Avatar: The Way Of Water Has Passed Titanic and Is Now the Third Highest-Grossing Film of All Time

Avatar: The Way of Water has officially crossed $2.243 billion at the global box office, meaning it has surpassed Titanic’s $2.242 billion to become the third highest-grossing film of all time.

Disney shared a video celebrating the milestone that showcased fans from all around the world supporting Avatar: The Way of Water alongside the big moments that led to it becoming the third highest-grossing film of all time.

Thank you to our fans for your passion, your love, and for making #AvatarTheWayOfWater the 3rd highest-grossing film of all-time worldwide. pic.twitter.com/slsOje7Wrc

— Avatar (@officialavatar) February 19, 2023

Domestically, Avatar: The Way of Water has earned $657 million and just passed Jurassic World to become the ninth highest-grossing film of all time in North America. Internationally, it is sitting at $1.586 billion.

Now that Titanic is out of the way, Avatar: The Way of Water is now setting its sights on Avengers: Endgame. It will be a bit of a tough battle, as that mega film from 2019 earned $2.799 billion across the globe.

If Avatar: The Way of Water wants to claim the ultimate prize of being the highest-grossing film of all time globally, it will have to earn more than the $2.923 billion the original Avatar from 2009 has.

Even if it doesn’t pass Avengers: Endgame or the original Avatar, it is obviously an impressive achievement. It’s also of note because Avatar: The Way of Water helped James Cameron secure the first, third, and fourth highest-grossing films of all time in Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water, and Titanic, respectively.

Avatar: The Way of Water is only the sixth film in history to earn over $2 billion at the global box office, and that list also includes Avatar, Titanic, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

As for how the second Avatar film did this past weekend, it claimed second place with $6.4 million earned in North America and lost to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’s $104 million domestic weekend box office debut.

For more, check out the latest details on Avatar 3, the news that Cameron scrapped Jake Sully as the narrator of the next Avatar, and our review of Avatar: The Way of Water.

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