Fireplace And Ash Hits Large Field Workplace Milestone, Nonetheless Much less Than Half Of OG Film’s Whole Gross

Avatar: Fireplace and Ash is burning up the charts, however it nonetheless cannot compete with its predecessors.

2025’s Avatar: Fireplace and Ash is hitting one more big milestone because it continues to rake in cash on the field workplace. The third installment in James Cameron’s blockbuster sci-fi franchise, which debuted on December 19, is presently the third highest-grossing 2025 launch worldwide and the second highest-grossing film put out by twentieth Century Studios since they took on that title in 2020.

Per The Numbers, as of Sunday morning, Avatar: Fireplace and Ash is projected to hit a cumulative international field workplace whole of $1.414 billion by the top of its seventh weekend in theaters. This whole includes $386.1 million from the home field workplace and a further $1.028 billion from worldwide markets.

Because of this Avatar: Fireplace and Ash will turn out to be simply the nineteenth film in historical past to go the $1.4 billion milestone. Within the course of, it has handed the $1.405 billion gross of 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron to turn out to be the 18th highest-grossing film of all time.

Nevertheless, regardless of hitting this big milestone, it’s nonetheless struggling to maintain up with both of the 2 earlier Avatar films. The truth is, it has earned lower than half of the worldwide theatrical whole of the unique 2009 film, which made $2.924 billion worldwide and stays the highest-grossing film of all time.

Moreover, it has to this point solely grossed 61% of the $2.323 billion earned by the franchise’s second installment, 2022’s Avatar: The Method of Water.

It finally stays to be seen how excessive Fireplace and Ash can climb by the top of its theatrical run. One good signal is the truth that it confirmed very sturdy viewers retention throughout its seventh weekend on the home field workplace, falling a slim 14% from its grosses of the earlier weekend.

Moreover, the Avatar: Fireplace and Ash launch does not face sturdy direct competitors from any incoming 2026 tentpoles till March, which sees the debut of Pixar’s Hoppers and the Ryan Gosling sci-fi film Venture Hail Mary. Nevertheless, it’s nonetheless slowing down, so it appears uncertain that it will likely be capable of observe within the footsteps of its predecessors and go the $2 billion milestone.

The destiny of the potential Avatar 4 might be on the road, as a result of Avatar: Fireplace and Ash reportedly price $400 million, which may place its break-even level as excessive as $1 billion. It’s unknown what degree of profitability it could want to succeed in to ensure that the big-budget franchise to proceed with additional installments.

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