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James Cameron Sees Writing on the Wall, Says Avatar Sequels Will Happen
We’re only a week into 2023, but Avatar: The Way of Water has continued to dominate the box office since its mid-December 2022 release. Having basically wiped the floor with any other competition in theaters during the month (and even the year’s previous big juggernaut Top Gun Maverick), it’s only a matter of time…
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Avatar 2 Will “Easily” Be Profitable, So James Cameron Is Moving Ahead With The Sequels
According to writer-director James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water is expected to “easily” pass the break-even point and turn a profit, thus confirming that the planned sequels are happening.
Speaking on the newest episode of Who’s Talking To Chris Wallace? on HBO Max (via The Hollywood Reporter), Cameron said the next six or seven years of his life are now locked in for the upcoming Avatar sequels.
“It looks like just with the momentum that the film has now that will easily pass our break even in the next few days, so it looks like I can’t wiggle out of this, I’m gonna have to do these other sequels,” Cameron said. “I know what I’m going to be doing the next six or seven years.”
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Avatar: The Way Of Water Is Now 10th Biggest Movie Of All Time After 3 Weeks
Avatar: The Way of Water has now officially surpassed Top Gun: Maverick to become the No. 1 movie of 2022 on a worldwide basis. The new James Cameron film has now brought in $1.516 billion worldwide to surpass Maverick ($1.488 billion) as 2022’s biggest release. The Way of Water passed $1.5 billion at the global box office after three weeks in theaters.
The Way of Water also climbed past 2015’s Furious 7 ($1.15 billion) to become the No. 10 movie of all time based on global box office results. According to Deadline, The Way of Water will pass The Avengers ($1.518 billion) next to continue to climb the charts and reach. No. 9 all time.
Outside of the United States, The Way of Water is performing best in China, where it’s made $168.6 million, followed by France ($96.1 million), Korea ($78.2 million), Germany ($76.5 million), and the UK ($60.9 million).
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