AsAvatar: The Way of Watercontinued to rise higher in profit margins at the box office, speculation on whether it would beatSpider-Man: No Way Homebecame a major question. Now, the James CameronAvatarsequel looks to have done it.Avatar 2was already the highest-grossing film of 2022 after edging outTop Gun: Maverick, but it was still behindSpider-Man: No Way Home’s$1.916 billion box office gross. However,Avatar: The Way of Waterhas now earned $1.92 billion, beatingSpider-Man: No Way Homein terms of profits, which was no easy task considering the Marvel Studios superhero film featured all theSpider-Man actors together on the big screenfor the first time. With the film’s success and futureAvatarfranchise films in the making,The Way of Wateris now presented with the challenge of crossing $2 billion in earnings like its predecessor and other iconic movies.RELATED:Avatar: The Way of Water Prequel Comics Reveal Who Spider’s Mom IsAfterAvatar: The Way of WaterbeatSpider-Man: No Way Home, it became the sixth highest-grossing film of all time, and it is now on the path to earning $2 billion at the box office.Avatar: The Way of Wateris currently behindAvengers: Infinity War,Star Wars: The Force Awakens,Titanic,Avengers: Endgame, and the firstAvatarin terms ofbiggest box office movies. However, it might be important for fans to note that two of those five films are also Cameron movies.
The firstAvatarfilm is the highest-grossing film of all time out of the ones listed, earning $2.9 billion. As a result, Cameron is the only filmmaker to have had three films cross $1.5 billion at the box office. If theAvatarsequel can cross this $2 billion threshold, Cameron will have three films in his collection to cross $2 billion.
The fact thatAvatar 2’s theatrical release was extended in Chinauntil the Chinese New Year is a good sign that could help push the film into the $2 billion profit range. Despite the high production costs of theAvatarsequel, Cameron looks to have made a successful hit that will certainly see a third film, and maybe even a fourth, seeing as how it was reported that Cameron is already well into production on futureAvatarsequels.
