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Avatar: The Way of Water has officially crossed the $2 billion mark at the box office

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Published 23:34 22 Jan 2023 GMT

Avatar: The Way of Water has officially crossed the $2 billion mark at the box office

The sequel is the sixth-biggest money maker of all time and puts director James Cameron in a very exclusive club.

Charisa Bossinakis

Charisa Bossinakis

Avatar: The Way of Water has officially crossed the USD$ 2 billion (AUD $2.8b) mark at the box office.

Just in case you didn’t know, the James Cameron flick was already a colossal success and is currently the sixth-biggest film of all time.

If that wasn't impressive enough, the director is responsible for three of the six highest-grossing films ever to cross the two billy mark.

At the time of writing, the sequel has made $2,023,961,353.

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Titanic, which made USD $2.1 billion (AUD $3.1b), is listed as number three, and the original Avatar film, which earned USD $2.9 billion (AUD $4.1b), is the highest-grossing movie of all time.

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Earlier this month, Avatar: The Way of Water surpassed Avengers: The Age of Ultron and Frozen 2, and climbed to the number 12 spot after generating more than USD $1.4 billion (AUD $2.03b) at the box office.

In the past few weeks, the film has slowly jumped the ladder, clipping in front of The Lion King, The Avengers, Furious 7 and Top Gun: Maverick.

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The movie finally nestled into the top six list after eclipsing Spider-Man: No Way Home's box office total.

Just to put things into perspective - the Spidey film is the MCU’s largest solo superhero film - which earned more than USD $1.9 billion (AUD $2.7b) at the box office.

And it keeps climbing.

But Cameron is just getting started.

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The Avatar franchise is now well underway as the third film in the saga has largely been filmed and the fourth has already had some scenes shot.

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While speaking with 20 Minutes, the director revealed the third movie would show a much darker side to Pandora.

"In the early films, there are very negative human examples and very positive Na’vi examples," he said.

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"In Avatar 3 we will do the opposite. We will also explore new worlds, while continuing the story of the main characters. I can say that the last parts will be the best.

"The others were an introduction, a way to set the table before serving the meal."

And if you’re asking yourself, what can we expect for the fourth instalment?

Cameron has already spilt the tea.

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While the previous films received ‘pages’ of feedback from studio executives, he told Variety that Avatar 4 had none.

He said: “When I turned in the script for 4, the studio executive, the creative executive over the films, wrote me an email that said, ‘Holy f**k.’ And I said, ‘Well, where are the notes?’

"And she said, ‘Those are the notes.’ Because it kind of goes nuts in a good way, right?”

Featured Image Credit: 20th Century Studios

Topics: News, Film and TV, Celebrity, James Cameron

Charisa Bossinakis
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