1/2/2024 0 Comments Avatar 2 box office![]() ![]() ![]() Prior to Avatar: The Way of Water pumping Furious 7 off the list, the average non-Cameron movie in the top 10 made 35 percent of its total domestic haul in its opening weekend, meaning the average multiplier is 2.91. As a newly minted member of the top 10, its $134 million opening weekend is the third lowest on the list, ahead of only Titanic ($28.6 million) and the original Avatar ($77 million) - which are both also directed by Cameron. Richard Donner’s two Superman films in the 1970s, The Lord of the Rings trilogy in the early 2000s, Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, and the launch of Marvel’s MCU are a few of the most obvious successful examples pointing to the value of ambitious, visionary filmmakers backed by the full faith and power of a studio to build new immersive worlds and help propel cinema and storytelling ever forward.īe sure to check this space again soon, dear readers, for more of my box office updates, as well as plenty of movie news, analysis, and reviews.It's already clear that Avatar: The Way of Water's box office is drastically outperforming the average of the top 10 box office earners of all time. MORE FROM FORBES 'Avatar: The Way Of Water' Has Big $435 Million Worldwide Holiday Debut By Mark Hughes It’s worth noting that this is a rare situation where a studio invests heavily in development and production of multiple films within a larger franchise, letting the films share costs as a single project instead of each having to justify it’s own costs one at a time to secure the rest of the story in sequels. The two films shared a lot of expenses, so the actual eventual budget of both films will be less than it might sound when you hear the initial figures for The Way of Water, since some can be attributed to Avatar 3’s budget or goes toward rendering similar costs vastly lower or moot for the third film. MORE FROM FORBES Review: 'Avatar: The Way Of Water' Is 2022's Biggest, Most Ambitious Film By Mark HughesĪvatar 3 has already finished principal photography, having shot simultaneously with Avatar: The Way of Water. We will eventually get some animated and live-action/CGI series spinoffs from the Avatar movies, as well as lots more merchandise than existed for the original film back in 2009. ![]() This all bodes very well for Avatar 3 and the rest of the franchises’ long and healthy future. Challengers have come and gone, fading out of the top 10 while Avatar 2 remains. The importance of this fact might not be obvious at first, but it’s a powerful statement of longevity that almost the only films capable of beating The Way of Water three months into its run are new releases capable of attracting enough attention in their first couple of weeks. In fact, half of the seven movies topping Avatar: The Way of Water released as recently as two weekends ago or less. Nothing less recent than Ant-Man and the Wasp is grossing more than Avatar 2 at this point. In its final weeks of theatrical release - or rather, presumed final weeks, since at this point it’s impossible to rule out Avatar: The Way of Water just hanging on with tiny weekly drops for another month - the film is only being beat at the box office by releases from the past 24 days or less. MORE FROM FORBES 'Ant-Man And The Wasp' Suffers All-Time Worst Shrinkage For Marvel By Mark Hughes It might take a couple of re-releases or so before The Way of Water can crack it, but I think it’s in the cards if the film does get the two (or more) re-releases I expect. That inevitable theatrical re-release could drive Avatar: The Way of Water’s box office cume beyond the $2.5 billion mark, putting it in closer position to eventually challenge Avengers: Endgame’s $2.79 billion box office total for the all-time #2 spot on box office charts. Indeed, I suspect we might see an initial hard copy release that sports only a small portion of deleted footage, to save some back for a re-release either later this year or next year ahead of Avatar 3’s Christmas season release. At least, not yet, as the studio appears to be wisely saving that for the Blu-ray/DVD launch, which will probably significantly boost those sales beyond their inevitably already-huge levels. ![]() MORE FROM FORBES 'Avatar: The Way Of Water' Tops 'Titanic' As Third-Highest Grossing Movie By Mark Hughesīut no deleted scenes. The 4K UHD with Dolby Atmos will include three hours of bonus content is sure to be gobbled up eagerly by fans who will be excited to dive deeper into The Way of Water’s visual splendor and mind-blowing leaps forward in visual effects, CGI, and motion capture technology. We should expect to see huge numbers from Avatar: The Way of Water’s upcoming home digital release on March 28th. ![]()
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