‘Avatar’ Sequel Sets New Record After Passing ‘Titanic’ At Box Office

Director James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” Has surpassed 1997’s monster hit “Titanic” to become the the third-highest-grossing film in international box office history.

Cameron’s Highly anticipated “Avatar” sequel has brought in $1.5 billion overseas and is on its way to catching up to his original 2009 movie, which holds the top international title after earning $2.1 billion overseas, Variety reported.

Marvel’s huge hit “Avengers: Endgame” It is the No. 2 ticket seller in history, with $1.9 billion in overseas sales. With $1.9 billion in international ticket sales, he is No. 2.

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Domestically, “Avatar: The Way of the Water” It has generated $636 million in total since its release eight weeks ago.

The outside of the “Avatar” sequel making history at the international box office, on a global scale Cameron’s latest film ranks as the fourth-highest grossing movie in history following “Avatar” ($2.92 billion); “Avengers: Endgame” ($2.7 billion); “Titanic” ($2.19 billion).

The “Titanic” The director spoke previously about the fact his film would need to gross $2 billion. “break even,” As previously reported. However, despite Cameron’s assertion, Variety According to reports, “analysts believe the threshold to profitability is probably closer to $1.5 billion.”

During a recent appearance on HBO Max’s “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” Cameron talked about the film’s success at the box office, Yahoo.com noted.

“It looks like with the momentum that the film has now that we’ll easily pass our break-even in the next few days, so it looks like I can’t wiggle out of this and I’m gonna have to do these other sequels,” Cameron shared. “I know what I’m going to be doing the next six or seven years.”

“The point is we’re going to be okay,” He concluded. “I’m sure that we’ll have a discussion soon with with the top folks at Disney about the game plan going forward for ‘Avatar 3,’ which is already in the can — we’ve already captured and photographed the whole film, so we’re in extended post-production to do all that CGI magic.”

The third installment of this franchise is expected to hit theaters December 2024. Variety noted.

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