Four weeks after its release,Avatar: The Way of Waterhas grossed $1.708 billion globally, overtakingJurassic World,which grossed $1.67 billion globally as the seventh-highest-grossing movie in box office history, confirming directorJames Cameron’s predictions that a film’s success will be known only after the third weekend of its release. Cameron noted that a film’s success will not be known in the first week, adding that it didn’t work that way forAvatarandTitanic, both of which are in the top five highest-grossing movies of all time
The Way of Waterhas grossed $517 million in North America and $1.19 billion overseas. The movie’s success rate keeps growing as it is now the highest-grossing movie released in 2022 and the second-biggest movie of the pandemic era. As it stands,The Way of Waterseems set to hit the $2 billion mark, Cameron had predicted. The director stated that the movie would have to finish as thethird or fourth-biggest movie in historyfor it to break even, basically implying that anything below $2 billion would be a problem for the franchise’s future. With, $1.7 billion globally,The Way of Wateris close to surpassing the recent predictions putting it between$1.6 billion and $1.9 billion as the final global gross. A final global gross of over $1.9 billion will put the movie aboveSpider-Man: Now Way Homeas the highest-grossing movie of the pandemic era, bringing it closer to the $2 billion mark.
There are only five movies in history to have surpassed $2 billion global grossing mark, which areAvatarwith $2.9 billion,Avengers: Endgamewith $2.79 billion,Titanicwith $2.2 billion,Star Wars: The Force Awakenswith $2.069 billion, andAvengers: Infinity Warwith $2.04 billion. Seeing asThe Way of Water’sprequel tops the list, it is safe to say the sequel has a good chance of getting there, especially with the four weeks of success at the box office.
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This movie, like every other Cameron movie keeps surprising audiences with its success rate at the box office and with no competition at the moment,The Way of Waterhas a clear path to $2 billion ahead.
The Way of Wateris set a decade after the events of the first film, introducing the water tribes of Pandora. The film reveals a visual shift from the tropical forest of the prequel, with state-of-the-art motion capture that brings the underwater world of Pandora to life. Watch our interview with producerJohn Landauhere, and stay tuned for more updates from Collider.
