{"id":1797886,"date":"2023-01-06T18:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T23:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1797886"},"modified":"2023-01-06T18:04:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T23:04:09","slug":"avatar-sequel-soars-past-top-gun-maverick-globally-to-become-top-grossing-film-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/avatar-sequel-soars-past-top-gun-maverick-globally-to-become-top-grossing-film-of-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Avatar\u2019 Sequel Soars Past \u2018Top Gun: Maverick\u2019 Globally To Become Top Grossing Film Of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Favatar-sequel-soars-past-top-gun-maverick-globally-to-become-top-grossing-film-of-2022%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1797886&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>\u201cAvatar: The Way of Water\u201d Past has seen an explosion \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d To become the highest-grossing film in the world at the global box office in 2022<\/p>\n<p>The highly-anticipated \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-avatar-flick-tops-1-billion-in-just-14-days-faster-than-any-other-film-this-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avatar<\/a>\u201d From director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/james-cameron-already-shot-avatar-3-and-4-to-avoid-stranger-things-effect-teens-who-look-like-theyre-27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Cameron,<\/a>\u00a0Through ThursdayInternationally, he earned $1.547 billion in box office revenue. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/01\/avatar-the-way-of-water-box-office-beats-top-gun-maverick-best-of-2022-1235211240\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cAvatar\u201d The sequel has surpassed the previous record for highest grossing film at the global box-office. \u201cThe Avengers,\u201d According to the outlet, it brought in $1.521 billion for 2012<\/p>\n<p>As This is WednesdayThe fantasy film had beaten the one with the best score. \u201cTop Gun\u201d sequel, earning $454 Million domestically and crossing $1 Billion globally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/avatar-the-way-of-water-box-office-top-gun-1235290677\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The\u00a0Hollywood Reporter<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount\u2019s \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d Released in MayHe previously held the title of top grossing movie, with $1.49 billion worldwide, in 2022.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I\u2019m gonna have to do these other [&#8216;Avatar&#8217;] sequels. I know what I\u2019m going to be doing the next six or seven years\u2026.We\u2019ve begun a saga that can now play out over multiple films.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y8IHx4olJk\">https:\/\/t.co\/Y8IHx4olJk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1611439076472942592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the release of \u201cAvatar: The Way Of Water,\u201d Cameron said the movie would have to earn $2 billion to \u201cbreak even,\u201d as previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-avatar-flick-tops-1-billion-in-just-14-days-faster-than-any-other-film-this-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. However, despite Cameron\u2019s assertion, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/avatar-the-way-of-water-900-million-worldwide-1235472877\/#:~:text=Cameron%20estimated%20the%20movie%20needs,probably%20closer%20to%20%241.5%20billion.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a> reports that \u201canalysts believe the threshold to profitability is probably closer to $1.5 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cameron shared during his Friday appearance on HBO Max\u2019s \u201cWho\u2019s Talking to Chris Wallace?\u201d that his film will easily pass that point in the next few days, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/james-cameron-says-avatar-2-190229417.html\">Yahoo.com<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looks like with the momentum that the film has now that we\u2019ll easily pass our break even in the next few days, so it looks like I can\u2019t wiggle out of this and I\u2019m gonna have to do these other sequels,\u201d Cameron said. \u201cI know what I\u2019m going to be doing the next six or seven years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe point is we\u2019re going to be okay,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019m sure that we\u2019ll have a discussion soon with with the top folks at Disney about the game plan going forward for \u2018Avatar 3,\u2019 which is already in the can \u2014 we\u2019ve already captured and photographed the whole film, so we\u2019re in extended post-production to do all that CG magic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then \u2018Avatar 4\u2019\u00a0and \u20185\u2019 are both written,\u201d Cameron continued. \u201cWe even have some of \u20184\u2019 in the can. We\u2019ve begun a franchise at this point. We\u2019ve begun a saga that can now play out over multiple films.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first \u201cAvatar\u201d film brought in $2.97 billion and holds the record as the highest-grossing release in cinema history, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/avatar-the-way-of-water-billion-dollar-box-office-1235473320\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/avatar-director-james-cameron-having-a-pregnant-warrior-is-last-bastion-of-empowering-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Avatar\u2019 Director James Cameron: Having A \u2018Pregnant\u2019 Warrior Is \u2018Last Bastion\u2019 Of Empowering\u00a0Women<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAvatar: The Way of Water\u201d has soared past \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d at the global box office to become the top-grossing film released in 2022. The highly-anticipated \u201cAvatar\u201d sequel from director James Cameron,\u00a0through Thursday, earned $1.547 billion at the box office internationally, Deadline reported. The \u201cAvatar\u201d sequel has become the ninth highest-grossing film of all time &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1797889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7811,8779,3990,6202,5336,13756,13757,7012,8780,8778,8615,6195],"class_list":["post-1797886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-avatar","tag-top","tag-3990","tag-daily","tag-film","tag-globally","tag-grossing","tag-gun","tag-maverick","tag-sequel","tag-soars","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1797886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1797886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1797886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1797889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1797886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1797886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1797886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}