‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ passes the $1 billion mark worldwide
View(s):Third Avatar film ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ has surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office, as it kept the top spot in North American theaters with another $40 million in ticket sales, industry estimates showed last week.
The third installment in director James Cameron’s blockbuster series has now earned $306 million in the United States and Canada and another $777 million abroad, putting the total at $1.08 billion, Exhibitor Relations reported.
‘Fire and Ash’ stars Zoe Saldana as Na’vi warrior Neytiri and Sam Worthington as ex-Marine Jake Sully, who must battle a new foe threatening their family’s life on the planet Pandora.
It is the fourth Cameron film to pass the $1 billion mark, with the first two ‘Avatar’ films and ever popular ‘Titanic’.
In second place in North America was ‘Zootopia 2’, Disney’s feel-good animated film and an Oscar contender, at $19 million. Its global total now stands at nearly $1.6 billion. Coming in third at $14.9 million was Lionsgate’s ‘The Housemaid’, a film version of Freida McFadden’s best-selling novel about a young woman (Sydney Sweeney) who is hired by a wealthy couple (Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar) with dark secrets.
‘Marty Supreme’, A24’s period sports drama starring Timothee Chalamet, finished in fourth place with $12.6 million. ‘Anaconda’, the new meta comedy action flick starring Paul Rudd and Jack Black as friends trying to reboot the original 1997 horror film, finished in fifth place with $10 million.
Rounding out the top 10 are: b‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ ($8.2 million), ‘David’ ($8 million), ‘Song Sung Blue’ ($5.8 million), ‘Wicked: For Good’ ($3.3 million) and ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ ($2.7 million).
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