“Avatar: The Way of Water”, by James Cameron, has reached $1 billion at the international box office 14 days after its release, making it the fastest film to surpass that figure in 2022.
As reported this week by different media, the second part of “Avatar” is part of the select group of films that this year managed to reach $1 billion dollars at the box office, such as “Top Gun: Maverick”, which took 31 days to surpass the brand, and “Jurassic World”, which achieved it four months after its arrival in theaters.
In addition, “Avatar: The Way of Water” is the fastest production to reach that figure since “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, which took 12 days to achieve in 2021.
The James Cameron film rose after a modest start that missed box office predictions, raking in $132 million in its opening weekend from the $150 million to $175 million experts were expecting.
The subsequent rapid rise reiterates the success of this sequel presented 13 years after the release of the original film, which became the highest grossing in film history, reaching a total of almost $3,000 million dollars.
The second part of “Avatar”, which already has two Golden Globe nominations, is positioned as one of the most expensive films of all time, having had a budget that exceeds $350 million dollars, according to the outlet. specialized Variety.
The production cost was so high that you need to hit $2 billion at the box office just to start making a profit.
This is a figure that only films such as “Titanic” (1997) and “Avatar” (2009), by Cameron himself, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (2015), “Avengers: Endgame” (2019) and ” Avengers: Infinity War” (2018).
“Avatar: The Way of Water” takes up the story of Jake and Neytiri, who, this time as an adult couple with five teenage children, have the same goal of saving their planet, Pandora.
“Avatar” will continue with three more sequels that have already been shot by Cameron and that mark his return to the industry as a director after several projects as a screenwriter.