Avatar: The Way of Water, directed by James Cameron, soared to the top with its debut showing on Friday. It earned an impressive $53 million across the U.S., making it Cameron’s greatest opening day yet. Before the weekend, tracking indicated that Avatar: The Way of Water would have a strong opening with domestic earnings of between $150 million and $175 million and global earnings of between $450 million and $550 million. Box office analysts have noted that predicting movie numbers in this unprecedented pandemic era has been difficult to estimate. However, Avatar: The Way of Water has surpassed expectations for a domestic debut. Similarly, Avatar 2 has dominated overseas, too, grossing an incredible $127.1 million in the first three days for an early global haul of $180.1 million.
Avatar 2 dominates the box office with a $53M opening day, with expectations for a strong performance through the holidays. Read More