'Avatar: The Way of Water' cruises to $950 million worldwide

After a huge Christmas turnout, "Avatar: The Waterway" crossed another box office milestone with $955.1 million in worldwide ticket sales.

James Cameron's long-delayed sequel grossed a whopping $31.5 million on Monday. domestic and $52.2 million internationally, bringing its respective totals to $293 million in North America and $661 million overseas.

In just two weeks, "The Way of Water" has already surpassed the global box office of " Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” ($800 million), “The Batman” ($770 million), “Thor: Love and Thunder” ($760 million) and “Minions: The Rise of Gru” ($939 million). It is currently tied with "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" ($955.7 million worldwide) as the third highest-grossing film of the year.

And the "Avatar" sequel should continue its dominance in the coming week, even if the winter The weather in the United States and the increase in COVID, RSV and influenza cases around the world have dampened ticket sales. In the coming days, Disney's $350 million 20th century tentpole, "The Way of Water," will hit the $1 billion mark. That's a milestone that only two other movies, "Top Gun: Maverick" ($1.48 billion) and "Jurassic World Dominion" ($1.001 billion), have managed to reach in 2022.

"Avatar 2" must continue to beat expectations with outsized ticket sales to justify its massive price tag . Cameron estimated that the film needed to generate around $2 billion to break even, although analysts believe the break-even point is likely closer to $1.5 billion.

Even though "Avatar: Way of the Water" turns out to be another powerful draw on the big screen, the follow-up film will struggle to reach the towering heights of its predecessor, which is the highest-grossing release in history at $2.97 billion worldwide. Indeed, the global box office has not fully rebounded from the pandemic and major markets like China are experiencing a resurgence of the virus. Also, the sequel won't air in Russia, where the original grossed over $100 million.

Outside of North America, "Avatar 2" had the highest attendance in China with $104 million, followed by France with $60 million, Korea with $55.4 million, Germany with $41.5 million and India with $39.2 million.
Like the original, "The Way of Water" is particularly popular on Imax. It has already surpassed $105.5 million worldwide on Imax screens, marking the company's fastest pandemic-era film to cross that benchmark. To date, Imax has accounted for 11.4% of the film's worldwide gross.

"Avatar: The Way of the Water" shows the strong global box office stamina we expected," said Imax CEO Rich Gelfond. "In just over a week after its release, 'Avatar: The Way of the Water' has reached over $100 million at the Imax box office with no signs of slowing down."

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After a huge Christmas turnout, "Avatar: The Waterway" crossed another box office milestone with $955.1 million in worldwide ticket sales.

James Cameron's long-delayed sequel grossed a whopping $31.5 million on Monday. domestic and $52.2 million internationally, bringing its respective totals to $293 million in North America and $661 million overseas.

In just two weeks, "The Way of Water" has already surpassed the global box office of " Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” ($800 million), “The Batman” ($770 million), “Thor: Love and Thunder” ($760 million) and “Minions: The Rise of Gru” ($939 million). It is currently tied with "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" ($955.7 million worldwide) as the third highest-grossing film of the year.

And the "Avatar" sequel should continue its dominance in the coming week, even if the winter The weather in the United States and the increase in COVID, RSV and influenza cases around the world have dampened ticket sales. In the coming days, Disney's $350 million 20th century tentpole, "The Way of Water," will hit the $1 billion mark. That's a milestone that only two other movies, "Top Gun: Maverick" ($1.48 billion) and "Jurassic World Dominion" ($1.001 billion), have managed to reach in 2022.

"Avatar 2" must continue to beat expectations with outsized ticket sales to justify its massive price tag . Cameron estimated that the film needed to generate around $2 billion to break even, although analysts believe the break-even point is likely closer to $1.5 billion.

Even though "Avatar: Way of the Water" turns out to be another powerful draw on the big screen, the follow-up film will struggle to reach the towering heights of its predecessor, which is the highest-grossing release in history at $2.97 billion worldwide. Indeed, the global box office has not fully rebounded from the pandemic and major markets like China are experiencing a resurgence of the virus. Also, the sequel won't air in Russia, where the original grossed over $100 million.

Outside of North America, "Avatar 2" had the highest attendance in China with $104 million, followed by France with $60 million, Korea with $55.4 million, Germany with $41.5 million and India with $39.2 million.

Like the original, "The Way of Water" is particularly popular on Imax. It has already surpassed $105.5 million worldwide on Imax screens, marking the company's fastest pandemic-era film to cross that benchmark. To date, Imax has accounted for 11.4% of the film's worldwide gross.

"Avatar: The Way of the Water" shows the strong global box office stamina we expected," said Imax CEO Rich Gelfond. "In just over a week after its release, 'Avatar: The Way of the Water' has reached over $100 million at the Imax box office with no signs of slowing down."

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