At the domestic box office, the rerelease of James Cameron’s Avatar brought in $10 million.
James Cameron’s original 2009 movie was re-released in theaters for a limited two-week engagement in order to reacquaint moviegoers with the Pandoran universe in advance of the impending sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water. In the 4K high-dynamic range, the movie was remastered. The movie earned $10 million during the weekend and moved up to third place, increasing its lifetime totals as the most successful movie ever worldwide.
A new movie from Warner Bros. Pictures, Don’t Worry Darling, directed by Olivia Wilde and stars Florence Pugh and Harry Styles, debuted in the top two positions of James Cameron’s Avatar re-release. The movie made $19.2 million despite talent-related squabbles behind the scenes. Sony Pictures’ The Woman King, which was directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and starred Oscar winner Viola Davis, earned $11.1 million over the course of its second weekend, a drop of just 40% from its first.
Despite the fact that Avatar continues to be the most successful movie ever in terms of worldwide box office revenue, online discussion of James Cameron’s film is frequently divisive, with countless posts from accounts that contend that a movie that has made $2.8 billion worldwide has “left no cultural impact” since its release. This re-release into cinemas, however, demonstrates once more how eager fans are to visit Pandora, which is encouraging for The Way of Water, which will be released in theaters just in time for Christmas.
On December 16, 2022, Avatar: The Way of Water premieres in cinemas.
