Avatar: The Way of Water on pace to pass Top Gun: Maverick at global box office
Heather Hamilton
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Disney’s Avatar: The Way of Water has grossed $1.48 billion in its first three weeks in theaters, putting it on pace to surpass Top Gun: Maverick as the highest-grossing release of 2022.
The Avatar sequel was released on Dec. 16 and is expected to rank among the top 10 highest-grossing films of all time.
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While it has garnered $457.4 million at the domestic box office, according to Box Office Mojo, Avatar: The Way of Water has a ways to go before it passes the $718.5 million total of Top Gun: Maverick.
Director James Cameron returned to lead the second installment of the film’s franchise and has touted additional sequels.
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The Avatar sequel has six more weeks before it faces serious box office contention when the latest Marvel film, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, is released on Feb. 17.
Maverick currently sits as the fifth top-grossing movie of all time. The Top Gun sequel pushed past 2018’s Black Panther, which now stands at No. 6 in the all-time top-grossing films chart. It also recently set a record as the most-watched film to debut on Paramount+.