Luckily for Disney, there’s little competition in the coming weeks.īig screen provider Imax Corp. The first “Avatar” opened with a mere $77 million in the U.S. Like its predecessor, “The Way of Water” will have to draw audiences over and over again to reach its goals. and Canada from Thursday through Sunday, according to box office analysts, which would make it one of the biggest domestic debuts of the year. Advance sales are weighted toward 3-D screenings, which were key to the success of the first “Avatar.” The “Avatar” sequel is expected to gross $150 million to $175 million in ticket sales in the U.S. Pre-sales are strong, according to exhibitors. Even before buying Fox, the company made a theme park attraction from the film’s fictional world of Pandora at its Animal Kingdom in Florida.ĭisney did not make executives available to comment for this story.

Disney already has “Avatar 3, 4 and 5” listed on its release schedule through 2028. “Avatar” has the potential to be the most valuable film property Disney acquired through its $71.3-billion acquisition of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox entertainment assets. If “The Way of Water” hits his goal, he’ll occupy three of the top five slots. Cameron already has two of the top three pictures globally - “Avatar” and 1997’s “Titanic” ($2.2 billion). That puts the target at an astronomical $2 billion. That total climbed to $2.92 billion after re-releases, including one in China last year, edging out Marvel’s “Avengers: Endgame” for the top spot.Ĭameron has said in interviews that the movie will have to be one of the five highest-grossing films ever to be considered a success. In its original 2009 release, “Avatar” generated $2.74 billion in global box office sales. The first “Avatar” remains the highest-grossing movie of all time, not adjusting for inflation. It’s about the cinema itself.”Įxpectations are dizzying. “Tonight is not just about a new ‘Avatar’ film. ‘If we get this movie done, are there even going to be theaters to play it in at that point?’” Cameron said while introducing “The Way of Water” at its world premiere in London, according to a video posted on Twitter by Variety. “Even when we were allowed to go back to work, the question was. Most consequentially, the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 shut down productions, including Cameron’s in New Zealand, and movie theaters.

The long-awaited sequel, which cost at least an estimated $350 million to produce, has survived dramatic changes in the entertainment business, as well as multiple delays and a transfer of corporate ownership from 20th Century Fox to Disney, with the latter absorbing the former in 2019.

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