Yes, 13 years ago James Cameron’s “Avatar” was the last film to date to sell more than ten million cinema tickets in Germany. At that time, in mid-March 2010, the No. 10,000,000 movie ticket was purchased for the film, which opened in mid-December 2019. “Avatar 2: The way of the watermanaged to do it in a similar time frame. Ten million tickets have also been sold here since Tuesday afternoon, March 22, 2023.
James Cameron has achieved another absolutely exceptional success. Ten million movie tickets sold are not only the absolute exception, even nine million movie tickets sold made “Best Friends” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” only two movies in the period between the two “Avatar” parts.
“Avatar 2” in the footsteps of “Lord of the Rings”
Just over 20 years ago, a film series achieved such high ticket sales: Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. All three volumes surpassed the 10 million mark in 2002, 2003 and 2004! It is the only trilogy to date to have done so.
The “Avatar” series now mimics this. If ‘Avatar 3’ hits theaters in December 2024, it is quite possible that we will find out in the spring of 2025 that more than ten million cinema tickets have also been purchased for this part. And since “Avatar 4” and “Avatar 5” follow next, James Cameron’s Pandora franchise could be the first series, even more than three installments of which have sold more than ten million tickets each.