Avatar: The Way of Water’ Dives In With Below-Expectations 134 Million Debut

After a 13 year gap, Avatar-The-Way-of-Water-2022-movie-posters/”>Avatar: The Way of Water is finally here.

James Cameron’s first of many planned sequels to Avatar, the world’s highest grossing film of all time (which itself topped Cameron’s own Titanic as the highest grossing film of all time), opened below expectations with 134 million.

Yes, this is still a huge opening, but it is not the sort of start you would hope for on a film that, as Cameron claims, would “have to be the third or fourth highest-grossing film in history” to break even.

With that said (and whether or not that statement regarding the film’s breakeven point is fully accurate), this is not a film to count out, and it could see strong numbers for the rest of the year and well into the new year.

Either way, it’s great to have a heavy hitter back in theaters again,

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