Avatar 1 grossed a USD 2.8 billion and marked the first movie at the international box office to overtake Titanic as the biggest release, with USD 2.2 billion. Avatar still reigns the global crown but has since lost domestically.
Avatar ranked first at the domestic box office with USD 760.5 million from 2009 to 2015, until Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ earnings of USD 936 million pushed it to second place. Avatar lost the position again in 2019 when Disney’s Avengers: Endgame gathered USD 858 million.
Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home forced down Avatar after raising $804 million. Thus, it will be exciting to see how Avatar: The Way of Water breaks the new records of its prequel, mainly since Cameron had gathered all four sequels simultaneously. (des)