The latest updates are in, and Avatar: The Way of Water has officially passed the $2 billion mark at the worldwide box office.
James Cameron's epic sequel now sits at $2.024 billion globally, making it the sixth-biggest film of all time. Overseas, the movie has climbed to $1.426B, passing Avengers: Infinity War to become the fourth highest-grossing film ever.
This also makes Cameron the first director in history to have three of their films pass the $2B mark.
If the Avatar sequel manages to top Star Wars: The Force Awakens - which it's expected to later this week - it will become the fourth-biggest movie ever worldwide. Not bad for a sequel nobody wanted, eh?
To be fair, even huge fans of the first film were surprised by The Way of Water's level of success, but the movie has proven to be a massive box office juggernaut, and shows no signs of slowing down.
With Avatar: The Way of Water, the cinematic experience reaches new heights as Cameron transports audiences back to the magnificent world of Pandora in a spectacular and stirring action-packed adventure. Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar: The Way of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
Directed by James Cameron and produced by Cameron and Jon Landau, the Lightstorm Entertainment Production stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang and Kate Winslet. Screenplay by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver. Story by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver & Josh Friedman & Shane Salerno. David Valdes and Richard Baneham serve as the film’s executive producers.