Avatar: The Way Of Water is expected to open $150 million – $175 million and up at the US box office

The highly anticipated James Cameron sequel to the highest-grossing film of all time is out this morning with an expected opening of at least $150 million. Tracking has it higher at $175 million, but peers are bullish at $200 million.

Here’s the point: the photo is compared to holiday fanboy titles and the numbers seen should be taken with caution. avatar is not a superficial fanboy film in its opening weekend, but one that plays and plays. A $150 million opening is 95% more than the original 2009 title’s $77 million.

It drives everyone insane Avatar: The Way of Water Projections because confidence (the indicator that measures respondents who say they would like to see the title without being asked in a poll) are between 30 and 40 across all demos, including Latino and Hispanic and Black. Those are strong numbers any studio would die for.

It was announced yesterday Avatar: The Way of Water has been given a Chinese release day and domestic date, which is notable given that the PRC has shelved several Hollywood blockbusters after theaters reopened amid the pandemic. The original film grossed over $260 million in China thanks to 3D and Imax.

Advance ticket sales have gone on sale Avatar: The Way of Water Monday. The film lasts 3 hours and 12 minutes.

Many do not worry that maturity will affect it avatar 2‘s numbers given the amount of free time people will have at the end of the year coupled with the fact that there are no other tent poles. Warner Bros. has Shazam: Wrath of the Gods as good counter programming, but the studio decided to make this DC sequel a standalone event and send it through March 17, where there are Imax screens.

If the first avatar opened, no one knew what to expect. It was one of those crazy underdog sci-fi movies where aliens were the protagonists. Similar to Cameron titanic, The film exploded to $2.9 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of all time. On the other hand, after a few re-releases, including last fall, the film sat at $785.2 million, where it ranks fourth at the all-time box office.

While other studios largely balked at it avatar 2, When the first opened, three films could be shown to a wide audience, while the second, third and fourth were chosen over Christmas and the New Year: Warner Bros. Sherlock Holmes ($209 million), Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel ($219.6 million) and older romantic comedy Meryl Streep-Alec Baldwin, It’s complicated which grossed $112.7 million.