James Cameron avatar the franchise has managed to hold three seemingly unbreakable box office records, and the series is almost certain to make more. THE avatar films have been a box office phenomenon, with avatar and Avatar: The Path of Water both being huge commercial successes that broke all kinds of records. James Cameron still has plans for several more avatar sequels, which means the series is far from over. Because of this, the records that avatar Currently, they are far from being the only ones that the franchise could have at the end of its life.
2009 avatar is famously the highest-grossing film of all time, with James Cameron's sci-fi epic being a huge success with audiences and critics alike. Since it took 13 years for a sequel to be released, many fans of the franchise were surprised to see that Avatar: The Path of Water It was almost as big a success as its predecessor, currently the third highest-grossing film of all time. Both films grossed more than US$2 billion and with more avatar films on the way, the franchise's box office legacy is far from over.
Avatar is the fastest franchise to gross $3 billion, $4 billion and $5 billion at the box office
He did it with just two films
avatar: The Path of Water helped avatar to secure three major box office records, being the fastest film franchise to reach the US$3 billion, US$4 billion and US$5 billion mark at the box office. avatar managed to achieve each of these milestones with just two films, something no other franchise has managed to do so far. 2009 avatar grossed US$2.923 billion at the box office and in 2022 Avatar: The Path of Water grossed $2.32 billion at the box office, with the combined gross of both films surpassing the $5 billion mark.
Fifteen different film series managed to gross more than US$5 billion, but avatar is the only one who achieved this goal with just two films. After all, this milestone would only be possible if at least one of the two films from another series grossed more than US$2.5 billion, and the only one noavatar film to do this was Avengers: Endgamewhich was the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. No other series has come close to breaking these box office records, and it is likely that avatar He will soon accomplish more unwinnable feats.
Avatar 3, 4 and 5 will help the franchise maintain box office records
Could cross even more milestones
Avatar: The Path of Water managed to be a box office success comparable to the first film more than a decade after the release of the first avatarshowing that the franchise has legs that could continue to help it at the box office in the future. Avatar 3, Avatar 4and Avatar 5 have all been confirmed, and with much shorter wait times between sequels, these films are likely to continue the franchise's box office successes. Even if they don't gross more than $2 billion, these sequels could help further cement some incredible records.
The next three avatar films could help the franchise become the fastest film series to reach other markers, such as $6 billion, $7 billion, $8 billion or more. If each avatar If the film continues to gross more than US$2 billion like the previous ones, the franchise will have reached a minimum of US$10 billion by the end of the series. Although this seems unlikely, it also seemed unlikely that Avatar: The Path of Water would do so well, with the next one Avatar: Fire and Ash being a true testament to how the series will continue.
Will any other franchise be able to match Avatar's $3 billion box office record?
There are two major competitors
It will be incredibly difficult for another film franchise to break even avatarThe box office record of grossing $3 billion from just two films, but there's a possibility that could happen. 2023 has introduced two possible candidates, the first of which is The Super Mario Bros. movie. The Super Mario Bros. movie grossed $1.36 billion at the box office, meaning a sequel would only have to earn $1.64 billion to break even avatar.
Barbie is another candidate. Barbie raised US$1.446 billion during his tenure, which means that Barbie 2 it would only have to earn $1,554 to reach the coveted $3 billion mark. It is always possible that a future franchise will emerge that can surpass avatarhistorical, but based on how things are now, avatarof the record appears to be quite solid.