Avatar: The Way Of Water Passes $2 Billion Worldwide

After six weeks at the top, Avatar: The Way of Water again held onto its position as the number one film at cinemas and has now crossed the $2 billion mark at the global box office. Knocking Spider-Man: No Way Home down to seventh place, the latest milestone for the Avatar sequel makes it director James Cameron’s third film to join the $2 billion box office club, alongside the first Avatar movie and Titanic. Outside of Cameron’s films, the rest of that elite group of blockbusters includes Avengers Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

At its current trajectory, Avatar 2 could end its theatrical run at fifth or fourth place, surpassing Infinity War and The Force Awakens, respectively. It likely won’t dethrone the original Avatar though, as that movie is still the highest-grossing film of all time with a huge record of $2.9 billion from global box office ticket sales, but Cameron is ready to move forward with Avatar 3, 4, and 5.

According to Box Office Mojo, Avatar 2 took in $20 million from North American cinemas over the weekend, while Puss in Boots: The Last Wish grabbed second place in its fifth week on the circuit. Killer AI companion M3GAN dropped to third place with a $9.8 million domestic haul, and globally, has made over $124.6 million so far.Two new arrivals on the cinema scene did some respectable numbers overall, as dramatic thriller had a fourth-place debut with $9.3 million domestically, and the anime feature film debut of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime earned $1.4 million when it landed in eighth place.

January 20-22 US Box Office Results

• Avatar: The Way of Water – $20 million
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – $11.5 million
• M3GAN – $9.8 million
• Missing – $9.3 million
• A Man Called Otto – $9 million
• Plane – $5.2 million
• House Party – $1.7 million
• That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime: Scarlet Bond – $1.4 million
• The Whale – $1.28 million
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – $1.25 million