It’s now well established that Avatar: Fire and Ash is the weakest installment within the Avatar franchise. The film is trailing its predecessors by a big margin. Today, we’ll compare the domestic box office totals for Avatar 3 and Avatar: The Way of Water. Keep scrolling for the deets.
Avatar: The Way of Water was released in 2022, over a decade after the primary film. Each previous movies are among the many top five all-time highest-grossing movies worldwide. These movies have modified the history of cinema with their hi-tech visuals and cutting-edge filmmaking. The third film has been earning way lower than the previous two movies, and it could actually’t surpass them on the box office. That is concerning even for the long run movies on this franchise.
Avatar 3’s box office total in North America
Based on Box Office Mojo’s data, Avatar: Fire and Ash opened with $89.16 million on the domestic box office. It has remained on the #1 spot within the domestic box office rankings for five consecutive weeks. After thirty-two days running in theaters, the film has hit the $368.14 million cume on the North American box office.
Avatar 3 vs Avatar 2 on the domestic box office
Avatar: The Way of Water is the second-highest-grossing film within the franchise on the domestic box office. It collected $688.4 million in North America in its theatrical run. It collected this sum across 161 days during its original release and when it was re-released in 2025. Now, Avatar 3 is greater than halfway there, but still thousands and thousands away.
Based on the database, Avatar: Fire and Ash remains to be greater than $320 million away from surpassing the domestic haul of Avatar: The Way of Water. It still needs an 87% hike on the domestic box office to beat Avatar: The Way of Water. At this release point, Avatar 3 is unlikely to catch as much as its predecessor, let alone beat it.
More about Avatar 3
Directed by James Cameron, the film had a reported budget of $400 million, which puts its breakeven goal at around $1 billion. It has successfully entered the profit zone, but again, it’ll be the primary Avatar film to not hit $2 billion worldwide. Avatar: Fire and Ash was released on December 19 and it has collected $1.32 billion worldwide.
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