The $2 billion club now includes Star Wars, Avengers, and Avatar: The Way Of Water. – James Cameron has succeeded in securing his position in movie history. Again. Avatar: The Way of Water, directed by the same person, is now the sixth movie in history to sell more over $2 billion worth of tickets worldwide.
According to Variety, six weeks after its debut, Cameron’s sequel has exceeded this milestone, joining a select group of just five other films. The following films have taken in more than two billion dollars: Titantic, Avatar, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avengers: Endgame, and Avengers: Infinity War. These latter two films were also directed by Cameron, making his overall filmography fifty percent of the list.
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Notably, Zoe Saldana, who played Netiri in both Avatar movies, has now appeared in four of the six films with box office receipts of over $2 billion thanks to her appearances as Gamora in Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War.
Since it was one of the most expensive films ever produced, Avatar: The Way of Water has made much more money than most movies, but it also needed to. The sequel, according to pre-release interviews with Cameron, constituted “the worst business case in movie history,” as it required to be one of the third or fourth highest-grossing movies ever made just to break even. a costly production? According to Cameron, “really fucking.” Disney reportedly invested roughly $460 million to make and advertise the Avatar sequel, according to Variety.
Despite being the sixth-highest grossing film of all time, fourth and fifth place are not that far behind. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is in fourth position with $2.07 billion, while Avengers: Infinity War is at $2.04 billion. After only six weeks and $2.02 billion at the global box office, Cameron’s sequel may well outperform them. But whether it can topple Cameron’s previous record holders is still up in the air. His first Avatar, which earned $2.9 billion worldwide, is still the highest-grossing picture of all time, surpassing Titanic ($2.19 billion), which held the record for 20 years before being supplanted by Avengers: Endgame, the second-highest-grossing movie of all time ($2.7 billion).
James Cameron has developed a reputation for producing high-quality, ambitious movies. Cameron first came to prominence with the ground-breaking Terminator and its sequel, Aliens, and The Abyss. He also utilised practical effects, astute cinematography, and CGI at a time when it was just beginning to be used in movies. Later, Titanic rose to fame as a global sensation, renowned for its lavish production values, breathtaking set pieces, and romance plot starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. When the first Avatar came out in 2009, it established a new benchmark for 3D movies and contributed to its box office success.
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Analysts have been astonished by the performance of the sequel, The Way of Water, since it has managed to generate such massive ticket sales during a pandemic and isn’t even playing in Russia, where the first film made $116 million. Additionally, it failed in Japan, where it only made $28 million compared to the original’s $176 million. A smash in China ($229 million), France ($129 million), Germany ($117 million), Korea ($96 million), and the UK ($81 million), the movie has also performed well overseas. Avatar: The Way of Water has made $598 million in revenue in the US.
