The release of Avatar: The Way of Water last month introduced a plethora of new characters to the franchise, with one of the most notable being the human character Spider, played by Jack Champion. In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair, director James Cameron offered additional insight into the filming process behind the movie and how Spider’s scenes were seamlessly …
“Avatar: The Way of Water” easily stayed atop the North American box office for a fifth straight week, taking in an estimated $38.5 million on a long holiday weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. That brought the domestic total for the Disney/20th Century blockbuster — the story of a blue-skinned race on a distant moon — to an impressive …
If anybody still needs convincing that Avatar: The Way of Water is an unambiguously successful blockbuster, all they need to know is that it is on the verge of passing $1.9 billion at the global box office, mere hours after it sailed past the $1.8 billion mark. The long-in-the-making science-fiction sequel’s current global haul stands at $1.89 billion, which makes …
The records just keep toppling as director James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water enters its sixth week of release. With an estimated $214 million at the global IMAX box office by the end of the extended MLK holiday weekend, The Way of Water has now become the third-biggest movie in history on the IMAX format. This weekend, the science-fiction …
There’s been much made about the motto “never bet against James Cameron” following the latest success of Avatar: The Way of Water. This motto has left many doubters trying to wrap their heads around how a sequel to a film 13 years later, which supposedly had no staying power, could release and still have the amount of success that it …
Los Angeles: Not surprisingly, James Cameron´s “Avatar: The Way of Water” clung to first place on North American movie screens this weekend, pulling in an estimated $45 million, but an unexpectedly popular horror movie placed a strong second. The “Avatar” sequel has now led the box office for four weeks, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. The 20th Century sci-fi …
In our first two trips to Pandora, Avatar viewers have seen the cruel side of humanity – greed, self-interest, violence and profit over anything else. The purity of life has been shown through the natives of the planet – the Na’vi. The forest-dwelling Omaticaya were our introduction to the Na’vi in 2009’s Avatar, while 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water …
James Cameron’s Avatar 5 would take action on Earth, as it was revealed the upcoming movie includes some scenes on Earth. According to Gizmodo, the film’s producer Jon Landau responded to whether the Earthlings defeated in the first part would bring back war to Pandora. “Well, it’s funny,” Landau said over video chat. “I wasn’t going to talk about it, …
“Avatar: The Way of Water” took in an estimated $82.4 million this holiday weekend in North America, pushing it past a global total of $1 billion in near record time, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. The four-day domestic take for the sci-fi flick brought its domestic total to $440.5 million, on top of $957 million earned overseas; only a …
The continued success of CGI franchises like Avatar proves that a Pirates of the Caribbean reboot is necessary. The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has been in limbo since the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales was released in 2017. However, despite the many failed attempts at reboots and sequels since then, the franchise has …
