Avatar: The Way of Water breaks the $1 billion mark in fourteen days

Avatar: The Way of Water becomes the fasted movie to hit the mark since Marvel's Spider-Man: No Way Home. The third Spider-Man movie featuring Tom Holland only took twelve days to achieve the feat. The Avatar sequel is one of only six movies in history to reach $1 billion in the first two weeks since its release.

By comparison, 2009's Avatar took 19 days to reach the $1 billion mark and it stayed atop the box office for seven consecutive weeks in the United States and 11 weeks in foreign shores. Just like the original, Avatar: The Way of Water needs to top the charts for several more weeks to reach its target.

Avatar: The Way of Water is currently the second highest-grossing film of 2022 with its current total of $1.025 billion. The movie bumped the Jurassic World sequel from second place with its $1.003 billion gross earnings. We expect that Top Gun: Maverick will end the year in the number 1 spot as it still has a commanding $400 million lead as of writing.

Avatar: The Way of Water still has a long way to go before it can challenge the original Avatar's record as the highest-grossing film in history. The 2009 film reached a staggering $2.97 billion in ticket sales worldwide after multiple rereleases.

The future of the Avatar series is hinged on Avatar: The Way of Water having a big theatrical run. Three more movies are planned for the James Cameron blockbuster series.

Avatar: The Way of Water is currently screening in theaters and IMAX. If all goes well, we'll be able to watch the threequel, Avatar: The Seed Bearer, when it comes out in theaters on December 20, 2024.