“Avatar: The Way of Water” keeps soaring to new heights. James Cameron’s Pandora-set sequel has surpassed his 1997 film “Titanic” as the third highest-grossing film of all time at the worldwide box office., the Oscar-nominated sci-fi epic — the long-awaited follow-up to 2009’s “Avatar” — has so far grossed an estimated $2.24 billion globally. As of Sunday, “The Way of Water” has edged out “Titanic,” which has grossed about $2.243 billion over the years , to take over the No.
“The Way of Water” picks up the story over a decade after the first “Avatar” film. It follows former human Jake Sully , Na’vi leader Neytiri and their family. As Times film critic Justin Chang wrote in his , “In ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ ... Cameron pulls you down so deep, and sets you so gently adrift, that at times you don’t feel like you’re watching a movie so much as floating in one.”Zoe Saldaña’s work on blockbuster film franchises including ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Avatar’ just earned her a cool box-office distinction.
According to a news release to mark the occasion, “The Way of Water” is also now the highest-grossing film of all time in a number of countries worldwide, including France, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Cambodia, Mongolia, New Zealand and Colombia.
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