Avatar: The Way of WaterFollow

2022 • PG-13 • 3h 10m • Action • 20th Century Studios

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$134.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$688.81M

Final

Worldwide total

$2.323B

$1.634B international

Budget$400.0M

Domestic legs5.1x

2022 rank#2

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Cast & crew

Full Cameron filmography

James Cameron

James Cameron Director

Sam Worthington

Sam Worthington Starring

Zoe Saldaña

Zoe Saldaña Starring

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver Starring

Stephen Lang

Stephen Lang Starring

Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet Starring

ScreenplayJames Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver Produced byJon Landau CinematographyRussell Carpenter MusicSimon Franglen Prod. DesignBen Procter, Dylan Cole SeriesAvatar

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 16-18 1 $134.1M — 4,202 $31,913 $134.1M

2 Dec 23-25 1 $63.3M −53% 4,202 $15,073 $261.0M

3 Dec 30-Jan 1 1 $67.4M +6% 4,202 $16,042 $425.5M

4 Jan 6-8 1 $45.8M −32% 4,340 $10,561 $517.6M

5 Jan 13-15 1 $32.8M −28% 4,045 $8,114 $564.6M

6 Jan 20-22 1 $20.1M −39% 3,790 $5,312 $598.4M

7 Jan 27-29 1 $16.0M −21% 3,600 $4,435 $620.8M

8 Feb 3-5 3 $11.3M −29% 3,310 $3,424 $637.0M

9 Feb 10-12 2 $7.2M −36% 3,065 $2,354 $647.3M

10 Feb 17-19 2 $6.6M −9% 2,675 $2,448 $657.5M

11 Feb 24-26 4 $4.9M −26% 2,495 $1,947 $665.5M

12 Mar 3-5 6 $3.6M −25% 2,300 $1,586 $670.7M

13 Mar 10-12 8 $2.7M −27% 1,675 $1,585 $674.7M

14 Mar 17-19 9 $2.1M −21% 1,190 $1,763 $678.3M

15 Mar 24-26 10 $1.4M −35% 935 $1,452 $680.4M

16 Mar 31-Apr 2 - $873.8K −36% 675 $1,294 $681.8M

17 Apr 7-9 13 $466.0K −47% 365 $1,276 $682.6M

18 Apr 14-16 - $170.5K −63% 160 $1,065 $683.0M

19 Apr 21-23 - $584.0K +243% 920 $634 $683.6M

20 Apr 28-30 - $82.4K −86% 110 $748 $684.0M

21 May 5-7 - $26.0K −68% 35 $743 $684.0M

22 May 12-14 - $23.3K −11% 35 $664 $684.0M

23 May 19-21 - $21.7K −7% 25 $866 $684.1M

147 Oct 3-5 7 $3.2M — 2,140 $1,505 $687.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 15 #P $17.0M — $17.0M — — -1

Fri Dec 16 #1 $53.2M +213% $53.2M 4,202 $12,660 1

Sat Dec 17 #1 $44.3M −17% $97.5M 4,202 $10,549 2

Sun Dec 18 #1 $36.6M −17% $134.1M 4,202 $8,703 3

Mon Dec 19 #1 $16.3M −56% $150.4M 4,202 $3,868 4

Tue Dec 20 #1 $18.3M +12% $168.6M 4,202 $4,352 5

Wed Dec 21 #1 $14.4M −21% $183.0M 4,202 $3,427 6

Thu Dec 22 #1 $14.6M +2% −14% $197.7M 4,202 $3,482 7

Fri Dec 23 #1 $19.3M +32% −64% $217.0M 4,202 $4,590 8

Sat Dec 24 #1 $14.9M −23% −66% $231.8M 4,202 $3,538 9

Sun Dec 25 #1 $29.2M +96% −20% $261.0M 4,202 $6,944 10

Mon Dec 26 #1 $32.3M +11% +99% $293.3M 4,202 $7,679 11

Tue Dec 27 #1 $24.1M −25% +32% $317.4M 4,202 $5,742 12

Wed Dec 28 #1 $20.6M −15% +43% $338.0M 4,202 $4,898 13

Thu Dec 29 #1 $20.1M −2% +37% $358.1M 4,202 $4,787 14

Fri Dec 30 #1 $24.8M +23% +29% $383.0M 4,202 $5,910 15

Sat Dec 31 #1 $18.1M −27% +21% $401.0M 4,202 $4,296 16

Sun Jan 1 #1 $24.5M +36% −16% $425.5M 4,202 $5,835 17

Mon Jan 2 #1 $21.4M −13% −34% $446.9M 4,202 $5,095 18

Tue Jan 3 #1 $10.5M −51% −56% $457.5M 4,202 $2,509 19

Wed Jan 4 #1 $7.5M −29% −64% $465.0M 4,202 $1,778 20

Thu Jan 5 #1 $6.8M −9% −66% $471.8M 4,202 $1,625 21

Fri Jan 6 #2 $11.4M +67% −54% $483.2M 4,340 $2,631 22

Sat Jan 7 #1 $20.7M +81% +15% $503.9M 4,340 $4,766 23

Sun Jan 8 #1 $13.7M −34% −44% $517.6M 4,340 $3,163 24

Mon Jan 9 #1 $3.5M −75% −84% $521.1M 4,340 $801 25

Tue Jan 10 #1 $4.5M +31% −57% $525.7M 4,340 $1,047 26

Wed Jan 11 #1 $3.2M −30% −58% $528.8M 4,340 $731 27

Thu Jan 12 #1 $3.0M −6% −56% $531.8M 4,340 $685 28

Fri Jan 13 #1 $7.0M +137% −38% $538.8M 4,045 $1,741 29

Sat Jan 14 #1 $14.1M +100% −32% $552.9M 4,045 $3,474 30

Sun Jan 15 #1 $11.7M −17% −15% $564.6M 4,045 $2,899 31

Mon Jan 16 #1 $7.1M −40% +103% $571.7M 4,045 $1,744 32

Tue Jan 17 #1 $2.8M −61% −39% $574.5M 4,045 $684 33

Wed Jan 18 #1 $1.9M −33% −41% $576.3M 4,045 $461 34

Thu Jan 19 #1 $2.0M +5% −34% $578.3M 4,045 $484 35

Fri Jan 20 #1 $4.7M +138% −34% $582.9M 3,790 $1,232 36

Sat Jan 21 #1 $9.5M +102% −33% $592.4M 3,790 $2,494 37

Sun Jan 22 #1 $6.0M −36% −49% $598.4M 3,790 $1,585 38

Mon Jan 23 #1 $1.6M −74% −78% $600.0M 3,790 $417 39

Tue Jan 24 #1 $2.0M +27% −27% $602.0M 3,790 $529 40

Wed Jan 25 #2 $1.4M −28% −23% $603.4M 3,790 $378 41

Thu Jan 26 #1 $1.4M +1% −26% $604.9M 3,790 $381 42

Fri Jan 27 #1 $3.6M +150% −23% $608.5M 3,600 $1,004 43

Sat Jan 28 #1 $7.9M +119% −16% $616.4M 3,600 $2,200 44

Sun Jan 29 #1 $4.4M −44% −26% $620.8M 3,600 $1,230 45

Mon Jan 30 #1 $1.2M −73% −26% $622.0M 3,600 $326 46

Tue Jan 31 #1 $1.5M +29% −25% $623.5M 3,600 $420 47

Wed Feb 1 #- $1.1M −29% −25% $624.6M 3,600 $299 48

Thu Feb 2 #2 $1.0M −7% −30% $625.6M 3,600 $279 49

Fri Feb 3 #3 $2.4M +137% −34% $628.0M 3,310 $718 50

Sat Feb 4 #2 $5.4M +127% −32% $633.4M 3,310 $1,632 51

Sun Feb 5 #2 $3.6M −34% −20% $637.0M 3,310 $1,073 52

Mon Feb 6 #3 $718.4K −80% −39% $637.7M 3,310 $217 53

Tue Feb 7 #3 $965.8K +34% −36% $638.6M 3,310 $291 54

Wed Feb 8 #3 $716.4K −26% −34% $639.4M 3,310 $216 55

Thu Feb 9 #3 $679.4K −5% −32% $640.0M 3,310 $205 56

Fri Feb 10 #4 $1.7M +153% −28% $641.8M 3,065 $560 57

Sat Feb 11 #1 $3.9M +126% −28% $645.6M 3,065 $1,266 58

Sun Feb 12 #1 $1.6M −58% −54% $647.3M 3,065 $528 59

Mon Feb 13 #4 $690.2K −57% −4% $647.9M 3,065 $225 60

Tue Feb 14 #2 $1.8M +161% +86% $649.7M 3,065 $587 61

Wed Feb 15 #4 $689.3K −62% −4% $650.4M 3,065 $224 62

Thu Feb 16 #3 $525.6K −24% −23% $651.0M 3,065 $171 63

Fri Feb 17 #3 $1.4M +163% −19% $652.3M 2,675 $516 64

Sat Feb 18 #2 $2.8M +104% −27% $655.2M 2,675 $1,055 65

Sun Feb 19 #2 $2.3M −17% +45% $657.5M 2,675 $876 66

Mon Feb 20 #3 $1.5M −36% +119% $659.0M 2,675 $565 67

Tue Feb 21 #3 $662.0K −56% −63% $659.7M 2,675 $247 68

Wed Feb 22 #2 $498.7K −25% −28% $660.2M 2,675 $186 69

Thu Feb 23 #2 $502.9K +1% −4% $660.7M 2,675 $188 70

Fri Feb 24 #4 $1.1M +116% −21% $661.8M 2,495 $435 71

Sat Feb 25 #4 $2.3M +113% −18% $664.1M 2,495 $930 72

Sun Feb 26 #4 $1.5M −38% −38% $665.5M 2,495 $581 73

Mon Feb 27 #4 $340.7K −77% −77% $665.9M 2,495 $136 74

Tue Feb 28 #4 $441.0K +29% −33% $666.3M 2,495 $176 75

Wed Mar 1 #4 $355.2K −19% −29% $666.7M 2,495 $142 76

Thu Mar 2 #4 $373.3K +5% −26% $667.1M 2,495 $149 77

Fri Mar 3 #7 $794.2K +113% −27% $667.8M 2,300 $345 78

Sat Mar 4 #6 $1.8M +123% −24% $669.6M 2,300 $769 79

Sun Mar 5 #6 $1.1M −39% −25% $670.7M 2,300 $471 80

Mon Mar 6 #- $296.1K −73% −13% $671.0M 2,300 $128 81

Tue Mar 7 #- $387.6K +31% −12% $671.4M 2,300 $168 82

Wed Mar 8 #- $317.3K −18% −11% $671.7M 2,300 $137 83

Thu Mar 9 #- $293.7K −7% −21% $672.0M 2,300 $127 84

Fri Mar 10 #8 $588.1K +100% −26% $672.6M 1,675 $351 85

Sat Mar 11 #8 $1.3M +117% −28% $673.9M 1,675 $762 86

Sun Mar 12 #8 $791.7K −38% −27% $674.7M 1,675 $472 87

Mon Mar 13 #9 $356.6K −55% +20% $675.0M 1,675 $212 88

Tue Mar 14 #- $456.5K +28% +18% $675.5M 1,675 $272 89

Wed Mar 15 #8 $387.8K −15% +22% $675.9M 1,675 $231 90

Thu Mar 16 #8 $331.8K −14% +13% $676.2M 1,675 $198 91

Fri Mar 17 #9 $521.2K +57% −11% $676.7M 1,190 $438 92

Sat Mar 18 #9 $940.4K +80% −26% $677.6M 1,190 $790 93

Sun Mar 19 #9 $636.4K −32% −20% $678.3M 1,190 $534 94

Mon Mar 20 #9 $181.7K −71% −49% $678.5M 1,190 $152 95

Tue Mar 21 #9 $223.0K +23% −51% $678.7M 1,190 $187 96

Wed Mar 22 #9 $183.7K −18% −53% $678.9M 1,190 $154 97

Thu Mar 23 #9 $168.4K −8% −49% $679.0M 1,190 $141 98

Fri Mar 24 #10 $317.0K +88% −39% $679.4M 935 $339 99

Sat Mar 25 #10 $643.6K +103% −32% $680.0M 935 $688 100

Sun Mar 26 #9 $397.1K −38% −38% $680.4M 935 $424 101

Mon Mar 27 #10 $126.4K −68% −30% $680.5M 935 $135 102

Tue Mar 28 #10 $161.1K +28% −28% $680.7M 935 $172 103

Wed Mar 29 #- $138.6K −14% −25% $680.8M 935 $148 104

Thu Mar 30 #10 $127.6K −8% −24% $681.0M 935 $136 105

Fri Mar 31 #- $202.7K +59% −36% $681.2M 675 $300 106

Sat Apr 1 #- $405.9K +100% −37% $681.6M 675 $601 107

Sun Apr 2 #- $265.3K −35% −33% $681.8M 675 $393 108

Mon Apr 3 #- $93.2K −65% −26% $681.9M 675 $138 109

Tue Apr 4 #- $125.3K +34% −22% $682.0M 675 $185 110

Wed Apr 5 #- $50.1K −60% −64% $682.1M 675 $74 111

Thu Apr 6 #- $72.9K +45% −43% $682.2M 675 $108 112

Fri Apr 7 #- $149.8K +105% −26% $682.3M 365 $410 113

Sat Apr 8 #- $185.7K +24% −54% $682.5M 365 $508 114

Sun Apr 9 #- $130.5K −30% −51% $682.6M 365 $357 115

Mon Apr 10 #- $62.1K −52% −33% $682.7M 365 $170 116

Tue Apr 11 #- $48.6K −22% −61% $682.7M 365 $133 117

Wed Apr 12 #- $46.4K −5% −8% $682.8M 365 $127 118

Thu Apr 13 #- $31.6K −32% −57% $682.8M 365 $86 119

Fri Apr 14 #- $41.0K +29% −73% $682.9M 160 $255 120

Sat Apr 15 #- $75.1K +83% −60% $682.9M 160 $469 121

Sun Apr 16 #- $54.4K −28% −58% $683.0M 160 $339 122

Mon Apr 17 #- $17.7K −68% −72% $683.0M 160 $110 123

Tue Apr 18 #- $18.8K +7% −61% $683.0M 160 $117 124

Wed Apr 19 #- $17.0K −10% −63% $683.0M 160 $106 125

Thu Apr 20 #- $18.2K +7% −42% $683.1M 160 $113 126

Fri Apr 21 #- $130.5K +617% +219% $683.2M 920 $141 127

Sat Apr 22 #- $272.0K +108% +262% $683.5M 920 $295 128

Sun Apr 23 #- $181.5K −33% +234% $683.6M 920 $197 129

Mon Apr 24 #- $53.2K −71% +201% $683.7M 920 $57 130

Tue Apr 25 #- $66.1K +24% +251% $683.8M 920 $71 131

Wed Apr 26 #- $57.1K −14% +236% $683.8M 920 $62 132

Thu Apr 27 #- $50.4K −12% +177% $683.9M 920 $54 133

Fri Apr 28 #- $15.6K −69% −88% $683.9M 110 $142 134

Sat Apr 29 #- $38.7K +148% −86% $683.9M 110 $352 135

Sun Apr 30 #- $28.0K −28% −85% $684.0M 110 $254 136

Mon May 1 #- $6.0K −78% −89% $684.0M 110 $54 137

Tue May 2 #- $8.0K +33% −88% $684.0M 110 $73 138

Wed May 3 #- $6.7K −17% −88% $684.0M 110 $60 139

Thu May 4 #- $7.1K +7% −86% $684.0M 110 $64 140

Fri May 5 #- $6.4K −10% −59% $684.0M 35 $183 141

Sat May 6 #- $13.5K +111% −65% $684.0M 35 $386 142

Sun May 7 #- $6.0K −55% −78% $684.0M 35 $172 143

Mon May 8 #- $2.3K −62% −62% $684.0M 35 $65 144

Tue May 9 #- $2.5K +9% −69% $684.0M 35 $71 145

Wed May 10 #- $2.1K −15% −68% $684.0M 35 $60 146

Thu May 11 #- $1.9K −11% −73% $684.0M 35 $54 147

Fri May 12 #- $5.5K +189% −14% $684.0M 35 $157 148

Sat May 13 #- $11.5K +109% −15% $684.0M 35 $328 149

Sun May 14 #- $6.3K −45% +4% $684.0M 35 $179 150

Mon May 15 #- $1.4K −78% −39% $684.0M 35 $39 151

Tue May 16 #- $1.7K +22% −32% $684.0M 35 $48 152

Wed May 17 #- $1.8K +4% −17% $684.0M 35 $50 153

Thu May 18 #- $1.8K +1% −7% $684.1M 35 $50 154

Fri May 19 #- $3.4K +90% −39% $684.1M 25 $134 155

Sat May 20 #- $9.1K +171% −20% $684.1M 25 $365 156

Sun May 21 #- $9.2K +0% +46% $684.1M 25 $366 157

Mon May 22 #- $1.0K −89% −27% $684.1M 25 $40 158

Tue May 23 #- $1.0K +1% −40% $684.1M 25 $40 159

Wed May 24 #- $786 −23% −55% $684.1M 25 $31 160

Thu May 25 #- $741 −6% −58% $684.1M 25 $29 161

Thu Oct 2 #P $350.0K +47133% +47133% $684.4M — — 162

Fri Oct 3 #6 $1.1M +214% +32485% $685.5M 2,140 $513 163

Sat Oct 4 #7 $1.2M +11% +13264% $686.7M 2,140 $570 164

Sun Oct 5 #7 $903.3K −26% +9766% $687.6M 2,140 $422 165

Mon Oct 6 #5 $305.9K −66% +30310% $688.0M 2,140 $142 166

Tue Oct 7 #3 $502.6K +64% +49370% $688.5M 2,140 $234 167

Wed Oct 8 #5 $352.8K −30% +44781% $688.8M 2,140 $164 168

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$660.7M

Dec 15Jan 2Jan 19Feb 6Feb 23

Weekend grossWk 10 · $6.6M

$134.1M

$63.3M

$67.4M

$45.8M

$32.8M

$20.1M

$16.0M

$11.3M

$7.2M

$6.6M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,340 → 2,675 −38.4%

4,202 open2,675 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −9%

−53%

W1→2

+6%

W2→3

−32%

W3→4

−28%

W4→5

−39%

W5→6

−21%

W6→7

−29%

W7→8

−36%

W8→9

−9%

W9→10

Steepest −53%Biggest gain +6%

Run milestones

$600M in 40 days

$100M

Day 3

Dec 18

$200M

Day 8

Dec 23

$300M

Day 12

Dec 27

$400M

Day 16

Dec 31

$500M

Day 23

Jan 7

$600M

Day 40

Jan 24

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#3 Biggest 4th weekendsAll-time $45.8M #4 Biggest worldwide runsAll-time $2.323B #6 Biggest December openingsAll-time $134.1M #8 Biggest domestic runsAll-time $688.8M #8 Fastest to $1B worldwideAll-time 14 days #8 All-time PG-13-rated domesticAll-time $688.8M

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