‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Swimming Past $1.5B Global Today To Become No. 1 WW Release Of 2022 - Deadline

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has present officially, and as projected, crossed the $1 cardinal people astatine the international container office with Tuesday’s grosses included. What’s much for this 20th Century Studios/Disney juggernaut, astatine $1,482.5M worldwide done Tuesday, the epic sci-fi sequel is adjacent connected its mode to yet different milestone and volition apical $1.5B planetary erstwhile today’s numbers are factored. In doing so, it volition go the No. 1 worldwide merchandise of 2022, surpassing Top Gun: Maverick’s $1.489B.

The overseas cume done Tuesday is $1.025B, aft adding $28.3M successful 52 planetary markets yesterday (a 44% driblet from past Tuesday). WoW is the No. 1 offshore merchandise of 2022 and No. 2 of the pandemic era. It stands arsenic the No. 9 planetary merchandise of each time, moving up from No. 11 having conscionable passed The Fate of the Furious and Jurassic World aft 21 days successful movie theaters.

Globally, it is the No. 12 biggest merchandise ever, present overtaking Disney’s ain Frozen II.

Following the vacation period, and portion immoderate offshore markets inactive person section holidays, midweeks proceed to beryllium beardown and determination is plentifulness of runway ahead.

Not included successful the totals above, China’s Wednesday brought successful an estimated $3M for a section moving cume of $170M. Maoyan is projecting a $215M final. Similarly not included above, Korea reached $78.8M done today.

Through Tuesday, the Top 10 overseas markets are: China ($165.5M), France ($95M), Korea ($77.2M), Germany ($73.4M), UK ($59.5M), India ($51.4M), Mexico ($39.1M), Australia ($37.9M), Italy ($33.8M) and Spain ($30.5M).