“Avatar” reaches $2 billion at the global box office..

[DGUtley]

“Avatar” reaches $2 billion at the global box office..

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James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" led ticket sales in movie theaters for the sixth straight weekend, making it the first film to have such a sustained reign atop the box office since 2009's "Avatar."

The Walt Disney Co.'s "The Way of Water" added $19.7 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Its global total has now surpassed $2 billion, putting it sixth all-time and just ahead of "Spider-Man: No Way Home." Domestically, "The Way of Water" is up to $598 million. Continued robust international sales ($56.3 million for the weekend) has helped push the "Avatar" sequel to $2.024 billion worldwide.

A year ago, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" also topped the box office for six weekends, but did it over the course of seven weeks. You have to go back to Cameron's original "Avatar" to find a movie that stayed No. 1 for such a long span. ("Avatar" ultimately topped out at seven weeks.) Before that, the only film in the past 25 years to manage the feat was another Cameron film; "Titanic" (1997) went undefeated for 15 weeks.


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[roadmaster]

I keep hearing the new one isn't half as good as the old one.

[Red Lily]

I can't even really remember the 1st one. I'd have to watch it again before I watch this one.

[Omar]

Haven't seen the new one. I saw the original one and it was interesting, mainly for having top of the line special effects, and leading the 3D fad. But it didn't leave me wanting to see a series of them. Honestly, I'm surprised the new one has been so successful, I didn't think this was a franchise anyone was demanding, but people seem to be flocking to it anyway.

It had a slow start because the week it came out most of the country was buried under snowstorms, but it's had legs. Most blockbuster movies start out with a bang and then quickly fall off, but the really successful ones often start smaller and build with word of mouth.

[RMNIXON]

Cameron admitted the first film was full of progressive political messaging and no doubt the new one is no different. Perhaps the current version just got lost in all the other Hollywood WOKE we are bombarded with daily but the special effects are cool?