James Cameron`s epic movie, `Avatar: The Way of Water`, has sailed past $1 billion in global ticket sales in just 14 days, becoming the fastest movie to cross the coveted box office milestone this year, reports `Variety`.
Only three films released in 2022 managed to surpass the billion-dollar mark. Apart from `The Way of Water`, the other two are Tom Cruise-starrer `Top Gun: Maverick` (which took 31 days to clear the benchmark) and the Chris Pratt-led `Jurassic World Dominion` (which took more than four months to join the club).
By comparison, according to `Variety`, nine movies released in 2019 surpassed $1 billion worldwide. `The Way of Water` is the fastest to hit the mark since 2021`s `Spider-Man: No Way Home`, which took 12 days. Only six movies in history have cleared $1 billion in their first two weeks of release.
James Cameron`s long-delayed sequel to the 2009 `Avatar` — which remains the top grosser of all time with box office pickings totalling $2.97 billion worldwide — has so far generated $317.1 million in North America and $712.7 million overseas, bringing its global tally to $1.025 billion.
It has surpassed `Jurassic World Dominion` as the second highest-grossing movie of the year, and it`s the third highest of the pandemic era, adds `Variety`.
`The Way of Water` is expected to struggle to near the heights scaled by the original `Avatar` because the global box office hasn`t fully rebounded from the pandemic, according to `Variety`. Moreover, China, a major theatrical market, is experiencing a resurgence of the coronavirus and Russia, another big territory, won`t have access to the film as a result of Western sanctions.
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