Fire and Ash” burns through $1 billion at global box office
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James Cameron's threequel achieved the milestone Saturday at the New Year weekend box office, while other notable holiday victors include 'Zootopia 2,' sleeper hit 'The Housemaid' and Timothée Chalamet's 'Marty Supreme.
Avatar: Fire and Ash” is blazing past $1 billion at the global box office after 18 days of release. Those ticket sales include $306 million domestically and $777.1 million internationally for a grand total of $1.
Fire and Ash has become the fourth James Cameron movie to earn more than $1 billion at the global box office after Avatar, Avatar: Way of Water and Titanic. The global cume is $1.08 billion with $306.
Cameron also hasn’t decided how directing duties will be handled on a prospective fourth Avatar film, given the director’s stated intention to move on to other projects. Yet another director named James — James Wan — says he’d love to be involved in the project should Cameron elect to scale back his involvement with the franchise.
Fire and Ash has now grossed twice as much at the global box office than Jason Statham's The Meg. Read on for more details.
Lionsgate’s The Housemaid is currently claiming third with $12M+ at 3,070 theaters, -22%, after a $4.6M Friday. Total by Sunday for the Paul Feig directed thriller, Hidden Pictures production is $72.8M, which will be far past the filmmaker’s previous Lionsgate black comedy, A Simple Favor, which ended its stateside run at $53.5M.
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Disney’s third Avatar film has broken the $1 billion barrier after only 18 days in theaters. The movie earned $306 million in the United States and $777.1
James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash became the tenth fastest film to cross this major milestone at the worldwide box office. Avatar 3 has entered the all-time top 40 highest-grossing movies and is on track to surpass this Steven Spielberg-helmed film, further solidifying its place in the top 40. Keep scrolling for the deets.