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On the significance of 'Avatar: The Way of Water' crossing $2 billion
🕑 Added 2023-01-22 20:17:07 +0000 UTCHey Patrons,
Scott Mendelson and I are still figuring out a way to make a regular box office podcast but in the meantime, Scott reached out to me and said "Do you want to talk about 'Avatar: The Way of Water' crossing $2 billion worldwide?" And of course I said yes for old time's sake.
I broadcast our conversation on YouTube and you can view it above. But here are some quick stats as told in Forbes:
The Way Of Water has grossed $598 million domestically and $1.426 billion internationally since its December release.
The Avatar sequel is the second-fastest film after Avengers: Endgame to breach the $2 billion landmark, achieving the feat in just 39 days—a full six days earlier than the original Avatar, which was previously the second-fastest to the milestone.
With a worldwide gross of $2.024 billion, The Way Of Water is now the sixth-highest grossing film of all time, only slightly behind Avengers: Infinity War ($2.052 billion) and Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens ($2.071 billion), according to Box Office Mojo.
With its current trajectory, the film is all but certain to rise to the fourth spot on the all-time list sometime later this week—putting it behind only the original Avatar ($2.924 billion), Avengers: Endgame ($2.799 billion) and Titanic ($2.195 billion) and putting three James Cameron directed features in the top four.
Comments
Noah Chavez-Stedman
I’m here for all the MendelChen crossovers I can get!
Tami Lefko
So glad to see you two back together! Please do more of these — I know you said it wasn’t feasible to do that anymore, but I still hope that changes. :-)
