James
Cameron's Avatar The Way Of Water has currently made more money than the RDA has made collecting
Unobtanium, outperforming expectations worldwide and setting new pandemic era
records. It's made $1.7 billion in under 4 weeks of release, smashing the early predictions of
many, and it's still got a long haul to go, in which box office analyists have predicted a
huge final total. In this video, I'm going to be discussing the current box office results
and giving my thoughts on what that final number could be. Before I get into it though, if you
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lets dive into the current box office results for Avatar: The Way Of Water.
So Avatar 2 topped the domestic charts for the fourth consecutive weekend, making $45 million,
and according to worldwide box office figures, the current global total stands at $1.7
billion in under 4 weeks. It had the 2nd best 4th weekend of all time at the US box office,
and right now it's the 7th highest grossing film worldwide in history. Of course, we learnt
last thursday that the Avatar sequel went ahead of Top Gun: Maverick to become the
highest-grossing film of 2022, and by the end of this week, it will likely cross the total of
Spider-Man No Way Home, to become the biggest film since the start of the pandemic. After
it's moderate opening, many people online were quick to jump to the conclusion that Avatar
2 wouldn't have the longterm grossing effect of say James Cameron's previous films with
the first Avatar and Titanic. But it currently seems that The Way Of Water is smashing those
expectations out of the water, with box office analyists predicting that the film is likely to
end up as one of the top 3 highest grossing films of all time. Luiz Fernanado, who has
been keeping an eye on the box office data, said last week that the film is currently
tracking to make anywhere between $2.2-2.8 billion worldwide, meaning that if it continues showing
strong legs in the weeks ahead, it very likely will get close to the box office totals of the
first Avatar and Avengers Endgame, which currently take up the top two positions on the all
time charts. James Cameron had stated a few days back that the film is now making a profit ad
with these new updates, this is only good news considering that it's still got a long way
to go. And the fact that this particular movie aparently costs more than the other Avatar films
in production, shows that the long term success of this franchise is in very good hands.
The cost of filming a third Avatar film and developing the scripts for a fourth and fifth
film, were partially included in the large $350 million budget for Avatar 2, which means that
the latter films in the series will become a lot more profitable, if we get similar numbers to
what we've been getting with The Way Of Water. So this only means great things for Avatar
3 and I think the current box office performance of the latest film, suggests that the Avatar
franchise has a much greater cultural impact than people on social media and YouTube have
been trying to suggest. If you're not in the loop, there were many people who claimed that
Avatar doesn't have a big cultural impact in comparison to other franchises with more
theatrical releases. But what I'd argue is that if a 13 year old sequel is able to challenge box
office records and have incredible legs week per week, isn't that suggesting that the
original Avatar did have a big cultural footprint. I think it did and I think these results proove
that the people who were complaining about Avatar in saying that it would flop, are
just a small minority online. It's now clear that most moviegoers who enjoy James Cameron's
work and have enjoyed this film are going out multiple times to see the Way of Water, and
that only means good things Avatar 3 and the rest of this franchise. It's a win for cinema,
because in this age of constant streaming and repetetive formulaic blockbusters, we have a
filmmaker, not an already established franchise or well-known ip, making successful films and
turning his original work into a new successful franchise itself. It's been the old school
way and I think that has to be applauded even if you're not a fan of the Avatar films, because
we don't see this line of success too often. And of course as someone who does like this
film and supports immersive cinema, I couldn't be happier to see it do this well.
So now we come to the big question, will Avatar: The Way Of Water break the global box
office record? Now as spoken before, the current prediction is anywhere between $2.2-2.8 billion
dollars, meaning that it's likely going to become one of the top 3 highest grossers of all time.
That blew my early predictions away, which were originally between $1.5-2 billion. So
right now with these new figures, I'm going to predict that Avatar 2 will make around that $2.5
billion range. I think it will come close to the first Avatar and Avengers Endgame and
while I don't think it will cross those totals initially, I still think there's a chance that
on a re-release that this film could eventually break those records. And that again adds to
the cultural impact debate, because if the Way Of Water can do as well as the first Avatar
or better on re-release, than clearly, people want to watch these movies multiple times in
theatres. And not to forget that this puts Avatar 3 in a good position to thrive and make even more
money, if it's true that James Cameron is saving the best of this franchise for the
next 3 films. He said in recent interviews that Avatar 3, 4 and 5 get really nuts from a
storytelling perspective and even the studio were shocked by what he was doing with the scripts
for those films. So with The Way Of Water being a great re-introduction to pandora and setting the
table if you will, the next films, if true to the director's words, will be the main
meal. We'll have to see, but right now I'm gonna say that with it's current strong legs at the box
office, I think it can hit that $2.5 billion mark and maybe set the new record with a
re-release before Avatar 3. I do think that one film in this franchise will hit
the $3 billion mark, whether it's a future film or a re-release of
Avatar 1 or 2. But overall, it's just looking really great for James Cameron's
universe as a whole, and right now, The Way Of Water's box office just isn't slowing down.
But that was my video discussing the current box office performance for James Cameron's Avatar:
The Way Of Water. It's going to be interesting to see how the film holds over the next few
months, as up until Ant Man and releases after February, it really hasn't got that much
competition to stop it. Again, I think through having legs it's gonna end up in that 2.2-2.8
billion range, and then with a re-release or two in the years to come, I could end up dethroning
Avatar and Endgame to becoming the highest grossing film of all time. The next few weeks
are important if it's going to come close to those numbers, but it's performance over the first month
has been nothing short of astonishing. So hopefully, we'll see that continue and
this great box office news will only effect the other Avatar sequels in a positive way too. But
what do you think of the current box office for James Cameron's Avaatr 2 and how much do
you think it will make by the time it ends it's run in theatres. Let me know down
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