The Power might need woke up, nevertheless it was no match for The Method of Water.
Avatar: The Method of Water had yet one more dominant weekend on the field workplace, its seventh in a row. The film grossed one other $15.7 million within the U.S. alone. Extra importantly, over the weekend it handed Star Wars: The Power Awakens and its $2.071 billion worldwide gross. With $2.116 billion worldwide (and counting!), Avatar: The Method of Water is now the fourth greatest film in historical past, behind solely the unique Avatar ($2.923 billion), Avengers: Endgame ($2.799 billion), and Titanic ($2.194 billion).
Sure, as of this second, James Cameron has directed three of the 4 greatest motion pictures within the totality of movement footage.
It was just some days in the past that The Method of Water handed Avengers: Infinity Battle to turn out to be the fifth-biggest film in historical past. And on the fee issues are nonetheless transferring for Avatar, it now appears doable that Cameron will really beat himself, and cross Titanic’s all-time field workplace gross within the days forward. That chance would have appeared implausible, even for a director along with his monitor report just some months in the past. However he has but once more confirmed the naysayers incorrect and made one of many greatest motion pictures within the historical past of the medium.
The complete checklist of the 25 top-grossing in motion pictures in historical past is under. And you may undoubtedly anticipate to see Avatar 3 on December 20, 2024 — and nearly definitely the 2 extra Avatar sequels Cameron has deliberate after that in 2026 and 2028. After which, if Cameron actually needs to make extra Avatars after that, as he has teased not too long ago, it appears fairly doable twentieth Century Studios pays him to make them.
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