news culture The director of Avatar 2 has just achieved the unimaginable!
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Since its worldwide theatrical release in mid-December 2022, Avatar: The Way of the Water has broken record after record at breakneck speed. If the success of James Cameron’s film leaves no doubt, the brilliance with which it carried everything is surprising. In fact, the Canadian director just did the unimaginable!
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- 3 films in the TOP 4
- The future of the Avatar saga
3 films in the TOP 4
The release of Avatar: The Way of the Water was a real event. The continuation of the adventures of Jake Sully and the Na’vi on the planet Pandora has been awaited by fans of James Cameron’s universe and science fiction in the broadest sense for 13 years. Not surprisingly, Avatar 2 has grossed millions of dollars since its release. Within 7 “little” weeks, the feature film grossed a whopping $2.923 billion at the worldwide box officeThis makes it the fourth highest-grossing film of all time after Avatar, Avengers: Endgame and Titanic.
TOP 10 of the world’s biggest box office hits (January 31, 2023):
- Avatar ($2,923,706,026)
- Avengers: Endgame ($2,799,439,100)
- Titanic ($2,194,690,964)
- Avatar: The Way of Water ($2,117,086,137)
- Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens ($2,071,310,218)
- Avengers: Infinity War ($2,052,415,039)
- Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1,921,847,111)
- Jurassic World ($1,671,537,444)
- The Lion King ($1,663,075,401)
- Avengers ($1 520 538 536)
If you’re a cinephile or just privy to James Cameron’s filmography, you’ve probably recognized the Canadian-born filmmaker’s accomplishments. As a matter of fact, Three of these cinema films have risen to the TOP 4 of the world’s greatest cinema successes. Avatar: The waterway may soon even dethrone the Titanic and slowly approach second place on the podium. Avatar was released theatrically for 20 weeks. So Avatar 2 still has time to establish itself as THE BIGGEST hit of all time in cinemas. Even the re-release of Titanic in cinemas to celebrate its 25th anniversary was not intended to slow down the advance of Avatar 2, but merely to establish James Cameron’s dominance over Hollywood cinema.
The future of the Avatar saga
James Cameron’s universe still has many surprises in store for us. 3 more films are already in the works – filming for the 3rd and 4th is ongoing – while an open world action-adventure video game is also in development at the studios Massive Entertainment (Ubisoft). Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora expected in 2023 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Coming back to the 7th art, avatar 3 / avatar 4 etc avatar 5 are planned for December 2024 / 2026 / 2028. Two more films could well be in the pipeline (avatar 6 etc avatar 7). The planet Pandora has a “beautiful” future ahead of it.
