Hearth And Ash Formally Hitting $1 Billion Earns James Cameron An All-Time Field Workplace Document

Avatar: Hearth and Ash has crossed the billion-dollar mark on the field workplace, setting a significant report. The film, which was directed and co-written by James Cameron, is a direct sequel to 2009’s Avatar and 2022’s The Approach of Water, that are the primary and third highest-grossing films of all time respectively.

The Avatar: Hearth and Ash launch kicked off on December 19, 2025, and is presently in the midst of its third weekend in theaters.

Per The Walt Disney Studios, Avatar: Hearth and Ash has formally handed the $1 billion milestone worldwide. This feat was achieved late on Saturday, which signifies that it took the film simply 16 days to cross this monumental milestone. On the time of writing, the film’s cumulative international gross is $1.083 billion, comprising $306 million from the home field workplace and $777.1 million from worldwide markets.

In doing so, 2025’s Avatar: Hearth and Ash has made James Cameron the primary director in historical past to have helmed 4 billion-dollar hits in a row, particularly 1997’s Titanic ($2.265 billion), Avatar ($2.924 billion), and The Approach of Water ($2.343 billion).

Beforehand, the one administrators to have been tied with Cameron for the report of three billion-dollar films in a row had been Joe and Anthony Russo. The duo co-directed 2016’s Captain America: Civil Warfare ($1.155 billion), 2018’s Avengers: Infinity Warfare ($2.052 billion), and 2019’s Avengers: Endgame ($2.799 billion).

If this report solely counts wide-release narrative movies, the Russo Brothers have an opportunity of catching as much as Cameron in 2026. Having solely directed restricted launch or streaming titles since 2019 (Cherry, The Grey Man, and The Electrical State), their upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe crossover Avengers: Doomsday, which debuts on December 18, may grow to be their fourth billion-dollar title in a row.

Whereas Hearth and Ash hitting the billion-dollar milestone is outstanding, contemplating the truth that it’s one among solely 60 films in historical past to have ever finished so, its efficiency is paling compared to the earlier Avatar films. Whereas the unique took 19 days to cross the billion-dollar milestone, its progress when adjusted for inflation exhibits it far outgrossing Hearth and Ash at this level in its run.

Moreover, The Approach of Water took simply 14 days to cross the billion-dollar milestone worldwide. Whereas Avatar: Hearth and Ash continues to be a mega-blockbuster, solely having fallen two days shy of that report, it’s dealing with diminishing returns that decision into query whether or not it might cross the $2 billion milestone by the top of its run, following within the footsteps of the earlier installments.

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