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Avatar: The Way Of Water continues to break record numbers.
James Cameron directed the sequel to Avatar is now the fifth highest-grossing film of all time, generating a staggering $2.054 billion at the worldwide box office according to Deadline.
It comes after the 68-year-old filmmaker recently made history as the only director with three films to top $2 billion at the global box office.
Big Numbers: Avatar: The Way Of Water is now the fifth highest-grossing film of all time, grossing a staggering $2.054 billion at the worldwide box office; Still from Avatar: The Water Path
The highly anticipated movie took the place of Avengers: Infinity War on Thursday, which had won $2.052 billion globally, after launching in 2018.
The new achievement now gives Cameron three of the top five highest-grossing movies of all time.
Cameron’s other two films on the illustrious list include the original Avatar (2009), which is number one of all time, with $2.923 billion on a budget of $237 million, and Titanic (1997), after it grossed $2.195 billion. million against a budget of $200 million.
Successful: The long-awaited movie took the place of Avengers: Infinity War on Thursday; Still from Avatar: The Water Path
The next movie to beat is Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, which grossed $2.07 billion, after which Avatar will take on Titanic.
The top two movies on the list are Avengers: Endgame ($2.79 billion), while the original Avatar is in first place.
Although the movie is predicted to eventually beat Titanic, Paramount is doing a global re-release of Titanic around Valentine’s Day.
Meanwhile, at the domestic box office, the Avatar sequel has grossed $603 million.
Story: The achievement gives filmmaker James Cameron, 68, the distinction of being the only one in history with three films that have surpassed $2 billion at the worldwide box office; In the photo 2023
Above: Cameron’s two other films on the illustrious list include the original Avatar (2009), which is number one all-time, with $2.923 billion, and Titanic (1997), after it grossed $2.195 billion; frame of titanic
While the original Avatar tops the all-time earnings list, it took 47 days after its release for the movie to cross the $2B milestone.
By comparison, the Avatar sequel only needed 37 days to surpass that mark.
Showcasing its superhero power, Avengers: Endgame was the fastest to hit the exclusive list, at just 11 days.
Cameron’s Titanic took the longest to reach $2 billion at the box office after 5,233 days after hitting theaters.
The success of Avatar: The Way Of Water assures fans that there will be more sequels to follow.
In sixth place: Avengers: Infinity War had earned $2.052 billion globally, after its release in 2018, but has now been demoted to sixth place.
Cameron had previously announced plans for three more installments in 2024, 2026 and 2028, but stipulated that the last two would be contingent on commercial reception for The Way Of Water.
Earlier this month, the Canadian filmmaker revealed on HBO Max Who’s Talking To Chris Wallace? that it looked like he would be making the last two movies after all.
“It looks like with the momentum the movie has right now, we’ll easily get through our break even in the next few days, so it feels like I can’t get out of this and I’ll have to do these other sequels.” ‘ he said, adding: ‘I know what I’m going to do in the next six or seven years.’
Next! The next movie to top Avatar 2 is Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, which grossed $2.07 billion, after which it will take on Titanic; frame of titanic