Avatar: The Way of Water Is Now the 4th Highest-Grossing Film in History

Director James Cameron has done it again. His latest film, Avatar: The Way of Water, is sitting on the 4th spot on the list of the world’s highest-grossing film of all time, raking in a total of $2.116 billion globally, according to Box Office Mojo. It dislodged Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens ($2.07 billion), and is just behind Cameron’s 1997 film Titanic ($2,194 billion), whose record sales were broken 12 years later in 2009 by another Cameron film, Avatar ($2,923 billion), which still remains the world’s highest-grossing film of all time. The first Avatar film also made history by being the first movie to break the $1-billion mark at the box office. 

This means that of the top 4 highest-grossing films in history, three were made by Cameron. 

In fact, The Way of Water has been number one in the box office for seven straight weeks—a feat not seen since its prequel, Avatar, launched in 2009. 

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER has been #1 for 7 straight weeks...a feat that hasn't been accomplished since...check's James Cameron's Box Office Playbook...since 2009's AVATAR.

— Exhibitor Relations Co. (@ERCboxoffice) January 29, 2023

According to global box office observer Exhibitor Relations, The Way of Water is also now the top-grossing film of all time in Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Colombia, Estonia, France, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Uzbekistan. 

The following are the top 10 highest-grossing films of all time.