The box office juggernaut that is Avatar: The Way of Water shows no signs of slowing down, and after recently swimming past Spider-Man: No Way Home to claim its spot as sixth highest-grossing movie of all time, James Cameron's sci-fi sequel has now overtaken another Marvel film on the list.
The latest box office figures are in, and The Way of Water has made $2.054 billion worldwide, just scraping past Avengers: Infinity War, which amassed $2.052B back in 2018.
The 3-hour epic is now the fifth-biggest movie ever, but can it climb even higher? Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($2.07 billion) is its next hurdle, but Avatar 2 will start to face some stiff competition in the coming weeks with the likes of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Shazam! Fury of the Gods on the horizon.
Even if never made another cent, this is an incredible achievement for a movie a lot of people were betting against since it was first announced.
With Avatar: The Way of Water, the cinematic experience reaches new heights as Cameron transports audiences back to the magnificent world of Pandora in a spectacular and stirring action-packed adventure. Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar: The Way of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
Directed by James Cameron and produced by Cameron and Jon Landau, the Lightstorm Entertainment Production stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang and Kate Winslet. Screenplay by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver. Story by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver & Josh Friedman & Shane Salerno. David Valdes and Richard Baneham serve as the film’s executive producers.
Avatar: The Way of Water is still in theaters. No streaming dates have been finalized.
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