James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water grosses $1 billion at box office in 12 days

James Cameron’s Avatar sequel was released thirteen years after the first film of the science fiction franchise hit the theatres, but it took the movie just under 13 days to cross the $1 billion mark at the box office. The sequel to the 2009 epic drama, ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ has collected over $955 million at the box office worldwide as of December 26, according to reports. Taking the collections on Tuesday into account, the movie is expected to easily soar past the $1 billion mark. This makes ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ the third highest-grossing movie of 2022, behind ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.

Though it took Jurassic World four months to reach the mark and ‘Top Gun’ over a month, ‘Avatar 2’ achieved the feat in just 12 days. With the holiday season in full swing, the movie is expected to reach the $2 billion mark, matching the box office collection of Avatar.