AvatarTheWayOfWater is well on its way to a record-breaking box office run, but it won't land among the Top 3 domestic films of 2022.
Avatar: The Way of Water is in the middle of what promises to be a record-breaking run, but it won't be able to land in the domestic box office Top 3 for 2022. The film, which is the long-awaited sequel to the 2009 smash hit Avatar, features the return of director James Cameron as well as many key cast members including Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, and Sigourney Weaver. The film is already No.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Per Deadline, Avatar: The Way of Water's box office run is set to rise to a total of $433.1 million by the end of the four-day New Year holiday weekend. However, with just one day left to amass its 2022 total, it will fall short of breaking into the Top 3 domestic films of the year before New Year's Day. It is currently projected to take the No. 4 slot behind Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness , Black Panther: Wakanda Forever , and Top Gun: Maverick .
However, weekend over weekend the film has taken in less and less overall, which is the typical trajectory for any new release theatrical film. To match the domestic total of the original Avatar, the film is still going to have to rake in an additional $352.1 million. This is entirely doable if it continues to hold audiences with very little drop over the next seven weeks.
However, even if Avatar: The Way of Water manages to surpass the original Avatar, that would still place it at only No. 4 on the domestic list. While sequels have the ability to surpass their original, it would be astonishing if the film proved able to leap even higher, knocking Avengers: Endgame or Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens off their perches at the No. 2 and No. 1 spots. However, it does have a fair shake at claiming No.