even point is just under $1.5 billion, meaning that the sci-fi sequel has officially reached its break-even point. So, get ready for more visits to Pandora.
Thanks to Avatar: The Last Airbender and several Marvel blockbusters, Disney finished the year with $2 billion in North America, $2.9 billion overseas and $4.9 billion worldwide to stand as the #1 studio at the domestic, international and global box office in 2022. This is the seventh year in a row that the studio has ranked as the top grosser in terms of worldwide ticket sales.
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