Avatar: The Way of Water grossed $435 million (approximately Rs 3,598 crore) at the global box office in its opening weekend. About $301 million (approximately Rs 2,490 crore) has been withdrawn from markets outside the US, including India and China, which are too rare — the latter of which is known for restricting screenings of films. Hollywood theaters in this country since the COVID-19 pandemic. According to The Hollywood Reporter, this is slightly below the $450 million prediction (about Rs 3,923 crore), with the second Avatar movie underperforming in the US and Canada.
Follow Disneyin India, avatar 2 managed to earn Rs. 160 crore for opening weekend, surpassing the lifetime collection for Doctor Strange in the Mad Multiverse, ended up at Rs. 126.94 cores. For a movie that report costing around $400 million (approximately Rs 3,310 crore) to produce, the resulting numbers could cost Disney and 20th century film studio.
However, the real test for Avatar: The Road of Water is still ahead, which depends on how many seats it can fill in the coming weeks and months. Original 2009 Avatar only grossed $242 million (approximately Rs 2,002 crore) worldwide, in its opening weekend, and showed its strength in the months that followed, to eventually become the greatest film of all time. Not to mention, the holiday season has created a lack of competition in the market. hollywood forward, can work in favor of James Cameron as director next part.
That said, there are two major hurdles that Avatar: The Road of Water will have to face. First, the challenge to break even, that’s what Cameron called “worst business case in cinematic history.” For Avatar 2 to be considered profitable, he said, “you have to be the third or fourth highest grossing film in history. That’s your threshold. That is your breakeven point.” Disney has never commented on the exact number, but reports put the budget at around $400 million.
Then big run time 3 hours and 12 minutes long, marking Cameron’s second longest film since 1997 Titanic. In an interview with total movies, Cameron stated that the sequel focused more on its characters and relationships than the 2009 film, resulting in the aforementioned length. He also affirmed that the audience should not complain about the length of the film just because of the TV, speak“I don’t want anyone whining about the length when they’re sitting around for eight hours.”
Avatar: The Way of Water is set 15 years after the events of the first film, and sees Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) as a parent of five children, surviving in the lush forests of the exotic moon Pandora. But when “The Man in the Sky”, led by the Colonel regrouped, revived Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), returning, the family fled to the coastal region, meeting the Metkayina clan, who taught them how to use water and helped prepare for battle.
Avatar: The Way of Water is currently showing in theaters in India in English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.
