It happened! “Avatar 2” also breaks the record of “Top Gun 2”.

With $1.489 billion in revenue, Top Gun: Maverick is the highest-grossing film of 2022 so far. But it was only a matter of time before James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way Of Water overtook the aviator starring Tom Cruise. Now it happened. The sequel to “Avatar” has already grossed more than $1.5 billion worldwide. The end of the success story is nowhere in sight…

Because the coming weekend should again provide many full cinemas worldwide with “Avatar 2” screenings. James Cameron’s spectacle is already set to make the top 10 highest-grossing films of all time and Fast & Furious 7 (currently #10 with $1.515 billion) and The Avengers (#9 with $1.519 billion).

The highest grossing movie of all time is “Avatar” with $2.923 billion. That’s still a long way off. Whether “Avatar 2” can continue until then will only become clear in the future. Because for this to happen, the Pandora sequel needs to run as impressively stable as it’s been at the box office for a very long time. First of all, the champagne corks have to drop because of the current milestones.

“Avatar 2” now profitable

While the “highest grossing film of the year” seal would really be the biggest celebration imaginable for any other production, even the milestone right before “Avatar 2” should bring even more joy. Than According to Cameron, “Avatar 2: The Way Of Water” is not a lost proposition with its rise into the top 10 highest-grossing films of all time. more for customers Disney. Now the movie is starting to become profitable, i.e. making a real profit. Of course, this is an important milestone when it comes to sequels – although “Avatar 3” has already been made into a movie and will hit theaters in 2024.

But James Cameron also wants to add “Avatar 4” and “Avatar 5”. That these will come is now even more likely. By the way, James Cameron has already shot part of “Avatar 4”. He justified this in part by wanting to avoid a problem that he believes the Netflix series “Stranger Things” suffered: