'Avatar: The Way of Water' Opening Weekend - Box Office Numbers Revealed!
The numbers are in!
Avatar: The Way of Water celebrated its opening weekend, and it’s performing very well so far.
James Cameron’s long-awaited sequel to Avatar brought in $134 million in North America for its box office debut, as well as $301 million overseas, making its opening tally $435 million.
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That’s the third-biggest global opening weekend in the pandemic era, following Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($442 million globally) and Spider-Man: No Way Home ($600 million globally).
It now has the fifth-biggest opening of the year. It was projected to open slightly higher, to $150 million to $175 million, via Deadline.
The movie cost $350 million to produce. In an interview, James hinted that the film needed to gross a massive $2 billion in order to break even once he accounted for the amount it cost to shoot and promote his latest movie.
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