Over the weekend, 20th Century Studios’ and Lightstorm Entertainment Production’s Avatar: The Way of Water—nominated for four Academy Awards®, including Best Picture—became the third highest-grossing film of all time worldwide. With $2,243.2 million earned to date, the film passed Titanic ($2,242.8 million global to date). Globally after its 10th weekend, the film has grossed an estimated $657 million domestically and $1,586 million internationally. Avatar: The Way of Water has also passed Jurassic World to become the ninth highest-grossing film of all time domestically.
Director James Cameron has three of the top four highest-grossing global movies of all time, with Avatar (No. 1), Avatar: The Way of Water (No. 3), and Titanic (No. 4).
Avatar: The Way of Water—which stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, and Kate Winslet—is also the highest-grossing film of all-time in France, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey, UAE, Cambodia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Colombia, and Puerto Rico.