Avatar 2 The Way of the Water explodes the box office, here are the 1st figures

They were awaited by the spectators, but also a whole industry: Avatar 2 The Way of the Water has just revealed its very first figures, those just after the first weekend of exploitation. At the global box office, it’s a total tidal wave with 434.5 million dollars collected in the first few days, including 300.5 million for the international market. This means that in the United States, James Cameron’s film takes in $134 million from 4,202 theaters, which is actually quite disappointing compared to other blockbusters released this year. That’s obviously well above the first Avatar in 2009 which generated 77 million when it launched, but for comparison it’s less than Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (187 million), Black Panther Wakanda Forever (181 million), Jurassic World Dominion (145 million), Thor Love & Thunder (144 million), but more than Top Gun Maverick and its 126 million at startup. When we see how the latter has been a long-seller and accumulates 1.5 billion dollars at the box office in the end, nothing is lost for Avatar 2. Despite this, it is below expectations, since the estimates expected between 150 and 175 million for the first figures.

It is therefore globally where Avatar 2 achieves a great feat with China in second market with 57.1 million dollars for its first weekend, i.e. the 3rd best start for a Hollywood film since the start of the pandemic. La France is ranked fourth just after South Korea. We don’t really know what explains the slightly timid figures of the American market, very little affected in addition by the football World Cup, football (soccer at home) not being a very popular sport. Between the duration of 3h12 and the higher prices to see the film in the best possible conditions (3D, HDR, IMAX? Dolby Cinema, 4DX), it is not impossible that the American public was restricted for the launch. That said, according to the indiscretions of The Hollywood Reporter, quite a few reservations were made throughout the Christmas holidays. We remind you that to reach its break-even point, Avatar 2 The Way of Water must exceed 2 billion dollars at the box office, which is quite possible.