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‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Surpasses ‘Titanic’ As Third Highest-Grossing Movie Ever

 

‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Surpasses ‘Titanic’ As Third Highest-Grossing Movie Ever





 

Avatar: The Way Of Water surpassed 1997’s Titanic as the No. 3 highest-grossing movie of all time this weekend, according to Disney, marking a massive success for James Cameron, who directed both films.

KEY FACTS

Avatar: The Way Of Water has grossed $2.243 billion worldwide since being released in December.

It surpassed Titanic’s earnings of $2.242 billion in its 10th weekend in theaters.

Cameron has directed three of the top four highest-grossing releases of all time: the original Avatar in 2009 (No. 1), Avatar: The Way Of Water last year (No. 3) and Titanic about 25 years ago (No. 4)—the No. 2 movie is 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.

Cameron said that Avatar: The Way Of Water needed to be the third or fourth highest-grossing movie ever to break even, given its nine-figure budget.

TANGENT

Meanwhile, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania debuted at No. 1 this weekend, with a $104 million domestic opening over three days. Disney projects it will reach $118 million over the four-day long weekend. The Paul Rudd-led movie has an 84% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes (compared to a 48% from critics) and a B grade on Cinemascore.

KEY BACKGROUND

The success of The Way Of Water is a good sign for the franchise’s next installments: Cameron said the third and fourth movies are already in the works. Last weekend’s muted box office was won by Magic Mike’s Last Dance, which had an $8.3 million domestic opening.

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