While The Force Awakens North American total is in little danger of being caught by James Cameron’s mega sequel, globally Avatar: The Way of Water is on the cusp of surpassing the all-time total of Episode VII. Since 16th December 2022 – that’s still only last month – Way of Water has taken $2.074bn compared to the final tally of $2.068bn for The Force Awakens. That incredible statistic means it becomes the fourth highest grossing film of all time in a little over 6 weeks, with only Titanic, Avengers: Endgame and the 2009 original Avatar ahead of it. That also means that James Cameron becomes the first director to have 3 films in the $2bn dollar club, topping the Russo Brothers with their two Avengers epics.
Having already trounced takings amassed by films including Jurassic World and Spider-Man: No Way Home, Avatar 2 has now succeeded Avengers: Infinity War and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
The next film in its sights will be director James Cameron’s very own Titanic, which sits in third place with $2.187bn (£1.766bn).
The Way of Water also has quite a way to go to beat second place Avengers: Endgame ($2.797bn/£2.259bn) as well as Cameron’s first Avatar film, which is number one with $2.92bn (£2.35bn)
In case that’s not enough of a Lucasfilm link, remember that ILM worked their usual VFX magic on Avatar: The Way of Water.
