James Cameron's 'Avatar: The Way of Water' Generates $530+ Million Profit

Los Angeles, April 20 - Blockbuster filmmaker James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar: The Way of Water finally hit theaters in December last year, 13 years after the first Avatar movie released in 2009. And to no surprise, the sequel turned out to be the biggest blockbuster worldwide of 2022.

The fans had to wait for a longer period to visit the world of Pandora all over again after the sequels to Avatar were greenlit by 20th Century Fox way back in 2013. At the time of the announcement of the sequel, Cameron was already the reason behind the top two highest-grossing movies ever with Avatar at No. 1 and Titanic at No. 2.



The studio might have no idea how big Avatar 2 could go at the time of its announcement. However, the anticipation over the years kept growing which ensured that we were going to witness another epic box office monster from Cameron. Just when things were going smoothly, the covid-19 pandemic hit the world, and its relentlessness made Disney skeptical about the film's box office potential.

The production of the movie was delayed during the covid but the anticipation among the fans never died. When the film was released in December 2022, moviegoers around the world thronged to cinemas in large numbers and as things stand today, Avatar 2 is the most profitable movie of the year, according to Deadline.

Avatar: The Way of Water grossed over $2.31 billion worldwide, including $683 million domestically (North America) and $1.63 billion internationally. In India, the sequel is the highest-grossing non-Indian movie ever with around $58 million. Avatar 2 is also the highest-grossing worldwide post the covid-19 pandemic and the third-highest-grossing film of all time.



As per the Deadline, the total revenue of Avatar 2 is approx. $1.62 billion, including the theatrical share of approx. $1.27 billion. Against the total cost, which is approx. 1.08 billion, Avatar 2 made a profit of a whopping $532 million.

The opening of Avatar 2, $442 million worldwide, was lower than the initial projection which was at least $500 million. At that time, many started doubting that it might not make it to the $2 billion club. But just like previous films of Cameron, it also proved everyone wrong with its longevity at the box office as it surpassed all the projections at the end of its run.

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