It's Only a Matter of Time Before Avatar: The Way of Water Makes $1 Billion

James Cameron’s haters work hard, but Cameron works harder. Avatar: The Way of Water is expected to hit its $1 billion milestone just 12 days after its release. As of Monday, Avatar 2 was sitting at $955 million, which it will effortlessly beat in the next few days.

It’s already the third highest-grossing film of the year, bypassing Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. It’s currently behind Top Gun: Maverick and Jurassic World Dominion, both of which reached their $1 billion mark after 31 days and four months, respectively. In comparison, Avatar 2 is poised to blow both of these blockbusters out of the water.

As it should.

With its massive $400 million production budget, experts estimated that the movie would need to gross $1.5 billion to break even. With $1 billion in the bank after just 12 days, who knows how big its gross will grow in the next few weeks.

It still has a far way to go to meet the first film’s $2.97 billion record, and it might need multiple re-releases to pull it off. Regardless, it looks like Avatar: The Way of Water is paving the way for Avatar 3, 4, and hopefully, 5.

As for James Cameron’s dedicated haters, the numbers don’t lie. Pandora is here to stay.