'Avatar: The Way Of Water' Crosses $1 Billion Globally, Achieves This New Record
James Cameron-directorial 'Avatar: The Way Of Water' has minted more than USD 1 billion worldwide at the box office.
James Cameron-directorial 'Avatar: The Way Of Water' has crossed the USD 1 billion mark at the box office worldwide and the blockbuster movie has taken just 14 days to cross the huge landmark. With this, the Hollywood flick has become the fastest this year to cross the USD 1 billion mark at the global box office. Just three films this year have managed to mint more than USD 1 billion and these are -- 'Avatar: The Way Of Water', 'Jurassic World Dominion' and 'Top Gun: Maverick'.
'Avatar: The Way Of Water' is the fastest to hit the USD 1 billion mark since 2021's 'Spider-Man: No Way Home'.
As per Variety, 'Top Gun: Maverick' took 31 days to cross USD 1 billion mark while 'Jurassic Park Dominion' took more than four months to achieve this milestone.
A total of nine movies had crossed the USD 1 billion mark at the box office in 2019.
Only six movies in the history of cinema have crossed the coveted USD 1 billion mark in their first two weeks of release.
'Avatar: The Way Of Water' has already crossed 'Jurassic World Dominion' as the second-highest grossing movie of 2022 and it is also the third-highest of the pandemic era.
The story for 'Avatar: The Way Of Water' has been co-written by Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, and Shane Salerno.
The first 'Avatar', which was released in 2009, was set in the mid-22nd century where humans are trying to colonise Pandora, a habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system, to mine the valuable mineral unobtanium.
'Avatar' which had released in 2009, had gone on to win the Oscar for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects, and was nominated for a total of nine accolades, including Best Picture.
