Way of the Water becomes Highest Grossing Hollywood Movie in India; Surpasses Lion King, Jurassic World Globally
Avatar: Way of the Water has been performing exceptionally at the global box office and has been breaking records left, right and centre. What’s more exciting is that the movie has just created a new benchmark in India.
Avatar: Way of the Water is now India’s highest grossing Hollywood film of all time with INR 454 crore gross box office collections. It has surpassed the previous record holder, Avengers: Endgame, which had INR 438 crore gross box office collections.
The movie is still going strong in theatres, in various languages such as English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. It has also managed to reach the 8th spot of the highest grossing movies all time in India, across languages.
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Avatar: Way of the Water is not just receiving accolades in India, but globally too, it has now crossed $1.7 billion dollar in global box office collections. The movie has also surpassed the likes of Top: Gun Maverick, Jurassic World Dominion, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and more to become the highest grossing movie of 2022. Furthermore, it is also the 7th highest grossing movie of all time. Here is a list of the highest grossing movies of all time:
- Avatar – $2.9 Billion
- Avengers: Endgame – $2.8 Billion
- Titanic – $2.1 Billion
- Star Wars: The Force Awakes – $2 Billion
- Avengers: Infinity War – $2 Billion
- Spider-Man: No Way Home – $1.9 Billion
- Avatar: Way of the Water – $1.7 Billion
- Jurassic World – $1.6 Billion
- The Lion King – $1.6 Billion
- The Avengers – $1.5 Billion
#AvatarTheWayOfWater crosses $1.7B at the worldwide box office 🍿
It’s now the 7th highest-grossing film ever pic.twitter.com/0547n5hyK9
— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) January 8, 2023
In other news, Sigourney Weaver, known for her performance in the Ghost Busters and Aliens franchises, spoke about one of her interactions with James Cameron while working on Avatar: Way of the Water. She plays the role of Kiri, who is the teenage adoptive daughter of Jake and Neytiri in the movie.
According to a report by Screenrant, Weaver was facing some issues while portraying the role of Kiri. She was worried about how she was coming across, but never received any feedback from Cameron. Finally she complained to him about not receiving any feedback and he replied in a stern voice stating, “You have to stop being insecure. It’s really inappropriate for who you are, how old you are, and what you’ve done in your career”.
Once she received the feedback she was looking for, she stopped complaining and understood what Cameron wanted to say. Weaver is also working on The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart from Amazon at the moment.
